Chapter 89
"Listen, I want you to go to this place, Cassie," Lydia pointing out the address she wrote on that piece of paper . "Don't forget to buy everything on that list . "
Lydia shoves another piece of paper to her hand . She is 12 years old by then and just arrived in this foreign land a few months ago . She has no idea how to get there but her uncle Martin brought her in that store twice already .
"Remember, if you won't go, you will sleep alone tonight . " Mimie threatened her, she is two years older than her .
Cassie looks up to the sky, the clouds are forming, and loomed to rain sooner . She wore two layers of clothing to protect her from the cold weather of this country .
She rode the bus that has the same written its name on the paper she is holding . She recognized it was the same bus she and her uncle Martin ride before . She tried to remember the streets, and the place they have stopped but looked like she was lost now .
Cassie gathers some courage to talk to the bus driver, and she showed him the address .
"Oh, we already passed that street," the bus driver said with his French accent . "You have to walk now . "
The bus driver stops the bus . He opens the door and said, "I'll drop you here, then just walk back to that street, okay?"
Cassie just nodded and thanked him . She sighed watching the bus now leaving . Alright, she will just have to walk back . She tried to look for that street but it's been an hour have passed and she could still not find it . Now the sky is getting darker .
She sits on the sidewalk . She observes the crowd and tries to listen if someone speaks her language or at least, just an English speaker . She looks around where has many café stores on that Avenue . She studied what kind of people they are, she found a family, and the wife is talking over her phone speaking English . A hope shone on her face .
She waited for her until she finishes talking on the phone before she approaches her .
"Excuse me . Can I ask if where is this place?" Cassie showed the address .
"Oh . Have you lost?" she asked .
She nodded . The lady speaks to her husband who was a French .
"My husband said he will make a map for you . From this road, you will go left in that corner . " The lady pointed somewhere .
Cassie listens to the lady's instructions . She thanked them after, then left immediately . Now rain showers began pouring from the sky .
She began running when she bumped into someone . She looks up at the man and he was like frozen . He looks very shocked and like seeing a ghost or something . But she was in a hurry so she ignores him .
She resumes walking and run sometimes… finally, she found the pastry store, and it was located in a secluded corner from the main street . Still, the store attracts a lot of patrons just coming to buy, because it was the best in the city .
Mimie supposed to accompany her, but she was telling her mom that she doesn't feel well and Lydia believes it . She was now going back to the street she comes from but she was lost again . She tried to take another street when the rain pours heavily .
She runs and took shelter, waiting for the rain to calm . Then, another two children join her in . She observed them carefully and noticed, the older boy is shivering .
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