The young girl strode into the airport without delaying a second only to be bumped into someone again.
"Ouch!!" Amelia exclaimed, pressing her shoulder in pain.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't see you there," apologized a woman who bumped into Amelia.
"That's alright!" Amelia looked around if she was being followed but thankfully none followed her. After picking up her things that were scattered on the floor, she went to the counter to buy her ticket but to her shock something was missing, her purse.
"Ma'am, your destination?" the man at the ticket counter asked her.
"I lost my purse!" Amelia squealed in shock when realisation hit her hard. The man at the counter who understood her situation spoke to her.
"Don't worry, Ma'am, why don't you enquire at lost and found counter ?" Amelia nodded to his words but didn't speak, she stepped back excusing herself from the crowd to find the way to lost and found counter.Amelia rushed in search of her purse, she could feel her hands shiver, not because of the cold climate but because she lost her belongings, most importantly her money.
Why was the heaven not on her side today? First it was the man whom she met on the road and now it was a woman, into whom she bumped. Why did she have to put all her money in that purse and why did she have to bump into a stranger who stole her purse. Amelia was exasperated because of all the things that were happening to her. Everything in her life was a mess. Nothing was going according to her wish. Just when she thought she was going to be a free bird; she lost her money and became penny less.
".... I...I lost my purse. She... She must've stolen my purse. I bumped into her and..." she couldn't frame a sentence while explaining her situation to the woman behind the 'lost and found' counter. Amelia's heart was racing, she could hardly breathe and felt she was going to have a panic attack.
"Were you talking about me?" Amelia heard a familiar voice and instantly turned around.
"Oh my God.... Oh my... !!" Amelia exclaimed and rushed to the girl who held her purse.
"My purse. Oh god. I thought... I thought..."
"…that I stole your purse?" completed the woman, into whom Amelia bumped a few minutes ago.
"No... I... I am sorry," Amelia apologized with meek laughter.
"We need to buy the ticket. Let's go," said the girl keeping their conversation short as it was not required to prolong it.
"Thank you so much" Amelia thanked her from the bottom of her heart.
Amelia went to the ticket counter and booked a ticket to Dublin. The journey from London to Dublin was peaceful unlike her ride from her house to the airport which was quite scary because of the deserted road. A smile escaped her lips when she thought of the stranger she encountered a while ago while walking on the deserted roads in London. Now that she thought about him, she regretted not seeing his face or atleast asking his name. If possible, she wanted to meet him again and thank him properly. Amelia looked through the window as the plane took off, her heart was in pain to leave but this was the only option for her to live a life of her choice. She was in Dublin now, she looked around to see the plasma screens of arrival and departure time on the walls of the airport. She came out of the airport and felt the cool breeze blow against her face and through her hair. She regretted not wearing enough warm set of clothes, but her cheerful smile didn't fade away on her face.
New life, New beginnings!!