A week later from the kidnapping event Olivia had
another closing shift meaning walking all the way home alone, no bus or ride
for her. Unlike the before she was scared this time.
“Hey, would you like us to walk together?” Alejandro,
the guy who helped in the kitchen offered; she smiled feeling grateful.
“If you’re not detouring from your way” she said
kicking herself mentally and hoping he’d still walk with her
“I think we live close –he shrugged- I´ve seen you on
the bus often”
“Really? I´ve never seen you” They started to walk
“I´m always at the back and you always keep it to
yourself” Ale shrugged again
“Ah…” she smiled
“So, Olivia –the guy broke the silence that had
settled between them- you don’t talk much… -she only smiled- Where do you come
from?”
“I moved from the city about a month ago –she said, he
nodded, everybody knew that- to my grandma´s house, I think it was her
grandma´s house, you know it´s the very old run down house…the one that makes
you think of Red Riding Hood´s grandma´s house but in need of fixing” she
rolled her eyes. Alejandro looked at her for a second and he laughed.
“Ah, so you are a Belcourt” Ale said as if confirming
something, Olivia raised her eyebrows in question feeling a little
uncomfortable
“You knew my grandma?”
“Nah, but in this town there are properties of
families that were like the founders or something –he made air quotation marks-,
so everybody kinda recognizes their names… if someone lives there, they´re part
of that family”
“Really? Who are they, the families?”
“Well, the Belcourt –he motioned to her- Regnier,
Martin, Landry, Dupont, Burgeoys, Covin…”
“Are you one of those?”
“Nah, just Ale, Alejandro Carbonell” he extended his
hand to shake hers
“Well, I´m just Olivia Ventura. Oli” she smiled. They
shook hands
“No Belcourt?”
“Nope, my grandma gave my mom her dad´s last name and
my mom gave me hers –Olivia shrugged- I like the Belcourt one though, sounds…”
“Mysterious” Ale said in a low whispering voice, Olivia
chuckled
“I was going to say wealthy” she said
“Oh, that too, I agree –he nodded to himself- So,
you´re living alone in Red Riding Hood´s granny’s old house?”
“Yup, how about you? Old house too?”
“Old yes but tiny in comparison but I´m not on my own,
my brother and sister live there with me and our grandma, she raised us”
“Aww and now you stay with her? That´s nice” she
smiled
“Well, not like we don’t want to get out of here –he
twisted his mouth- at least I want to…”
“Why? This seems like a nice place” except for the
kidnapper Olivia thought
“I guess but there´s nothing here but forests and the
same people except the snob kids of that school in the middle of the woods” he
scoffed
“There’s a school there? I thought these woods were
too thick?”
“They are but there´s a road up the hill to that
place. They´re in prison or something like us too, I guess” he said sourly
“Where do you want to go?”
“To the city, I don’t want to live in an old house
anymore or to be around the same people I´ve been with all my life”
“There´s nothing much there either but rude people and
less trees” Olivia shrugged
“So you wanted to live here?” Ale inquired
“Not really, I mean I didn’t even know this place
actually existed until I went through my grandma´s stuff when she passed away…
it´s a place to live so it´s fine by me”
“Do you like it so far?”
“Yeah, I guess. Most people´s nice…” to her surprise
they were already at her place, the white massive old house. “Thank you very
much for walking with me Ale”
“No prob, Oli” Alejandro saluted
“Be careful on your way home” He´d have to go back
about a third of the way. He waved. Olivia sighed relieved once she was inside
the old house and behind locked doors.
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A/N: just a tiny one ...the tittle haha
Saku, thx for your last comment and sorry that this one´s not answering your questions but it´ll come haha
It's alright. Answers should take time. They're more satisfactory that way - so long as they aren't all piled into the last two-three chapters giving me whiplash! Lol
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the title and the image for this post. It's like so cool and honestly the concept hadn't crossed my mind in the slightest! So cool how you connected that there.
I think Ale was so sweet for walking her despite it actually being out of his way. I think he has a crush and he found his chance to talk to her ;) teehee
Something I really liked was how she actually wanted him to walk her despite her words. Like I LOVE that she actually hoped she hadn't ruined having an escort just to be polite. I thought that was kinda unique since characters usually let their pride get in the way in situations like this. So bravo Oli!! Lol was that a lame comment or did it make sense to you? Haha
There was a part that confused me - the paragraph after he asks where she comes from and she answers starting with "I moved--" I couldn't quite understand what she was saying or if that was her actual actions.
I was surprised to see this here! But happy too. One step closer!!