BACKING TO SELF

“EVA!” I almost shouted, “It rings a bell. I’ve reason to believe I'd seen her before.”

Ms. Clarette stood still, “You’ve seen her. Where?” I breathed hard, “The other day, I saw her two blocks away from my home when it was snowing heavily.

I asked if she needed any help but she shoved me hard and said that she- Eva was not buying it; my fake concern. She ran away and I never saw her later. I know I’m not being of much help.” Ms. Clarette shook her head, “You are of great help. You said that you saw her the day before. This means that she has not gone anywhere far. Must be somewhere around here.” I squeezed my arm, “ I didn’t like that girl. She sensed all troubled and prickly to me.”

“She might give that impression on the outside but behind all the superficiality I know her deep down. She’s not the girl that she looks or seems to be. I need her back Jessie.”

I left shortly after this disturbing talk. I reached home by noon. I asked Jason and Audrey to meet me for lunch at the V.U.R cafeteria. We all met at the door at the exact same moment. “Pooh, what surprise!" Audrey sprung and hugged me in a vise grip, “ I believed that you got lost or were washed up someplace or you had to probably spend the night stuck in a shop without an umbrella.” I pushed her away gently, “ I am not lost...