The next morning came, she freshened up then packed a few eatables to chew on and started towards the forest again.This time, she avoided bumping into anyone, specially Jay. It was 7:45a.m. when she reached the same spot as yesterday. She sat down on the dampened forest ground. A few minutes later both the Simmons brothers and the rude guy came out of the house, entered the car and drove away.
Now, she was getting bored. She pulled out her phone and contemplated if she should message Kystal or not and finally, she did.
Adina: Hey sweetiepie! Wassup?😘
Krystal: Wtf?
Adina:😆😆
Krystal: I'm leaving for office now. Where u at?
Adina: In the forest...😛
Krystal: Wait what!? Wtf r u doing in a forest?🙄
Adina: Calm down your horses honey. I'll tell everything later when we meet. Rn I'm bored🙁
Krystal: U deserve it, u imbecile 😒
Adina: Come on! Forgive me plzz🥺
Krystal: You and your puppy eyes! I hate you😑
Adina:🥺🥺
Krystal:Alright! u r forgiven😏
Adina:☺ U r d best hon❤
Krystal: I know🙄
Adina:🤣🤣
Krystal: You've been possessed lately. Gotta go, bye! xoxo.
Adina: Bye. xoxo.
She played games on her phone and surfed the internet. Suddenly, in a distance, she heard the crackling sound of dried leaves and then a fawn's head appeared from the bushes. For a second, she stopped breating and a moment later she gave an instinctive smile. At that, the fawn turned around and ran away in the opposite direction. Adina said,"So cute. There must be many animals deeper in the forest."
The waiting went longer and longer. It was 6 p.m. now. She made a mental note to leave the forest after 8 in the morning, when they leave for office and comeback by this time. An hour later, the car arrived in the front courtyard. They all got out of the car, so posh and uptight, and went straight inside the manor.
Night fell and Adina still waited for them to come out. Just like last night, at 10 the same 4 people came out and started walking towards the forest. Adina hid there with bated breath and tried to calm her nerves. The maid and the rude man stopped just before the edge of the forest but as for the brothers, they continued. Adina hid behind the bushes, her breathing stopped and she started sweating more than normal. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw the brothers dissappear deeper into the forest and out of sight.
Adina thought,'What was that? They roam in this dark forest at night? What kind of kink is that? But thank God, they didn't find me.' She looked back by the edge of the forest and saw that both, the maid and the rude guy had turned their back towards the forest and it looked like they were .... guarding? 'What the hell is going on here?' She decided to wait a lil longer. Even an hour later, nobody was back and the two were still standing in the same position by the fringe of the forest.
Slowly and silently, Adina made her way outside the forest, unnoticed by anyone. She couldn't risk falling asleep there and getting discovered. She walked back towards the motel. Reaching her room, she plopped herself on the bed and the worn out wood squeaked sharply. She sighed and took out her phone only to be bombarded by Krystal's messages.
Krystal:Ayo dumbhead! Where are you now? I'm off work.
It's been an hour since my last message🙄.
Istg if u don't reply, you'll be dead piece of meat the sec u see me.😠
Hon, it's been 4 hrs now. Are u OK?😟
I'm getting worried 😟
6 hrs.. If you don't reply me asap, I'll report you missing😕
Hope, this isn't a prank or something.
Come on girl, check your notifications
I hope, you aren't ignoring me.😐
Adina: So sorry, Krissy. My phone was on silent.
Krystal: Thank heavens, you aren't dead
Btw, may I know what in d name of the holy lord were u doing?😑
Adina: Observe, stalk.. whatever u wanna call it😅
You know, I found something weird.
Krystal: Sonething more weird than u and your brain?🤨
Adina: I ain't joking Krissy. Do u know about any kind of kink where a person roam around in d forest at night?🤔
Krystal: WTF??
Adina: Yeah, I'll tell u everything later 'cause right now I'm sleepy🥱. Good night. xoxo.
Krystal: Good night and take care you nuthead. xoxo.
Adina smiled at the screen and plugged in her phone to charge. The moment she laid down on her bed, exhaustion took over her.
The same routine took place on both Wednesday and Thursday but on Friday, she decided to do something different, the result for which she could never even think in her wildest dreams, would turn out like that. She was not aware that just one decision of hers would change her entire life. She should have thought better than to take up on this task!