Sam
My love and life... was finally mine... I could feel it as she lay sleeping in my arms. I knew it as her perfect white skin lay against my own, as her body moved slightly as she took in a breath, as her heart beat in time with my own. I watched her sleep for hours till everything finally sank in and I fell into a deep content sleep.
My dreams were soft and gentle like her touch. The world was at peace and all was as it should have been. I awoke with a smile on my face but that was short lived... I looked next to me to find I was alone. Nicole's side of the bed was cold and no trace of her could be found.
I sat up to gather my bearings and dressed myself... I thought for what seemed an eternity till I pieced together some sort of an answer to why she was gone. I searched the house all over and then went outside where my assumptions came true... My sweet dreams had become a living nightmare.
The horses were gone, Yuna was whimpering at my feet, and the wind had blown away all trace of any hoof prints that might have given me an idea of where she had gone... or where she had been taken...
I felt deep down inside me that she had used me... And I had been such a fool.
"WHY?!" I screamed to the heavens as I fell against the side of the house, "How could you do this to me Nicole? How could you use me this way?"
I fell to the sandy earth and wept against the side of the house. That's when Yuna came to my side and began to whine compassionately. I stroked her gently.
"You are my only memory of the Nicole I met... You still carry the kindness she showed you... I was such a fool." I wept as I stared into the eyes of the small creature.
She looked at me with confusion and then ran towards where the horses had been and began to dig in the sand. A few moments later, a very sandy Yuna came dashing back with a note in her mouth as the little fox did on occasion.
It read,
My dearest Sam,
Sam, do not think of me badly. I do not mean to leave behind pain for that is what I do not wish to cause you.
Always think of me with the happiness and compassion that you showed me.
Various things have made me do what I have done and I am sorry for any harm I may have caused.
Everything will be fine and you will find another so do not fear for my sake. I am fine...
My life changed when I met you and I will always have a special place in my heart for you.
Eternity is a long time... Find someone whom you can have a life with for it is not me.
Please forgive me,
Nicole Rose Demira.
I reread that note many times knowing deep inside me that something was amiss... That's when I saw it... Each letter at the beginning of each sentence was a hidden message in itself...
Save me...
The note was also written in very shaky handwriting... Almost as though she was forced to write it...
"Damn... sighs Nicole... I should not have doubted you... I knew you wouldn't betray me but... What has happened?" I sighed as I fell back to the shaded side of the house. The sand was uncomfortably soft as I sat down.
The heat from wind flustered against my face, leaving a brand on my skin...
"You fool." it chuckled as it flew about the sand creating small dust devils which giggled and snickered as they threw sand into my eyes, "You fell for it."
"Liar." I growled back at the demons which continued to circle me in their sand tornadoes.
The sand settled for a moment, almost pausing before literally engulfing me in a raging storm of fire and sand.
"LIAR!!" I screamed as I was buried beneath the sand.
Everything then went black... The earth had swallowed me whole and the fire singed my skin but it was the demons that were burnt the worst...
I awoke out in the middle of the desert... Nicole's house still in site but it was good hike to get there...
"What happened?" I groaned as I stood up... It took me a few moments to gather my thoughts, "Dust storm... Hallucinations... Christian..."
I walked back to Nicole's home, concocting a plan to rescue her... I did not know where she was or if she was safe, but with God as my witness, I was going to bring her back and make Christian pay...
The one thing that puzzled me the most is...
Why did he wait till last night to come for her?
Did he just now find her?
Was he waiting for that exact moment?
Was he waiting for the moment in which it would hurt me the most?
Where it would hurt her the most?
Does he want her emotionally unnerved so he can easily manipulate her? The bastard...
I entered Nicole's house and changed out of my sandy clothes into some for the desert climate. I then gathered what I needed and with Yuna at my side, I trekked back to town. It was there I figured I would find some information on where Nicole was taken... At least where they were headed...
It took two hours to cross the mile length of desert that separated Nicole's house from town, double the length of time it would have taken on horse back. I truly wished I had my horse back. It had made travel so much easier... So when I finally arrived into to town, finding a better means of transportation was first on my list...
And as to my luck, I overheard a conversation between to elderly women that gave me much needed information.
God seemed to have granted me a blessing,
"Help the misguided..."
