Chapter 6
The next day, Monday, the twenty-sixth of June, was Echo's last day of being Echo. From this moment onwards, she would be known as Freya Michelle Wilson. Leaving the facility, she was driven to a random bus station. Freya caught the bus, not Echo. Echo had disappeared. The witness protection program had informed her mother of what was happening. Stepping into the bus, Freya paid the bus driver. It turned out she was near San Francisco all this time. Entering San Francisco International Airport, the first thing Freya did was to join the line going to Heathrow, London. Direct flight, luckily, however, once she would arrive in London, she would have a four hour drive to Manchester, if there was no traffic.
After going through luggage drop off, Freya went through security, luckily there wasn't any issues with her passport. She then got through to lounge area. There was a multitude of shops, Freya didn't buy anything, as airports are horrendously overpriced. Going to a food takeaway shop, she obeyed Inaya's advice against MacDonalds and bought from 'Burger Joint'. She wasn't sure how much better this was. Starbucks was difficult to find, as the terminal was huge. Eventually she found it, and ordered a medium sized caramel frappe with an extra shot of coffee.
An hour later, it was time for boarding, and Freya bought herself a bottle of water from one of the shops, so she could drink on the flight. The flight was awful, 10 hours and 25 minutes. And their flight was delayed as well. Luckily, the plane had mini movie screen on the back of the seats of the person in front of them. Freya particularly enjoyed watching Star Wars: The last Jedi , Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle, and Spider-Man homecoming. In the middle of Jumanji, the pilot made an announcement, all that Freya could gather was something about a delay, turbulence, and seatbelt signs. Apparently Freya was a Marvel fan, heck, she was even wearing a Marvel jumper, which was very comfy. Echo hadn't had too much time on her hands, and didn't want to waste money on films that she would only watch once, and instead had invested in books. She inwardly cringed at the fact that all her books were in her apartment. Perhaps she would never see them again. Desperately pushing those disturbing thoughts out of her mind, Freya started playing poker on the screen. To be extremely candid, she had no idea what she was doing, yet somehow she won. Most of the time she would randomly press the buttons and hope for the best.
Luckily for Freya she had a window seat, so she was able to sleep. Unfortunately for her, as she had drunk a caffeinated drink earlier, she desperately needed the toilet. The worse part of coffee. Now she had to awkwardly pass by her two sleeping seat mates, attempting not to wake them up, and failing when falling into one of their laps. She was a woman, however Freya was bisexual, so it didn't really help her embarrassment at all. Inaya and Aayan knew was was bisexual, however it didn't really bother them too much. Echo was a good woman who respected other, and respected them, even through the growing Islamophobia in their neighbourhood. Readily defending them at every turn. They didn't agree with the who bisexual thing, but they still respected her and were friends. After that eventful visit to the airport toilet, the flight had little excitement. She slept, and when she woke up, there was an hour left of the flight, according to the announcement, if she interpreted it correctly.
For the next hour, Freya began reading a psychology history book. Unfortunately she didn't get to finish it in time for the end of the flight, but it kept her entertained. Exiting the plane, she didn't have to gather anything from the overhead lockers, as her hand luggage fit under the seat in front of her. Passport control was extremely stressful, the man there scrutinised her as if she was a murderer with a gun pointing to his head. Eventually, he saw there was nothing wrong with her working visa, and let her through to baggage claiming. After standing there for fifteen minutes waiting for the suitcases, it finally started. Unfortunately it took another half hour for her suitcase to get through. Leaving the airport, she caught a black cab taxi- as she was informed they were the most reliable- and began the four hour journey to Manchester. It was seven in the morning there, and the roads weren't too busy. They arrived at her new address. She payed the driver, and exited the car.
In Manchester, the housing was quite cheap, a lot cheaper than the housing in Los Angeles, so she was able to get a bungalow. She didn't want anything bigger than that. The house already had security cameras installed, and was in quite a trustworthy neighbourhood. On the way to her bungalow, Freya had seen the police station, and it was about a five minute drive from her bungalow, so approximately a fifteen/twenty minute walk. Of course Freya didn't know exactly how to get to the police station, as there were many twists and turns, but she felt safer knowing that there was a police station nearby. As it was approaching the end of the school year, Freya would start her job next year in September, starting with a staff meeting on the 27th of August. It was a public school that was about a forty minute walk from her bungalow, according to her information. If she had a bike it would be twenty five minutes. The first thing she did after packing was to look online where she should go to get pots and pans, bed sheets, and other necessities needed. After ordering them from Amazon, she accepted the free trial for a month of prime. Best thing about this new identity, another free month of Amazon Prime.
She also had no food in the bungalow, so Freya looked up where the next food stores were, and found a Marks and Spencers, and near it was a Tesco. Leaving the house with her trusty card, with both the money the program gave her and her savings, which were transferred sneakily to her account through numerous ways. She bought some fruit there, some bedding for tonight, and a pair of Harry Potter pyjamas (they were too cute to resist). Tesco was her next stop, in which she bought Coco Pop and Cornflakes, she also bought an electric kettle- one of the things she forgot to buy online- coffee granules, toothbrush, toothpaste and lots of other necessities that were needed by that night.
Returning to her new home laden with bags, luckily the Uber driver had taken some pity on her and decided to help her. Freya of coursed tipped him extra, it was expected of course. She then finished organising her house.
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