Only One Road – chapter 11

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I guess I dozed off without even noticing it because suddenly I was back in our old high school again. It was the first week of January, right after the Christmas break. My parents left this morning for their usual deal-signing business. The same trip as the one that is going to kill them four years later when the jet crushes into the ocean. Of course I didn’t know it back then so I was deliriously happy to be alone in the house for the next four days.

Kay got Dylan a used car for Christmas because she never trusted him enough to let him drive her Porsche. I didn’t blame her. I was still surprised that my parents let me drive their Jeep. Of course it was no Porsche but still…

That day Dylan told me that he had to run a couple of errands for Kay before he could come over to my place.

“I’ll be there before seven”, he said.

“Want me to go with you?” I asked and he just shook his head.

“No, it’s okay. She just needs me to refill her power bars supply and she needs more soda.”

“Power bars and soda”, I said thoughtfully. “That’s all she eats?”

“No”, he snorted. “She also likes pasta but she has enough of that.”

“All right… See you at seven then?”

“Yeah”, he smiled and ran his fingers down my side absent mindedly.

“Stop that”, I said sternly. “Or Kay will kill you for not getting her power bars.”

“Right”, he laughed.

So I went home, put some dishes away, and even did some laundry. Finally it was almost seven in the evening and Dylan was not here. I called his phone but there was no answer. I called Kay’s house and got the same result. Then I remembered that Kay left for another photo shoot. This time somewhere in Florida. I waited half an hour and tried Dylan’s phone again. No answer. I looked at the clock. Seven forty five. Where the hell is he?