After Aubri's come back, I didn't want to go back home yet, hearing an answer that Quin isn't found yet, I didn't want to hear another of my grandparents crying again, they never blamed me for Quin's disappearance but I always hear their cry and prayers for Quin to find her way back home, they both loved their grandchildren dearly.
I asked Zaire to just drove me to the abandoned bridge near the town, people usually don't go near there and it was a perfect place to be alone. Zaire didn't bother to ask why, that was one thing I liked about him, he knows how not to stick in other peoples businesses, he'd rather not get involved. Arriving at the bridge, I sat on its beam, it was quiet and peaceful, only the sound of the calm river can be heard, for the past 18 years of my life, I always go here whenever I'm stressed and full of problems, I took out the cigar that I stole from Zaire's pocket and started smoking it, he didn't notice me stealing his cigar as he was busy driving the motorcycle while I was holding his waist.
Quietly smoking, I was disturbed again, Theon appeared out of nowhere and sat beside me, although, he wasn't noisy this time, he shamelessly took the box of cigar and lighter that I was holding and started to smoke too.
"Hey, I thought you'd be happy now that your older sister's friend is back, I even went to the effort of bringing her back", he spoke but I only stared at him in silence, observing him.
"Do you wanna know what it feels like drowning?", I threatened him as we look deep down the river just below us.
"Sure but I'd enjoy it more if we drown together", he said, f*cking psycho, he was smiling again which annoyed me to the point where I aggressively kicked him down to the river what I heard next was Aubri's screaming voice behind us. She hurriedly looked down the river and was looking for Theon desperately but their was no trace of him floating above, her eyes then stared at me like I was a murderer, she was different from the Aubri I knew before, this time, it feels like she's not Aubri.
For some reason, I felt dizzy and tired, I soon followed Theon down to the river, I fell down the bridge slowly losing my consciousness, Aubri had the strength to avoid myself from falling off the beam but she just watched me fall, she only held her hand out and was reluctant to save me. I couldn't move my body or try to swim, I felt paralyzed, my body was slowly sinking deep down the river and was losing air. As my eyes was slowly closing and was losing my life, I saw Theon grabbing my hand and pulling me up to the forests shore. I was coughing, vomiting all the water that I drank from the river, I was catching my breath.
Everything now was a blur again, I closed my eyes looking at Aubri who was up in the bridge staring at me with no regrets in her eyes.
Upon opening my eyes, I found myself laying in my bed but still paralyzed, looking around, my whole bedroom was covered in pink flowers and vines of plants, even my bed was decorated with it. Sitting beside my paralyzed body was Effie, she finally showed up, she was humming the london bridge song creepily, even though my body can't move, I called out her name and she heard me but she didn't reveal her face to me, she keep on avoiding my eyes. I asked him about Theon, however she also doesn't know anything about him, her calm voice tells me that she is telling the truth, so I didn't bother to nag her about him, I just asked one question again.
"Effie, did you die in the forest?", I asked and she nodded silently, I wanted to ask what happened but she warned me not to find answers that I'm not ready to hear yet.
"You shouldn't get yourself involved with that boy", she said and finally looked back at me but I was confused with what she said, is she talking about Theon?. I was shaken again and woke up, couldn't ask one more question.
I opened my eyes and I saw my grandmother holding my hand as she fell asleep beside my bed, I felt an unwavering pain in the side of my stomach, I stand up from lying, I didn't bother to woke up my grandma from sleeping, I'm sure she's also tired. I went to the bathroom, in front of the mirror, I dragged my shirt up only to see a huge red veins growing on the right side of my stomach. It scared me so much that it made me step backward in fear, I started to vomit in the sink but all that came out from my mouth was pink flowers. What is this?.