Chapter 13: Promise

Three months have passed still there was no sign of Evie… I had tried her on the cell everyday practically but it just kept on ringing without anyone answering my call…I went through those days… alone… my final exams are over… I can start training again… but must I do so alone?

“How was the exam dude?” Sam asked just as I went out of the School gate.
“Good.”
“It was terrible...”
“The paper was easy, wasn’t it?”
“It was… but in order to see the gunners in action last night I didn’t study for long enough.”
“Did they win?”
“They did… do you expect them lose against duds like Blackburn?”
“No.”
“But I will pass nevertheless.”
“That’s good to hear.”
“But it’s all over now… so how about a little drink tonight?”
“Ok…”
“That’s the spirit bro… so let’s meet up at your place and then we are off to the nightclub.”
“Fine…”
“Bye, dude, see you in the evening.”

Sam went with Max and Alex towards the KFC outlet, located 2 lanes to the left of our school while I went to the opposite side of the road.

Alexandra Park School… I reached the school gates and looked at the tree over there… memories of that day when Evie gave the proposal to stay with me, flooded into my mind… I waited for some time but didn’t get a glimpse of the person for whom I came…I walked on… alone… the cars flashed by, the sound of the people walking beside me, the cars, the young boys playing soccer, everything was there but still I felt lonely… I looked beside me, everyone was there, doing their usual work… but I didn’t find the person for whom I was looking… where can she be? Is she even alive? Or has her cruel father killed her? I looked up to the heavens… clouds fleeting by, birds flying, all seems to be right with them… because they are together and I… I am alone…

“God if you really exist then please, make her come back to me, please help her to break free from all that is binding her and return to me…” silently I prayed to god for the first time.

I kept on walking… walked past the café where Evie and I spent many evenings… will those days never return? They will… I will find her and bring her back… I will…