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Lizzie looked at herself in the bathroom mirror in Steve's bathroom. She stood there in her bra and shorts looking at her body. She picked up a cloth and began to clean the wounds before wrapping them in a bandage. The scars, cuts, and bruises were as clear as day. She looked down at the sink as the basin began to fill up with water. Her reflection bobbing around as the drips hit the surface.
'You know girl you could have killed him. Why did you let him do this do you?' She said in her mind. If she wanted to kill John she could have, but there was something holding her back. Something more stronger than her. Something that was saying taking his life will not make her feel better about her own. She picked up her tank top and put it on before splashing her face with warm water. She walked out the bathroom to find Steve sitting on the couch reading a book.
"Here I made you some coffee and some food." He exclaimed passing her a bowl of soup. Manners went outside the window because Lizzie woofed it down.
"Thanks for letting me say here."
"What's going to happen to you anyway?" He asked as she began to
"Well I got enough to go to China." she answered. Wiping her mouth.
"China? Why there?" He wondered as he placed the plates into the sink.
"This might be stupid but I seriously don't know why I need to go but there is something that is bugging me about something. Almost memories or Deja vu."
"Odd. If you don't mind me asking Lizzie. How come John abused you? Lizzie sighed at the question.
Lizzie sighed at the question. "I think when they lost their first born daughter they tried to move on but Lucy could not. Lucy told me when their original daughter, Sophie died John went all depressed. Can you imagine baring a child for nine months and when that child is born it is snatched away like that." She exclaimed snapping her fingers.
"Lucy found me in an alley way beaten and bruised. When John saw me I can remember sitting on the stairs while they were yelling at each other. John said stuff like you need to move on from Sophie and that I was never going to replace her . That kind of stuff. She put in a huge effort to try and find my biological parents but it was almost I was not even born or existed. I have no memories of what happened before she found me She began to rub the green stone." Lizzie took a huge breath in and continued. John I think felt that I should not be living in his house. He wanted his daughter back. Not some stray as he called me.
"I have one key though about my past." She pulled out a small green necklace with a print of a white dragon in the stone. "This was around my neck when Lucy found me. It a symbol for a mountain range in the Yunnan Province of China. For what Lucy told me the symbol on my necklace means Jade Dragon. Maybe this mountain might have the answers that I have been searching for." She explained. Steve nodded as she explained her story."You are going to think of me stupid to go that far to find answers that might not even be there." She laughed.
Steve smiled."Its a very odd story to tell Lizzie. But if you feel that these mountains in China have the answer then follow your gut and do it." Lizzie looked at Steve with her blue eyes. They sat there talking about random things until late hours of the night.
"Well its late you can take my bed." He said pointing to the door on the left.
"Steve I cant take your bed. You have done so much for me already." She said with guilt in her voice.
"Please Lizzie I would not be a true gentleman if I didn't offer you my bed." He smiled at her.
"Thank you." She leaned to him and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, before walking into the bedroom.
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Lizzie stood in a temple with Jade floors and candles. She heard a baby cry. She walked over to the noise to see a little girl with white hair in a old blanket.
"Shhhhhh. Its OK. No one will hurt you." She said trying to calm the baby down but it kept crying. Lizzie looked around to see if the mother was still around.
Not a noise.
Not a person.
Nothing.
It was just her and this baby. Nobody was there to help it. Lizzie looked into the dark shadows. She felt like something was watching her.
"Who's there." She shouted. Holding the baby closer. Out of the shadows came two red eyes.
"Hush now child. No one will hurt you." A voice said. A voice so soft the baby began to quiet down. The baby then began to quieten before turning into blossom petals.
"What have you done to her?" She yelled at the shadow.
"Nothing. She was nothing more than a shell to show you something." The voice answered.
"Show me what exactly." She asked.
"Time will show you soon enough." With that the eyes began to disappear back into the shadows. "Elizabeth. The voice whispered. Dear sweet Elizabeth. Come dear child. Come we have so much to discuss."
"Who are you?" Lizzie. With that a light blinded Lizzie before the ground gave way making her fall to the ground.
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Elizabeth shot up. Her body was shaking and dripping with sweat. She looked at the time time. 4am. She got out of bed before having a quick shower. Before leaving she quickly glanced at Steve who was still passed out on the couch. She wrote a quick note.
She then grabbed her bag before leaving the apartment. She walked out onto the street and hailing a cab to take her JFK airport. She watched as the city she grew in left her for the final time.
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Steve woke up after the flashbacks ruined his sleep. He looked around his apartment. Something did not feel right. He walked to the bedroom to see if Lizzie was up but all her found was a empty bed. He walked to the kitchen where he saw a small piece of paper on the worktop.
Dear Steve,
Thanks for saving me. You have shown me nothing but kindness I can not thank you enough. Please take this money as a token of my gratitude. The world needs more men like you.
Love Lizzie. x.
With that letter Steve for the first time in 70 years smiled. This girl was something special. Something special and something not right about here. Something like they had already met in a past life. Steve shrugged the thought off before walking off the gym.
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Lizzie sat in her seat looking outside the plane window. She was gone from John and the abuse but she felt like she was missing something. Was it Steve? Steve was a true gentlemen but there was something strange with him. With all the people she had meet and been with she had never had a weird feeling about them. It was almost she felt like they had met each other before. Maybe Deja Vu was kicking in again. She closed her eyes. Thinking of the new life she was going to lead now in china. And she exactly knew where to start it.
