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CHAPTER FOUR

While in the fridge my mind wonders back to the dream I had last night, It felt so important and real but for the life of me, I cannot remember much but blurry imagery and distorted speech, I remember his name was John, he had light brown hair and deep blue eyes and I also remember the way he made me feel. He made feel warm and important and loved, the memory of these feelings made my heart leap and butterflies' appears in my belly like a giddy teen with a crush. I tried my hardest to delve deeper but could not piece it together with the bits I could remember, there was a garden, a house I did not feel safe in and a beach, its the same every time I have the dream, I have had it more times than I can count on my hands since the earliest I can remember so maybe four yours old but it has become more frequent as of late. I shook my head to get back to my senses, remembering I had a job to do and finished grabbing the food I needed before I made my way back to the front of the Cafe, "took you long enough", said Rachel playfully turning to face me with a smirk, her face suddenly changed from her cheery look to one of concern, making me pause my steps "what happened, why are you suddenly so pale and ill looking", she said, worry lacing her voice as she put as she came up to me and placed her hand on my forehead, "I not sure what you mean, I feel fine", I say, my head shaking her hand away, "I was probably just in the fridge to long", I shrug, continuing to my destinaton, passing Rachel on the way and start filling up the display fridge.

Work went by just fine that was until my last hour, I started feeling a little dizzy and of course this didn't go unnoticed by Rachel, who had been watching me like a hawk, saw me grabbing on to the bench, "Selly", she said panicked calling me by my nickname, "what's wrong", she asks as she rushes up to me and grabs my arms, I stood there for a moment with my eyes closed to try and ease the spinning sensation, "I'm okay, moved a little to quickly I guess", I reassured her with a half-smile, I could tell she was unconvinced by my response but did not press the matter further, "why don't you have and early mark", she said, trying to sound casual, "we are not busy and it won't take me long to tidy the place up at close", I raise my eyebrow 'The Rock' style to show her I know what she is trying to do, "it's okay there is only an hour to go and we will both get out on time if one cleans and the other serves and does inventory", I respond, "no no, really, I won't need you for the rest of the evening, go home", she pressed, grabbing my shoulders and turning my around, giving me a light push toward the time sheet, "fine", I sighed, "you're the boss", I say in a somewhat annoyed tone, dragging myself down to the time sheet and clocking out. I wave and say a "bye, see you Monday", to Rachel, "bye love, message me so I know you got home safe", she says, "yes mum" I retort back, shaking my head as I walk out the back door, "she is such a mother hen", I mutter under my breath. I hop into my blue 2005 Toyota Camry ready to head home, on the way I think about what I should cook for dinner and whether or not my husband will get off work early considering it's Friday, he usually gets off earlier on Fridays, "marinated steak strips with caramelized onion, diced beetroot and pineapple with some ranch dressing all wrapped up in a lettuce wrap", I thought out loud, its quick and easy and will be ready by the time he is home. While on the drive home, I ask my AI to call kristy, she picks up after a few rings and she opens with "you are finished early", in a mock shocked tone, I giggle a little, "I look sick, according to Rachel and had one dizzy spell", I say amusedly, "so she sent me home one hour early", I finish. The line became silent for a moment, "are you feeling okay, selly", came the concerned voice of Kristy, "oh gosh not her too", I think to myself, rolling my eyes, "I am quite fine, Kris", I reply a little irrated, I know she is just looking out for me she is the only family, I consider real family and she has been my biggest rock all though my life. I hear her sigh a little, though unsure if from relief or annoyance, "I have had a bad feeling all day" she confesses, "like something bad is going to happen", she continues, sounding nervous. A lot of time, when Kristy gets a gut feeling of any kind about anything, she is usually right, I have learnt to trust her intuition over the years, call it ESP. "how about I come over just incase", she asks, in a pleading tone, "Kristy, I am perfectly okay", I say defiantly, "Adam should be home early anyway", I continue a little more calmly, Kristy let out a defeated sigh, "okay", she agrees, begrudgingly. Kristy and I spoke about how our days went and before I knew it I was almost home, we bit each other goodbye before hanging up.

When I get home, I text Rachel like the good daughter I am "hey mum, I'm home XX" I send with a smirk on my face, I then light up a smoke and scroll Instagram before I unlock my front door and walk in. My house is built like any modern looking house with open plan loungeroom, kitchen and dining right as you walk through the door, then on either side of the open plan set up there are two bedrooms each, four total, the first room on the left is mine and Adam's room and it is the master bedroom complete with an ensuite and walk-in-robe, the first room on the right is Riley's bedroom, the room next Riley's is his playroom and the room next to our room is  study and gaming room, towards the back passed the kitchen area there is a main bathroom on the left, separate toilet on the right and laundry right in between that has the door to the backyard in it, the colour palette is creams and pale blues it's a nice little home and was Adam's before I moved in with Riley. I decide to put so music on and I head to the bathroom to have a shower and slip into my, black with white stars, Pyjama's, they a singlet and long thin pants, there is a half moon on the left side of the top, Kristy gave these to me for my twenty fifth birthday two months ago and I am obsessed with them, them are made of a silky like material and are incredible comfortable. After finishing up in the bathroom I gead to the kitchen, getting straight into preparing tonight's dinner. While I'm cutting the meat I get another big dizzy spell and find myself needing to sit down on the floor, "what the hell is wrong with me and my head today, I get dizzy but never this bad" I say, holding my head, I sit there for some time before the dizziness finally subsides, once its stopped I get up and wash my hands before returning to preparing the food. After cutting the meat, I chop the onions, once they are chopped, I put them with the meat into a marination bag and add my herbs, spices and sauces, I shake the bag and pour it into the pan to fry them off then I chop and dice the pineapple and beetroot, once that's done, I take the pan off the hotplate and get the lettuce. While I am separating the lettuce leaves I hear the front door to the side of me open and without needing to look I hear the sound of Adams boots walking through the house, I sigh deeply as I know his boots will be walking mud all over my nice clean floor after I have repeatedly asked him to take them off outside before he comes in but I swear when it comes to all things hygienic it's in one ear and out the other with him, I sigh internally before I turn to greet him as I hear him walk up behind me.

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