Beep.. Beep.. Beep
The ringing of her phone made her jerk up like lightening... How in the world did she end up falling asleep.. Jenny picked up her phone and checked the caller ID...
"oh my God Vanessa., where in the world are you huh., I've been calling and calling all night., and I don't even know how I ended up falling asleep... I've been so worried about you.. Why didn't you call to tell me you were okay huh.. Do you want to give me a heart attack... I was praying to God for your safety.. Where were you last night., No.., where are you right now.., are you at Mark's huh... Oh God.. Thank you Lord... I'm so happy you're okay....
Jenny and Vanessa were alike in a thousand ways... If they were both worried about something., they could go on talking for hours nonstop... Now she asked questions but didn't even wait for a reply...,she just kept on talking...
"Jenny I'm so sorry.. But I need you to come pick me up.. I promise I will tell you everything when you get here... Vanessa quickly said when Jenny paused to breathe...
" No problem.., I'll come get you right away.. Just tell me where you are... Jenny said..
" I'm at the BASIL building 50th floor...
"BASIL??. Isn't that where Mark works.., and what are you doing way up on the 50th floor??.. Jenny was truly confused. She knew Mark worked at BASIL., so if she was at BASIL why did she need her to pick her up.. Mark could easily bring her home... Something was wrong and she was certain...
"Yes it is Jenny., but I want you to come pick me up.. Alright.. Please... I promise to explain everything to you when you get here... Vanessa said calmly..
" Alright I'll be there in less than an hour... 50th floor right??.. Jenny was already up., she didn't take off her clothes from yesterday., so she just had to wear her sneakers grab her purse and out the door she went...
" oh and Jenny., please don't tell Mark...
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Breakfast would be ready in twenty minutes... Grace said as she walked in with some clothes... Here are some clothes.. Now go take a shower and change into one of these... The woman placed almost a dozen clothes on the bed for Vanessa to pick from..
"oh No Grace., this is definitely too much.. I can't possibly accept anything more from you.. Please., just get me my clothes.. They would do just fine.. Vanessa said. She was completely overwhelmed by the kindness of this woman.. A person she just met.. How could she treat her like this..
"Well except you plan on walking the streets in a bathrobe., or just completely naked., I suggest you better pick one of these.. Because I already got rid of those wet clothes the moment I removed them from your body... The woman said smiling again.. As she turned to leave the room not wanting to give Vanessa a chance to argue with her...
Then she turned to Vanessa again... "so have you told Jenny where she can find you??...
" oh Yes.. She would be here any minute soon... Vanessa replied
"well then., I better prepare an extra plate"... She looked really happy to prepare an extra plate... Like a little girl having a tea party with her friends..
"Grace... Vanessa called out to her as she was about to leave the room., and she turns back to look at her..." yes Vanessa??..
"Thank you...
" well you're very much welcome...
As the woman left the room., the thought that came to her mind was., if her mother was still alive., she would probably treat her the way Grace did... Whoever Grace's children were., they where sure lucky to have her as a mother...
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When she entered the bathroom., she saw it had a tub... She really wanted to soak herself in warm water more than anything., but then she thought using someone else's tub would be rude., so she decided to use the shower instead...
As the warm water trailer down her body., she felt all her nerves calm... She could vividly remember the whole craziness that happened yesterday... She suddenly burst into tears as she remembered Mark in the position she found him.. He shouldn't have done that., he really shouldn't... She cried her heart out in the bathroom... Letting the warm water wash away her equally warm tears...
She stepped out of the bathroom., dried herself up., and found herself plagued with the question of 'What to wear?..
Everything looked nice.. Too nice for someone like her.. She felt guilty that she had to wear one of these clothes... But she knew she had no choice..
Well she did.. It was where one of these., or walk around naked. And she most definitely was going to choose the former.. She ended picking a simple blue Jean that was just the right size for her.. Not to big and not too tight... Just somewhere in the middle.. Then she picked a brown shirt to go with it... She straighten her hair with her fingers... She looked at herself in the mirror., and well she wasn't that bad.. This was good enough for breakfast...
She picked up her phone., took a deep breath and walked over to the door Grace had been going and coming from... She wondered what she would find behind the door...
Slowly like a teenager trying to seek out of the house in the middle the night., she opened the door., and steeped out..
Coming out of the room., she entered a big living room.. It was not lavishly furnished., but had the necessities of a normal living room... Nice soft sofas and cushions.. In the middle of the room was a beautiful round glass table....
She was busy adoring the place that she did not realize Grace was standing next to her...
"the place looks spooky doesn't it??... Vanessa jerked at the voice of Grace...
" spooky??.. You call this spooky?.. Grace your home is beautiful.. I mean I never imagined this kind of place existed in BASIL... Vanessa spoke delightfully...
"Well thank you.. And you look good in those clothes.. Better than the matrix costume you had on last night... They both laughed at this comment..
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When Jenny got to the BASIL building., she went straight to the elevator... She caught a glimpse of some people looking at her funny., but she had no time to think of why they were looking or what they were looking at... She really needed to see Vanessa and make sure she was okay..
When the elevator stopped on the 50th floor and the doors to the elevator flew open., she saw an empty hall... Had Vanessa been kidnapped.., was she being held captive by that maniac.. Crazy thoughts were roaming around her head.. She walked into the hall slowly., and at the end of it there was a door. And fortunately a doorbell.. She pressed down on the doorbell impatiently... She held her bag tightly as her weapon.., ready to swing it at whoever was not Vanessa.. Ready to fight...
Then the door flew opened...