He began walking beside me and I turned to look at him confused, wasn't he getting his car again?
At the end of the day, the car came to him. Not new, right? I guess I was getting so excited over nothing.
He dropped me off and I was interrogated by my cat afterward. I had no excuse to offer so I did not try to give her any. I just accused her of negligence as my cat.
She should have been with me, right? No, I know very well that I was wrong and been very petty but I must tell you my little secret. I love teasing my cat. I only discovered it recently.
She was a quiet one and I could tell that we would make very good friends if I ever meet her on earth. I will find her if we ever get to return.
I was a quiet person on earth and many said it was because I proud but they were all wrong to have so strong assumptions about this handsome young man they knew nothing about.
That is me being a narcissist and not a proud youth, okay?
So, what I was trying to say is my cat brought that talkative only my mum knew.
I would never act this way in front of my father because my father had the superpower of telling me I was doing something wrong with his eyes.
I would feel beaten with that gaze many will find normal. You could say she reminded me of the elder sister I never had. Sweet, right? I can't believe I find it sweet. Cringe.
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The next day of the work, was different from the first because the king paid a visit to the mine. I had no idea about the mining process and I have only seen it from afar off.
The mine is more than twenty stories underground and I was expected to take the king to the mine along with the other executives. I was not liking this at all.
I do not like the idea of the mining as I have heard a lot of news about mines collapsing and as much I could sincerely say I trust the technology in this world more than I trust the technology on earth, I did not like the idea about going underground.
We stepped out of the elevator. I was walking behind the king and his brother who glanced back at me for the nth time and I was not liking it at all.
I had expected the king to go to the warehouse, the store, or the processing unit first but he only chose to go to the mine first. I beginning to hate him more.
There is something I should have said earlier and that was the fact that he showed up during lunchtime, the moment I was standing up from my chair to go eat my lunch and fill up my painful empty stomach was when Jeffrey walked into the office with the news that the king had arrived.
I wonder how some people would comfortably pay a visit without giving us an alert of his arrival and not when he is in the building like a fire or disease outbreak but like the human, he is supposed to be. At least he speaks the human language not barking like a dog.
Gosh! I am so pissed that I don't know what I am saying. You know when you are angry, you end up losing rationality.
I gestured to the man in charge of the mine to explain things to the king himself. If I should take up that role, I would just fumble and embarrass myself.
As a rich young master, you must take care of certain issues wisely especially saving your face. The man walked beside me talking to the king who was wise enough to maintain a distance of a few feet away from me, the last thing I wanted was to bump into the king.
He was doing a really good job and I could not understand anything he was saying about the treasure we mined and how we were doing a good job.
And are you wondering why I was using a plural when I was not a major helper in the mining production I don't even know anything about what was getting mined except the name of the item?
I used the plural because if anything goes wrong with his explanation, I would not be able to avoid taking the blame after all I was brought in as a scapegoat.
I was forced to believe it after the king's brother led me to steal those Diamond threads because I was forced to conclude that he would not endanger his life for something unnecessary.
We have been walking for more than thirty minutes now according to my estimate because I was yet to understand the wristwatch I was wearing. I was tired and hungry. I WANT TO EAT!!!
The mine was fully equipped and neat like an underground tunnel except that the walls were exposed and as we walked further in, I found out that there were a few diamond-looking threads among a set of multi-colored stones.
I have never seen these diamond threads on the wall before I guess because I have never walked to this point.
The King paused on a part with more of those threads. I was wondering why they did not bother to pull those threads out because they should be the diamond threads, right?
Seeing him looking at the wall expressionless, had my heart racing, more than it would have if he had at least frowned or smiled. I was not a natural coward but he made me want to hide so much away from that gaze.
He looked at me with a slight smile that gave me the exact opposite of what I expected. Could someone tell this man I did not mean such a smile that told me I was done for?
He turned back to the entrance and left the mine to the surprise of everyone because I could hear them all signing in relief. We left the strange mine and to obey the king's order we went to the store.
The threads were stored in thin long glass containers with a tight lid over them and they were then placed in a black suitcase. All the suitcases were arranged on the tall shelves that were probably twenty feet tall up to the ceiling.
A few shelves were empty. My heart was beating hard because I knew those threads were not mined here. The king stopped at the entrance and gestured to me to come forward. I did and we began walking in between the shelves.
I don't know why I kept imagining those things were about to fall on us when I could only hear the footsteps of the others far away.
"These were not mined here," he simply spoke up all that was on my mind that had me shivering as I got electrocuted with the source of the electricity still connected to me.
Alas, could feel my body crumble like all those suitcases came pouring on my body like getting drenched in the rain.