I open it quickly and let out a squeal of excitement. It was Tyler Lockwood, standing in front of me. I met him when I was about 9 years old and never saw him again until I saw him last year at my college party.
Tyler smiled at me as I let out a squeal again and gave him a tight hug.
We laughed as we look at each other, my hands resting on his shoulders. "Oh my god, it's so good to see you! What are you doing here? How did you know that I was here?"
Tyler chuckles at me as I kept asking questions. "Whoa, slow down. One at a time. Okay, Kayla, I called your roommate yesterday and found out that you were here so I came here. I was very sorry to hear about your Granny though. She was a good woman."
I brushed my side fringe back from my eyes and nodded. "Thank you… she suffered for a while so I'm glad that she's not suffering anymore. So how long are you going to be in town?"
I asked, walking back inside. "Well, not long though. I have to go back and finish up school." Tyler answered, still standing outside.
I turned around and saw that he was waiting for my invitation. "Oh, I am so sorry, please come in." I say, waving him in. He walked inside and closed the door.
"Whoa, nice house."
I giggle, looking around and then back at him. "Yeah, I didn't even know that this house existed until after Granny passed away. It's kind of weird though…me alone in this big house. Do you want some coffee?"
Tyler nodded and I started to make some coffee for him. He sat down at the kitchen bar, watching me.
"So how are you really?" Tyler asked and I looked at him, smiling. "Honestly… not okay, but I'm dealing with it. I'm really happy to see you though. Besides school, what have you been up to?"
Tyler lets out a sigh and nod as I pass him his coffee. "Well…it's been a really crazy and sad year. My mom passed away."
"What? Oh my god, I am so sorry, Tyler!" I say, putting my hand on his forearm.
Tyler nodded. "Thank you." I sat down next to him.
"Oh my gosh…what happened? I didn't hear anything about your mom."
"She was found dead in the water foundation….her cause of death was accidental drowning…they thought that she must have hit her head when she was drunk and fell in there."
"No…oh Tyler." I squeezed his hand as he spoke about his mom's death.
We stayed in the kitchen area for a while, catching up and the next thing that I know was that it was afternoon already and my stomach was growling.
I chuckle as I felt my stomach rumbling. "Sorry…. I haven't had breakfast and there's no food in the house so….I got to run some errands."
Tyler nodded, putting his light jacket on. "No problem, Kayla. I'll see you around soon," he replies, kissing my cheek.
I walk him out of the door, then went back inside and changed again.
I drove back into the town again and found a little café so I could eat there. After I ate my sandwich, I was sipping on my tea while looking at the magazine about New Orleans.
"Hey Kayla."
I look up and it was the girl that I met in the bar from last night. She had her blonde hair up and was wearing a pink sundress.
"Oh, hi. Camille, right?"
"Yeah, you can call me Cami for short if you want to. So did you have a good night last night?" Camille says, sitting down in front of me.
I nodded, closing my magazine. "Yeah, I did, except I had a very weird dream, but that doesn't matter now," I chuckle, rubbing my neck.
"Oh, sorry to hear that. Anyways, what do you think of our town so far?"
"I haven't exactly explored the town yet, but it seems… very charming. I see you got your psychology book?" I point at her textbook.
"Yeah, I'm a psychology major so I'm taking some courses. It's very interesting so far."
"Oh good. It's better to have a interesting class rather than a boring class."
She chuckles, nodding her head. "I agree. Well, what are you doing today? I'm off from work so maybe I could give you a tour of the town and introduce you to some people?"
I was taken back by her offer. I thought that it was very nice of her to offer. "Oh… are you sure? I mean, that would be great if you don't mind at all?"
"Heck no, I don't mind at all. You need to know where to go to get the stuff that you need….like food?"
I giggled. "Yeah, I need some food in my house…you've read my mind."
We stood up and walked around on the square. Camille would show me the places and give me the history about the places.
As we were talking about everything, we ran into this woman.
Camille gave her a smile. "Hey, Sophie!"
Sophie flashed her smile at Camille and looked at me with her brown eyes. She had some lighter brunette tips in her dark hair and had a cute gap between her front teeth.
"Kayla, this is my co-worker, Sophie Deveraux. She is studying to become a chef so she works with us when she can. Sophie, this is Kayla Henderson. She's new here so I was giving her a tour of our town."
We took hands. "It's very nice to meet you, Sophie," I said, giving her my warm smile.
Sophie nodded, checking me out. "I'm sorry, it seems like you have a familiar face. Are you from here originally?"
I frowned at her, chuckling. "Well, I just found out recently that my late mother had a house here and I might have been born here, but I moved when I was about five years old so it's been a quite long time since I've been here."
"Oh, okay. Well, welcome home. You said your last name is Henderson, right?"
"Yep!" I say, smiling at her.
"Well, I gotta go, but it was very nice to meet you, Kayla."
"You too!" I peeped out as she walks away. "So, you used to live here?" Camilla asked, her hand on her hip.
"Yeah, apparently, I used to but I have no memories of it at all, whatsoever. So that's why I moved back so I can find out more about my late mom."
"Huh, looks like we both have things here that needed to be solved. I'm here to find out about my twin brother…it's a long story which I will tell you later. I have to go home and study, but it was so good to see you."
"You too. Thank you so much for giving me a tour."
Camilla nodded, then left. I let out a sigh, looking around the square and something caught my eye. There was a little shop with a sign hanging over the door. It says "Agnes' shop." The flashback of my dream went through my mind and I took a sharp inhale, realizing that it was too good to be true. I decided to check it out.
I went inside the shop and there were all the stuff that I had never seen before….dried herbs hanging from the ceiling, jars full of stuff that I didn't recognize sitting on the shelves. There were a lot of different types of candles behind the cashier's desk. As I explored around, I noticed that it was quiet… too quiet.
I cleared my throat and decided to call out. "Hello?"
There was nothing….just silence. I started to have a feeling that I was being watched so I decided to leave the shop. As I was about to make my way out, I happened to glance at the picture that was hanging on a wall and it stopped me. I looked closer and let out a soft gasp.
There was a full group of ladies and two of them that I had recognized from my dream. Sarah and Agnes. "Oh my god…" I whispered, covering my mouth. I heard a thump behind me and instead of finding out what it was, I ran out of the shop.
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