A Favor

CELESTE

I don’t know what is happening to Elias. It seemed like something was bothering him, or it was just me.

I heaved a deep sigh as I looked past through the window. I am inside the room where he took me when I was unconscious, and it’s been two days since I was here.

I asked one of the maids about Elias’ whereabouts when I went down earlier to have a glass of water, and she told me that he was not around.

After that, I get back here.

One maid told me that my duties would start next week and what am I gonna do for the remaining days?

Get bored? Watch boring movies on television. After years of being locked up, I didn’t find films and the like to be interesting, and it is unusual.

I should be excited to see those, right? But it’s quite the opposite. Maybe it was the fact that I was preoccupied with Elias’ demeanor.

I want to see him and talk to him again. I don’t know, but it was what my heart and mind tell.

I was about to get off the bed when I heard a knock, and suddenly