Chapter 2

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"Hey, Eyllah you know that you are my best friend right." He said. He took my hand in his and gave me a soft peck at the back of my hand. His eyes seemed like they were full of sorrow. It was like what he was about to say to me was painful. I turned my body to face him directly he had my full attention.

"What's wrong why are you acting this way?" I whispered.

"There is something that you need to know before we arrive at the party." He said. What was wrong with him? What did he want to tell me that bad?

"You see I am... not... I...mean...y...ou ...see" He hesitated. I have never seen him stutter before what he was going to tell me must be serious. "Never mind. Let us just wait for the weather to cool down."

"You do know that you're acting really weird right now?" I told him.

"I am sorry forget what I said." the got me angry how can one leave someone midsentence.

"How can I forget that? I wanna know what is really going on in that head of yours." I sighed. "You can't keep doing this. Won't you just tell me what is g..."

"There is nothing going on. Just drop it please!" I flinched he has never shouted at me before. My eyes widened at his tone. He seemed to have realized what he had done and looked at me apologetically. He sighed and turned to me. "look I am sorry okay please forgive me." He looked at me with pleading eyes.

"What is wrong with you seriously?" I asked him, "You know what never mind I am sleeping" I turned to face the window and closed my eyes I don't know what exactly is his problem but I am not going to be at the receiving end. The weather looked as if it was not going to change anytime soon in fact it was getting way worse. Lightning struck again in the sky this time followed by thunder. I suddenly felt groggy and it was hard to move my body. It was like my body was heavy for me to control. I was overwhelmed with sleep. I closed my eyes and got comfy in the chair. The last thing I remember saying is that Cane should wake me up when we arrive at the party.

"Hey wake up we are here." I stretched my body as far as I could and sat upright in the chair. I opened my eyes to the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen. A large mansion was facing the east and we were greeted by a large fountain at the entrance. The structures of the mansion were rustic and full of sculptures that were oddly embedded on the walls. They looked like angels engraved on the walls, they looked ancient.

"Wow, I did not know that a place like this existed past the forest," I exclaimed. Cane turned his head towards me and said

"Wait until you reach the inner walls of the building." He stopped the car in front of a large door and signaled me to get out of the car.

"I have to park the car see you inside." That was when I noticed that the weather had changed. It was sunny and there was no cloud in the sky.

"Are we in another state?" I asked him.

"What makes you say that?" He smiled.

"It's not raining and that ground is dry," I said. He smirked and unlocked the car.

"We are still in the same place Eyllah do not let your imagination run wild. Now would you please leave the car it's getting late?" He said and shoved me out of the car.

"Okay okay, I am getting out. Don't touch me I can get out of the car by myself thank you." I got out of the car and walked to the door. Before I could ring the doorbell the two large doors opened and I was greeted by none other than Zander. His long jet-black hair was messed up and he had this lazy look in his eyes that made him look like a bad boy which he was. He had no shirt on showing his beautiful sculpted body and a tattoo of a dragon just above his chest. He had his arms wrapped around two girls in bikinis. He smirked at me and ushered me in.

"I am glad you could make it Eyllah I have been waiting." He said. How did he know I was coming? I was not even invited to the party and yet he was expecting me. Did he know about my plan?

"How did you know that I would come?" I asked him out of suspicion.

"That's easy Cane told me." He simply said. I got into the house, only to be marveled at its beauty. As Cane said, it was gorgeous. There were two large sculptures in the middle of the room that was made of stone. One sculpture was of a woman who barely had anything on just a small piece of linen wrapped around the most important parts of her body. The other statue was of a little boy looking up at the sky with one hand raised as if he was reaching out for something. He looked like he was longing for something that he will never achieve. On the other side of the room, the wall had three large paintings of what seemed like people stretching out to something in the same direction as the boy.

"Come this way," said Zander.

"Why?" I asked him.

"Well, you came here for the party right? The party is this way. He led me to the other side of the room which led to the hallway. As I walked through the hallway I saw weird pictures of Zander and his family. They were dressed in weird clothes they looked like they were celebrating Halloween in each picture. We reached the end of the hallway Zander opened a touchpad that was mounted on the wall and put his palm on it. The door slid open and that was when I heard loud music coming from the inside of that room. The walls must be soundproof. The door had a staircase that led to the basement at the end of the staircase one could see lights of all colors taking turns to light up the room.

"Welcome Eyllah to my party," he said, "I hope you enjoy yourself." He finished and left in the opposite direction with the two girls who never left his side. I sighed and started going down the flight of stairs towards the blinding lights. When I reached the end I saw a large crowd of people dancing in the middle of the room. most of them were half-naked. Why do I suddenly feel overdressed for this party? I had worn a blush v-shaped chiffon dress with tiny pink roses covering the whole dress. The dress reached a few inches above my knee. To match my shoes with the dress I put on ankle-strapped stilettos that were beige in color. I scanned the room which was full of people and saw Cane heading in my direction.

"Hey, what took you so long?" He shouted. I barely was able to hear him.

"How did you get here so fast?" I asked genuinely surprised.

"I used the back door." He said. I hit his shoulder with all my strength.

"Ouch!! What was that for??" He asked confused.

"That was leaving me behind. We could have used the back door together." I screamed at him.

"You're here now let us just enjoy. The party is lit." He didn't lie there this party was nice. For someone who is celebrating their eighteenth birthday he sure knew how to throw one.

"Come let's dance." Cane dragged me to the dance floor and started dancing. "Just go with the flow." He knows I am not much of a dancer. He took my hands and started swaying them. I laughed at his attempt and started swaying my body to the beat of the music.

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