Chapter 4 The missing bracelet

4

Midnight and I was still on my bed pondering over what happened about two hours ago.

Thinking about it, it felt unreal. Like how did I go from locking the shop to getting my first kiss from a drunk stranger.

I'd been asking myself questions upon questions.

Who was he and why did those people take him?

Why did everyone rush to the cars?

What if he was kidnapped? But if he was kidnapped people wouldn't be excited to rush over.

Is he a celebrity? Nope if he was,he wouldn't be found drunk in a staircase leading to cheap restaurants. But if he wasn't people wouldn't rush to see him.. Except maybe he wasn't the one they came for,then who?

I swear I hadn't thought much of anything like this in my whole nineteen years of existence. My little dumb brain was almost about to explode in overload.

Ah! I screamed for two seconds and shut up when I realized that sane people were asleep by that time.

"Park shin! Don't allow me to come there!" I heard my mom yell from their room.

Why would she even be awake by this time? 12:05 the clock said.

I lay back on the bed and folded in my blanket's warmth. Jordan was the only one I could talk to about this but nope...I know he was my best friend,but he was my crush too.

How could I possibly tell my crush that I got kissed by a drunk dude.

My dream of kissing him first had been ruined, but even at that, would I even kiss him ever?

Oh sleep, please come.

WRITER

"You are getting married to Daniel Alcatel."

Niniva chuckled and took a sip of the juice that she held. "Mom, come on, I'm not that old." She dropped the glass bottle on the small table beside her and focused on her laptop,a smile of amusement still plastered on her face.

"I'm serious Niniva. You've always been betrothed to him since you were five.

She took her eyes off the laptop and faced her,her mother doesn't call her name in full except when she is serious.

"What do you mean betrothed to Daniel Alcatel? Who does that in this century?Wait what are you even saying,I don't even know him."

"You don't know Daniel Alcatel?"

"Everyone knows him but come on mom,I mean personally."

She gave her a warm smile. "Don't worry, everything will settle,you guys will meet and get used to each other. You'd be the cutest couple in America." She chuckled this time.

Niniva dropped her laptop beside her and focused fully on her mom with a bewildered expression. "Let me get this straight, I'm getting married to Daniel Alcatel? The owner of Cartel products and son of Luke Alcatel?"

Her mother affirmed once again.

*****

The alarm woke Daniel up,he grunted and stood up immediately, ignoring his throbbing head. If only he could sleep for an extra hour.

Shutting the alarm off,he went inside his bathroom trying to recall what happened the previous night. He knew that he left the house in anger and that he drove out alone and to a restaurant. But the memory stopped from him ordering and taking a lot of drinks.

'Something else happened afterwards' his mind told him,but a headache and thinking deeply was such a bad combination,so he gave up.

But how did he get home eventually? He knew he was so drunk.

After bathing and attending to documents that needed his attention,he called for his chief security.

"How did you find me?"

"We traced the car sir."

"You can leave." He dismissed him instantly, furious at himself for getting drunk and allowing them see him in that state. It was embarrassing,he hadn't done something like that ever.

His eyes met with the picture on his table once again. Christiana. His chest tightened over seeing her bright smile. He thought that time would heal the pain but it seemed like time only made him realize that he wouldn't heal.

It was hard,so hard to swallow the fact that he can only see her in pictures and never again in real life. Only pictures and this....he stared at his bare wrist and panicked.

His bracelet. The one Tiana gave him,it wasn't there. How? He barely took it off. After minutes of turning his room up, searching for it, something struck him. He probably lost it the previous night.

No no no.

PARK SHIN

I woke up surprised and happy. Surprised because no one woke me up even though it was a few minutes past ten. My mom had a thrift store and I usually helped her out on weekends. Happy, because the event of the previous day had totally gone off my head.

'Why think about yesterday when there is today and tomorrow' That might sound stupid,but it has been my mantra ever since I got into high school and it worked for me.

Climbing off the bed and to the bathroom,I brushed my teeth and got into the shower. When I was done, I walked to my favourite place in the house. The strong aroma of freshly made pancakes,and a faint line of oil at the side of the pot brought a smile to my face.

"Min ho." I called my little brother softly, hoping he wouldn't answer. Silence answered,a proof that no one was at home. Perfect.

After stuffing myself up,I went back to my room to fix it. Halfway to getting everywhere tidied up,my eyes met with my sweater that lay on my small sofa. A tiny substance was shining on it.

What tha? I grabbed it off the sofa. Wow! A bracelet was stuck on the thick cotton. I tugged it slightly till it came off. I had never touched such beautiful and expensive looking jewelry in my life.

How did it get....the event of the previous night replayed in my head. Damn! It probably fell off from the guy's wrist.

Just when I thought that everything was solved.