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I looked over my right shoulder and saw a hand, a feminine hand on it, i gazed up and saw it was Eunice with a scowl on her face.

"What?" I asked

"I said, where are you coming from?" Eunice said as she turned me over facing her and sprawled both hands on my shoulders

'Is this woman a spy or something, i lost sight of her just for one minute and she vanished. I didn't even hear her walk up behind me' i thought to myself whilst trying to avoid eye contact with her

"Did you not hear me i said where are you-"

"I heard you the first time" i cut her short

"OK, so?" She asks

"Well um, i went to um-"

"Yes?"

"Well, i got out of the office because i forgot my phone downstairs and i needed help getting it but when i came out to ask for your help you weren't at the desk and i couldn't use the elevator because we used an ID to access it from downstairs so i thought maybe u need one to access it here too"

"Well you don't need an ID to access the elevator from here, it only works when you're on the first floor" said Eunice but i knew that already

"And what did you mean you needed help from me and i wasn't at the desk?"

"Exactly that, i needed your help and you weren't where you were meant to be"

"You lying little- i never left my desk not for even a single second"

Scoff..."yes you did, well according to my story anyway and who do you think my dad, your boss is going to believe between you and me huh?"

I know i shouldn't be acting so out of character for Amanda but i was still annoyed over to failure of my mission and couldn't take any of Eunice's badgering at the moment.

"And get your hands off of my shoulders or would you like to explain why i have dirt all over me to your boss?" I said looking her straight in the eyes.

Eunice quietly took her hands off my shoulders and went back to her desk. I watched until she sat down then i opened the door with the key i had put in my schoolbag and went inside to wait for Mr Nevel. I tried getting my body and clothes as clear as it could get then i sat down and waited. I waited for an hour and a half then the door opened beside me and Mr Nevel got in. I looked at him as he got his things in order, putting his documents into his briefcase and locking it

"What about Mrs Eunice?" I asked

"She's fine, she already left for home but she was acting a bit stranger than usual though. Did anything happen Amanda?" Mr Nevel asks

"Huh? Nothing, nothing happened. Maybe she had something urgent at home to take care of" i replied

Mr Nevel finished packing his things up then we left the office Locking the door behind him.

"Lets take the stairs Amanda, for some reason the elevator is malfunctioning and has been put out of order" Mr Nevel extended is left hand out and i held it then we walked towards the exit

"This was a crappy Father and daughter day wasn't it?" He gave a half smile

'Yeah, something like that"

We got down and exited the building. The security outside and Mr Nevel greeted themselves goodbye as we walked out heading to the car. While waking i looked around but that kid Prince was no where in sight.

"He must have gone home already. Hmm, what a weird kid, he even left his crappy sign here 'Griin Staples' well whatever" i mumbled to myself.

We got into the car and drove home.

"Amanda go up and change while i make us dinner"

"OK"

I went upstairs to change while Mr Nevel went into the kitchen to cook dinner. We got home by eight o'clock so it wasn't going to be anything too flashy and time consuming to cook, he made instant noodles. I got up the stairs but had no idea which room was Amanda's. There were three doors at the end of the hallway, one by the left and two by the right separated one foot apart. I got closer and opened the door to the left first but it was the bathroom.

Sigh... "Wrong door"

I walked over to the right and opened the first door closest to the bathroom. The door opened slowly with a creaking noise, the room was dark, stuffy and the drapes were closed shut.

Cough, cough, cough "dafoq?" I walked inside fanning off dust around my face with my left hand while trying to feel for a light switch on the wall behind the door with my right raised high and i found it. I switched on the lights and the room became visible. There was a baby crib at the end, broken wall mirror with shards on the ground, a cupboard by another wall and everything covered in dust

I walked over to the crib sliding my hand along the rail

"What's this?" there was a dusty newspaper article on the mattress. I passed my hand between the slats and grabbed the newspaper. I tried reading the most noticeable headline but the dust on the paper was too much for anything ti make sense so i dusted it off and cleaned the residual dust with Amanda's school unform. I held the paper with both hands as i read the headline.

[FIRE ON THE 30TH MAINLAND HIGHWAY AS WOMAN AND CHILD DIES IN AN ATTEMPT KIDNAPPING

A Mrs Blessing Nevel with her six months old son on their way home from the daycare center got forced into a black van which on driving to the highway caught the attention of a station road police officer. In attempt to stop the over speeding vehicle the police officer and the driver of the van got into a car chase speeding along the highway and unfortunately the driver took a wrong turn hitting an incoming fuel truck which caused fuel leaked all over the highway and causing instant ignition. Mrs Nevel, her child, the kidnappers as well as nineteen other road users lost their lives in the hellish fire on that fateful day. We asked the officer who made the chase for his statem-]

"Wow that's harsh, loosing your wife and kid on the same day. I can't even begin to imagine what it must have been like for these tw-"

"Ahh!" i clenched my headed in pain after receiving a jolt of severe headache. Loosing my balance I went down on one knee as I almost lost consciousness.

'I've been in this body for too long, i never expected my jump back to get protracted like this and Amanda's own consciousness has started to fight back. Damn, this is the longest I've ever been in a jump but one more day, just last one more day, please'

I got back up supporting weight with the crib then i put the newspaper back on the mattress and walked out of the room, switching off the lights on my way out. Regaining back some strength i opened the last door and thankfully it was Amanda's, i knew because everything screamed primary school girl.

I got in, took my clothes off and put the uniform in the clothes hamper. Walked over to the wardrobe and browsed through until i found Amanda's pajamas nicely folded. She had two pairs stacked, one pink and the other black so of course i picked the pink one thats my favorite colour after all. Wore it then started to close the wardrobe but stopped halfway when my eyes met a diary

"Amanda's diary, lets see what type of things a ten year old girl puts in here" I picked it up and opened to the last page.

[Dear diary, today after school i met up with Michael behind the drum set at the devotion hall when nobody was around and we shared a kis-] I closed the diary

"OK that's enough reading for me today" I kept the diary back and closed the wardrobe then went downstairs and just in time too. Mr Nevel had just finished setting up the dining table.

We both sat down next to each other then prayed for the food. Mr Nevel took the first bite. I picked up the fork and speared it into the plate then spinned it around and brought out a fine amount of noodles.

Clink, clank...

The fork fell from my hand then I along with it fell to the floor, shaking profusely, tossing and turning on the floor, i was having a seizure. I didn't know for how long because after about one minute of nonstop jerking i lost consciousness.

Mr Nevel rushed over and put me in his arms. He ran out to the car forgetting to lock the house door behind him. He put me in the backseat lying backs down, got into the drivers seat and he zoomed off to the hospital, Glory land hospital.