Chapter 3….Set Off

Kimiko ran upstairs to her bedroom. She got out of her dress and into something more comfortable. How was she supposed to tell Raimundo about this? All she knew was she had to stop her wedding. She logged onto her email and there was one from Kieko. Blah Blah something about her new boyfriend blah blah can't wait to see you tomorrow. Kimiko emailed her back telling her about everything that had happened.

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Raimundo slipped carefully into the bushes and found a hole just big enough for him to squeeze through. It was a cemetery. The gravestones were ancient. Most had chips on them and they lettering was faded. He rubbed his hand up against one and dust flew out of it. He walked all around till he came to a newer looking one. It had fresh dirt on top. It looked bright compared to the rest of them. The grass on this one was green while the rest of the cemetery was brown. No dust flew off when he rubbed his fingers against it either. He suspected it was someone who had died from the disease but he didn't really want to think about death at the moment so he headed back home.

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Kimiko's father walked cautiously up the stairs and knocked lightly on Kim's door.

"Come in," she said.

He opened the door and sat down next to her.

"What?" she asked irritated to see him.

"You have to go dress shopping tomorrow the wedding's in a month." He said.

"I'm not getting married," she said getting up from her bed and turning around so she didn't have to see his face.

"Yes you are Kimiko you don't have a choice."

"Yeah I do, you're not the boss of me!" she snapped still not turning around.

"The Spicer family is an important client and I can't afford to lo-"

She turned around and snapped, "Right there this is about you! You don't care that I'm in love with Raimundo you just want your stupid money!"

"This is going to sound harsh but no I don't care about that stupid boy! Your marrying Jack and that's final!" he snapped back.

"NO!" she screamed.

"You're going to do it and your going to love it!" he said and walked out the door not sure if he had really just said that.

She huffed and started to cry. Once she stopped she had to think of something and quick. During this process she fell asleep. The morning the sun woke her up. She sat up and buried her head in her hands. She got up and looked for an outfit. She walked downstairs and started for the door.

"Kim!" her dad called.

She scrunched her face together and turned around to see her father sitting at the table eating something and reading the newspaper.

"I'm going to see Kieko and I'm going to take the convertible okay bye," she said and started for the door again.

"That's okay I just wanted to apologize about yesterday,"

"So the wedding's off?"

"No not quite, Kim your going to love Jack just get to know him,"

"Dad I went to school with him," she said through quenched teeth.

"Oh fantastic have fun and be home by three because you have to shop for the dress."

She got into the car and drove to Kieko's.

"Oh my god you dad can't do that!" Kieko said.

"I know but he is and I haven't even told Rai yet!"

"Are you nuts you can't tell him you're going to ruin everything with him if you tell him."

"I have to the wedding will never be canceled unless one of us dies or something."

Kieko got a sly look on her face and nodded her head up and down.

"Were not killing Jack,"

"Jack wait he sounds really familiar!"

"We went to school with him."

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"Have to call Kim, have to call Kim." He said pacing around the room looking at his phone.

"Rai, your talking to yourself." His sister said.

He scrolled down to her number and started to call her. He stepped outside so he wouldn't have to listen to his sister's obnoxious comments.

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"Oh my god he's calling me!" Kimiko said looking at his name scrolled across the screen.

"Play it cool!" Kieko said leaving the room.

"Hey Rai,"

"Hey Kim what's up?"

"Not too much, how about you."

"Oh nothing my baby bro is doing better but it could all go downhill again."

"Raimundo I have to tell you something,"

"Anything you know that,"

"Yeah but I'm not so sure about this one,"

"Come on Kim you can tell me,"

"Okay then promise me that your going to help me get out of this problem because this is something we have to figure out together."

"I promise, how bad can it be?"

"My father arranged a marriage for me and it's going to happen in a month if we don't stop it, Raimundo you still thier?"

His jaw dropped and so did his phone. Hey left it lying on the sidewalk and went back inside the house.

Authors Note:

Sorry that was the shortest chapter I have ever wrote in my entire life i think! So please review and I'll update ASAP!