JETHRO
Another Alternate Universe…
(THE FINALE)CIANAI can’t help but drink the 2nd mug of coffee empty and massage my temple. Jethro is giving me headaches again. How did I end up working with him, fusing our companies? I put down all the papers I’ve been checking this whole time. Resting my back at the swivel chair, the view outside the building caught my attention. It’s as beautiful as always, taking half of my stress away from my body.The stars are bright tonight surrounding the moon. An image of a man immediately took over the view which made me blink my eyes fast to erase him in front of my eyes.“Ciana.” That’s David, he’s a suitor. He always barges in easily. I moved to turn the chair to him.“What brought you here again Mr. Sanchez?”“You know I’m here for you.” My eyes rolled. His voice is annoying me and I hate his guts. I rejected him many times already but he is still as hard as a rock trying to get me.“Stop this David or I’ll have no choice but ban you,” I said without even bothering to look at him.“Ye
CIANAI heave a deep sigh when finally, I finish cleaning the new room I rented. My paintings are flawlessly hanging on the walls. My works are perfect crafts of my creative hands. Oh! One last thing. I need to arrange my clothes inside the small cabinet residing next to the bed. The moment I opened the first drawer, something is inside.A phone, a weird and unusual futuristic looking phone, is inside the drawer and it still works. I swiftly continued arranging my clothes to check the phone out.“Finders keepers.”I grinned.“What a lucky day.”
CIANAToday is supposed to be my first day at school. It ends up I’m in a hospital when I woke up. I wasn’t dreaming. I have a fresh wound, and the trauma is still inhabiting my body and soul.“Hey! Are you listening?”I am dragged back to reality and turn my head to look at Jethro. I roll my eyes on him.“This is not that serious. I can go to school tomorrow. I am perfectly fine,”I spoke, and show my perfect set of teeth.
CIANA“It was just a coincidence. It’s not that, the person behind that text knows everything.”I was mumbling while heading to the library. It will be very impossible if he is here. How can a person predict?My jaw drops when I see him right away just by entering the door. He rolls the book's cover holding it by one hand and leaned on the chair. The book is blocking his face now. It doesn't seem like he noticed me sitting in front of him. I placed my satchel on my lap.The book has taken over his world. It's how I see it. He is reading something about parallel universe, it’s what I can see from the rolled page.I le
CIANAAugust 1803I wish I never invited him to Jetroe’s party. Something happened.The message is surprisingly very short today. I feel a little bit tired since I only sleep like 4 hours. I got eventually drowned by crazy thoughts. At the same time, my head is too slow to figure things out. Now the thing that’s bothering me most, is the thought about the future. Airo won’t probably make it there. Does it mean, the sender lives in the future and she knows what will actually happen next?The sender, is she my future self?
CIANA“No. You can’t!” Everyone in the library looks at me. “Sorry.”I grab his hand pulling him outside. I can feel how people stare at us. Jealousy and anger has filled the library’s atmosphere. I immediately let go of him before he thinks I am such a crazy stranger who approaches him, grabs him like this as if we already had an exchange of names and are acquainted. We are outside now and I don’t want to be slaughtered or murdered at this young age.“You can’t go.”
CIANAHe is back wearing his blank expression when he guides me inside his house. The house is huge and luxurious with dominant white paint. It is two-storey and has a wide area outside with a swimming pool and a garden. I see three different luxurious cars and fountains too.I feel like a walking trash between bundles of gold. My black shirt and black jeans are too simple for this place. I look at Airo’s back when he halts in front of his brother’s coffin. He is a lucky guy born in such a family but he seems like being left alone and is dead with emotions. But now, I can see he is not that dead inside his heart. He is wearing a mask, I presume.I s
CIANAAugust 2607He went to the library again. We talked a bit but later he went home so I tailed him. His black car stopped at an ice cream parlor so I also asked the taxi to stop. No sign of Airo stepping out of his car and just racing so suddenly. Some people complained. I feel like he is not in a perfect mood now so I went home straight. If only we are close, I might have done something crazy with him. I’ve always wished to try and make him laugh.“Ciana! Why didn’t you text me?” I hide the phone in my