The Hope

Angel remembered that she does not have enough money for the transportation. So again she found herself in another problem, she became confused of telling her father or not. Angel sat on a bench holding Ash's address for a long time thinking of a solution. And by luck a nice guy who also looked confused came and sat on the bench beside Angel, he took out a paper from his pocket and looked at it puzzled. At first Angel didn't concentrate on him but later she looked at his confused face that looked like her face and she offered him help, "Amm, sir is there something wrong with you? You look confused? Can I help you?''

The man was a little bit shy and also looked like a conceited. He changed his face to seriousness and said to her, "No thanks, and I think it is not of your business "

Angel smiled and peeked at the paper and recognized at what was written, it was saying

East Mexico, Front of Juliet Park at Addy's café .See you at 9.00pm or you will not see her forever

Angel looked at it and returned to her paper, she smiles looking at her paper saying, "Addy's café, Addy's café, it is the most place I visit to drink coffee when I come to Mexico''

Suddenly the man after hearing her turned his surprised face to her and asked her, "Wait a minute, did you say Addy's café? Do you know it?''

She turned to him "oh, yeah I know it "

He changed to his normal face, holded her hands tightly and started begging her, "Oh please take me to it, please I have to go there before 9.00p.m.''

He started letting tears go out from his eyes, "I will give you anything you want, anything, just take me there…''

Angel was so surprised of the guy, and at the same time feeling pain in her hands, she pulled off her hands from his hands and he stopped talking and looked at her eagerly.

She took a deep breath, "Wait, can you give me money if I took you there?''

The boy laughed, "Money? Are you kidding? I am from a rich family and I can give you the amount you ask. Just take me there.''

Angel thought with herself for a while, "I have to take the chance. But I fear that he is a bad person. But no problem after I take my money I will just go to Ash after I take him to the café''

She took again a deep breath and turned to the guy, "Well, I accept your deal but let me tell you, you will pay me 300$. Ok''

He smiled and knocked ok, "Well, a 300$ is not that much for a person who buys a watch which costs 250$''

Both laughed, Angel relaxed to the guy and asked him, "First, can you introduce me yourself? What is your name? How old are you? From where are you? What is your story? With whom do you live? And you can continue another answers''

The man became speechless from the questions sum and length. He shook his head right and left trying to understand. "Well…phew, you have a lot of questions and I will answer you in the car while we are going to the café. Ok?''

She accepted. he brought his car from the parking area, she put in her backpack on the back seat and got inside the car and sat on the front seat beside the driver seat and looked at him, "Here we are, now answer my questions and until that you should go toward the east and don't worry the journey will be a little bit long but also don't worry about that, we will arrive before 9.00 p.m. And here you can start your answers "

The car started its trail heading towards the east of Paris. The guy drove hopefully, "Well my name is David, I am from here and I am 25 years old, my story is a sad story, it is like putting someone between life and death. I had a wife, she was so pretty and both of us loved each other, we didn't have children but we were so happy in our life. I lived with her and my parents in a big house that you could imagine it like a palace, we had everything: money, house, servants, food, drink and love as I thought, but luck sometimes doesn't work and my father had a heart attack and died, then we became three in the large house. My mom suggested that we should move to a smaller house because she became scared of being alone in the big house when we are out for work''

His face changed to sadness, "My wife told me that my mom's suggestion was good and that we should start finding a smaller home. Days went and my wife started to disagree and quarrel with my mom, she started blaming my mother that she was the reason of my dad's death. And my mom as usual was sensitive to what she was blamed to, she became paralyzed in her legs and moved on a wheelchair. My mom was not happy but she didn't want to tell me because she wanted my life to continue. After days, my wife started bothering me by wanting me to transfer the large house ownership to under her name, mom disagreed with that saying that this was my wealth after my dad's death.my wife started to be angry of my mom and stopped caring about her, and she went out of the house saying that she wants her divorce document. I was so confused between giving her the deed and return her back or to be with my pitying mom caring for her. I decided to make the ownership of the house for her and return her back because I could be busy when mom needs someone. Both of us agreed and I made the house under her name and control. But she was so sly that after she took the house, she refused to return and said that it was a lie because she knew that I cannot leave her to go."

Angel became so surprised and was hearing eagerly to the sad story.

"Then she became one of the richest business woman in the city because she invested the selling price of the house. she called me one day while I was taking care of my mom after we moved to a smaller house saying that she wanted half of the wealth I entailed from my dad but I refused to give her because I know that she was cheating me, she warned me that she will do something bad for my mom but I didn't believed her. And here we are ,she kidnapped my mom and will return me my mom if I will bring her the money she wanted in cash, she gave me this address and a time to prepare the money that was three days ,I was asking everybody about this address but no one knew it and I was desperate. But I found you and I was just shy and bored to ask you because I thought that you will answer me like other people. That's why I was a little bit harsh with you and I am sorry for being like that. And please you should tell me a shortcut to that place because it is 8.10 pm now or she will harm my mom''

Angel was between many emotions: sadness, fear, confusion but she smiled to not tension him more and she told him the shortcut, "If you want a shortcut, after you arrive the east, go through from the smile and sunshine beach and it will be more nearer from there. Don't worry you will take her home safe and I will be with you until you take your mom from that beast wife, ok?''

He felt a little relaxed and smiled and asked her, "Ok its now your turn to answer me the same questions I have answered you with long details and boring descriptions''

Angel laughed and started, "Well Mr. David, my name is Angelina, I am 22, I am from California, I am not a citizen here but I come here frequently because I love travelling, but this time I came for changing my story. Well my story is I am a girl living with her dad and the gardener Ashton. My mom died when I was small in a car accident, my father raised me the best raising and now I am a university student. The gardener I told you was a childhood friend for me because his father was the real gardener in our house, but after his dad death my father decided to repay his honest father by raising his son, but we were close friends in childhood because I had no one than him. After I reached 18 we stopped hanging with each other. I don't know why but I think maybe because we became wiser and we started to fear my father. but recently whenever I see him when I am going to university I feel something strange. He smiles when we meet, I feel my heart beat strongly when I think about him, he even knows how he can make me smile.''

He smiled "that is what we can call love''

Angel's face turned to look surprised "but the surprise is that he loves me and have feelings towards me. The problem was that when I was also going to show my feelings to him, I made a big mistake that made him angry from me and leave. But he knew that I wanted him so he left me a letter telling me that he was in his village and he wrote the location of his village and here I am, trying to find him here because he was injured in a bus accident while he was returning to his village. I found his friend who was also my ex-boyfriend but he was so malicious and wanted me to return to him in return that he shows me where Ash is. Surely I refused and he sent me away, but I found Ash's location hardly and I became out of money then I found you as a hope for finding Ash"

He smiled again, "Don't worry just as you take me there I will give you the money and you will go to Ash. But let me advice you, never let shyness stop you from revealing your feelings. As soon as you find him, tell him that you also share him feelings and he will surely forgive you.''

"Well, I wish that''

TO BE CONTINUED.....