Cassandra's Search for Mom

Chapter 2

Pleasantview, South Carolina

September 17th, 2001

15yr old Cassandra's POV

I walked into the house to be met by the sound of silence. No one was in the parlor or the dining room. Once again I was home alone. This had happened for the past couple months when I'd come home from school. Mom found some strange fascination with aliens and she was always at the library researching them and I would always come home to emptiness. I walked into the kitchen to find something to eat. I got a fiber bar and walked into the parlor and sat down. I turned on the TV and of course there was nothing on. Only updates on the recent terrorist attacks in NYC. I turned off the TV lied down and stared at the ceiling. I always hated these times because when I'm alone there is nothing else to think about except my life. I thought of all these new people moving into our town. For starters there were the Caliente sisters.

Mom disliked them extremely. One of them married her brother and he died shortly after the marriage. He was worth a lot and the sisters had nothing which lead mom to believe there was foul play. But the sisters seemed too nice to do such a thing, and let's face it they had the minds of squirrels they couldn't murder and get away with it.

And then theirs Don he seemed very nice. He had an obvious attraction to mother and often invited her over. Of course mom only went over because she thought she could continue her studies further on aliens with his telescope.

Just then my thoughts were interrupted by the phone ringing I got up and walked into the dining room to answer. I looked at the caller ID and it read Strangetown AZ. I pressed the talk button and was met a man on the other line with a strange almost Slovak accent.

"Hello" I said my voice slurred due to my mouthful of fiber bar.

"Yes" said the man "Is Ms. Bella Bachelor available?"

I paused. No one used mom's last name unless they were old friends. That or they didn't know she was married which was always odd because she'd been married for a very long time now.

"No. She's out at the moment but I'll take a message from you if you'd like" I said trying to sound friendly.

"Ahh yes" the man said "Just tell her when she's in to check her e-mail"

"I will do that" I said "May I have your name please?"

Just then the line was disconnected.

"Well that was odd" I mumbled

I put the phone back on the hook and sat back down in the parlor. Many questions ran through my head. Who was that man? Why did he use her surname? And then the e-mail came to my head. I paused and sat up straight. I slowly looked behind me at the computer. I know if I checked the e-mail it'd be rude but still that phone call was all too odd. I got up and sat myself down on the computer. I signed in as my mom and it asked for the password. I paused and thought of something my mom would put. I smiled and typed in 'cassieandalex' into the small box. A small chime sounded and I was then in my mom's inbox. My eyes searched for the newest e-mail and I soon clicked on one with the title 'Alien Updates'.

The letter had a bunch of numbers and locations. It just looked like notes really. There was a note at the end of it that read 'Come see me as quickly as possible. –Poll' was all I could manage to read before I was interrupted by a voice behind me.

"What are you doing?" Said my mother loudly

Present Day

My eyes shot open to be met by the darkness of my room. I had dreamt the same dream for the past couple nights. Well, I'm not sure you can call it a dream really. If anything it's a flash back. It bothered me that of all the memories I could dream about my mom that it was that one. Soon my head began throbbing and memories of the day came back. Me being left at the altar and mine collapsing in front of the wedding party. I rolled over and glanced at the clock on the night stand '3:15am' it read. Exactly 12 hours I was supposed to be Mrs. Don Lothario but no, things can't be easy for me. I got up and started making my way downstairs I could hear someone in the parlor. I walked into it and found my father seated in front of the fire place reading a book.

"Hello there" he said looking up over the rim of the book "I'm happy to see you up"

"I wish I didn't wake up" I said coldly "I'm going to have to deal with these people now. I'm the talk of the town"

My father put the book down and walked over to me. He put his arms around me and I thought to myself I'm not going to cry but it was already too late the tears started falling.

"I Just thought things were going to be alright now" I said threw my tears

"That's life" he said quietly "You think things are going to go your way but life throws you a curve ball but, when life gives you lemons you make lemonade no?"

I put on a fake smile and agreed. He gestured me over to the couch. We both sat down and he began.

"I'm going to find that Don and when I do I'm going to"

"Dad" I interrupted "Please don't talk about it"

"Very well then" he said

There was an awkward silence and he then got up.

"I'm going to bed" he said

He walked over and gave me a kiss on the forehead

"You should do the same" he said before he turned and walked out of the room

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