Her feet tapped against the wood floor, her pen jumped against the desk, her eyes glued on the ticking clock, the hour hand seemed to have slowed by the second for her, just 1 more minute and.... the clock strikes one. She sprinted in action like a 5 year old waiting for his cartoon to air.
She ran out of the office, her stomach grumbled, she was extremely hungry. She moved to towards the food court, her eyes wandered around at people sitting on different tables apparently happy ike her to finally get a break. People eyed her from head to toe as she moved towards the cafe to get herself coffee and doughnut. She felt uncomfortable under their stares worried their was something wrong with her face, she checked out her clothes-they seemed fine so she took out her phone checking herself in the camera, nothing was wrong with her face. Chills went through her spine as the familiar events flowed back to her mind cold sweats appeared on her forehead. She tried to distract herself from all those negative thoughts and focused on her breathing closing her eyes. Inhale 123 Exhale. Her moment was ruined by someone crashing at her, throwing his arms around her, she lost her balance for a second her eyes as wide as saucers, she freaked out screaming.
She pushed the koala hugging her, away with her arms clearly unimpressed. It was Ellen in his usual attire- black shirt, brown pants, joggers, hairs messy but grinning more than usual.
"what the heck" she glared at him
"oh my gosh I can't believe it"
"what is it"
"why didn't you ever tell me that you are the 'SARAH CONNOR' " Sarah knew where this was heading but she played dumbfounded
"i am Sarah connor so, what do you mean"
"you are DANIEL CONNOR'S SISTER" her worst fears were coming to life "i cant believe it, is your brother as handsome in real life as he looks like in the magazines? don't you feel honored to be his sister? how do you feel? can i have a pic with you please? i have always idolized him. can you get me to meet him?" he fired questions while Sarah felt her world collapsing, the past that she ran away from she saw it repeating itself in front of her eyes.
"ho-how did you know" she asked him. Ellen looked at Sarah and realized that there was something wrong definitely and he stopped himself.
"what happened"
"how did you know" she slipped it between her gritted teeth.
"your brother called he said tell you to call him back he is coming tomorrow" Sarah's hunger vanished she pushed away from the crowd and went back to her room.
She stared at the caller id, her brother stood in the snow field smiling his eyes made her feel uneasy.
She had promised herself when she came here that she would never let herself get used again, never let others take advantage of her. She had decided to keep a low profile yet here she was already exposed.
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Her eyes scanned the faces of every single person exiting the airport terminal. She tightly clutched her purse hanging from her shoulder. She kept on fixing her clothes, sunglasses, her hair continuously obviously nervous.
Her eyes finally caught her brother, she waved at him trying to get his attention and he waved back his smile increasing. He walked towards her dragging his suitcase, looking as dashing as ever. His black sunglasses contrasting his fair skin, his hair styled backwards, dressed from up to down in designer outfit, wearing Nike shoes. He hugged her, shocking her. She hugged back, he smelled of expensive perfumes nevertheless she felt comforted.
"how was my sister, i missed you" his words startled her although she loved her brother a lot but she couldn't help but sometimes being jealous of him. He was one of the greatest business dealers running his 5 star hotels all around America, modelling for Nike and other famous brands. He always took all the attention and people saw her as the means to reach him. they used her and threw her away causing feelings of resentment in her heart for her brother.
Before she could answer her brother someone intruded and hugged him.
"Daniel my friend." she looked at the voice and it was Alex
"you both know each other" she clearly was surprised
"of course" her brother answered.
"we are planning a new project together, it's gonna be more grand than anyone has seen" Alex replied
"it's a surprise"
She felt hurt that her brother was here for Alex and not her, any love that had bloomed in her heart turned into resentment.
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Next morning she stood outside the four season hotel. It was extremely grand and glam. She walked past the guard who eyed her from up to down. Her long white cardigan over black shirt tucked in her jeans and high messy bun definitely didn't give her the look of someone rich enough to be living here and even the guests in their high profile suits seem unimpressed. But she couldn't careless either.
She went straight to the reception a lady stood their in a pink uniform and blonde her chewing gum. There was a computer placed in front of her on a long golden desk, a huge chandelier hung above her glittering in the light.
"excuse me can i please get the room number of Daniel Conner"
"i am sorry ma'am but we are not allowed to do so" she spoke in an accent. Sarah had to stop herself from rolling her eyes.
"i am his sister and he asked me to meet him" it was half lie he never called her nonetheless she placed her id card in front of her.
"are you for real oh my gosh" she whisper screamed in awe
"i'll get you his autograph if you give me his room number" she winked. She had learned how to use people for her benefit from people like this receptionist.
"507" she slipped a diary and pen in front of her.
She rang a bell at his room. the door opened and a sleepy person in his night suit popped his head out."oh Sarah you are here" his eyes widened in astonishment. " come in " he invited her in his perfect grand room. she sat on the couch beside the bed while he took a spot on the bed.
before he could say anything Sarah decided it was best not to beat around the bush, she was just here to clear some confusion.
"why are you really here"
"hmm?" confusion evident in his features.
"i am here to spend some time with my sister" he said after a thought
"as if " she scoffed if she didn't knew better she would have believed his words. "ask yourself when was the last time we really spent time together as siblings......... i'll answer that 15 years back when mom and dad were alive"
"and i am here to make it up for that"
"you want me to believe that lie when you are here for just some grand business deal, the entire world knows that so don't feed me that lie when you were never here with me"
"that's not true" he seemed taken aback.
"here sign this" she shoved at him the diary taking him aback but he obediently did so. she left with that diary.
She gave the diary to the receptionist and ran out of the hotel wiping her tears. She herself was confused at her actions. She didn't know why she went and aske dhim when she clearly knew the answer herself. She just did it.