Bab 137: Chapter 130: Meeting up with Erick
Amber sighed as she sneaked a look at the seat behind her. It was time for maths class and it has been two days since she last saw Erick. She inwardly pouted to herself. She never expected him to be gone just after his confession about being a shifter. Like, seriously? Who does that?
And speaking of confession, she just realized something as her face suddenly turned beet red in embarrassment. She also confessed her love to Erick. She felt like she wanted to go somewhere and hide!
While she was groaning over her embarrassing confession back then internally, her Maths teacher, Mr. Butler noticed her squirming around in her seat, occasionally covering her face.
Mr. Butler then narrowed his eyes at her and said, gaining the attention of the other students, "Is there anything you want to share with the class, Miss. Keene?"
Amber's head abruptly raised up, revealing her surprised wide eyes. She quickly shook her head and mumbled, "No, no."
"Then please pay attention to what I'm teaching here. Unless you want to teach the class yourself?" Mr. Butler sarcastically suggested.
Amber looked down at her book on her table and apologized, "I'm sorry."
Dana, who was sitting next to her, frowned in confusion as she turned her head towards Amber. "What's with you?" she asked softly.
Amber gave her a weak smile. "Nothing, I'm just a bit distracted," she answered back softly. Sneaking a glance behind, she too noticed that Hamish wasn't around too. Did something happen after she got back from the packhouse?
Few hours later, classes were dismissed and school ended. Instead of going straight home, Amber decided to go to the packhouse.
The problem was that… She doesn't know how to get there.
She was standing outside the school gates, pondering on how to get there. Dana, who saw her standing out there, approached her. She kept calling out Amber's name but there was no response.
Startled, Amber jumped in surprise when Dana placed her hand on her shoulder, getting her attention.
"What's with you?" Dana asked in concern. "You've been distracted all day today. Did something happen to Erick or something?"
Amber rubbed the side of her temple and said, "That's the thing. I don't know. He didn't text me or anything. The last time I saw him, he seemed fine. But then, Mrs. Harris said he's taking a couple of days off. What's with that??"
"Have you texted him yet?"
"I did but no reply."
"Well, it's probably nothing. He's probably busy with something."
Amber sighed. "Probably," she said slowly. Then realization dawned on her, "Feck, I acted like those clingy girlfriend!" she gasped, looking horrified.
Dana laughed. She then asked, "So, what are you doing here? Waiting for your dad to pick you up?"
Amber shook her head. "Nah, I'm just thinking about stuff. I'll need to go to the bus stop to ride the bus," she replied, not telling the whole story. Her father was working overtime anyway. He already told her to use the bus if she wanted to get home.
Dana nodded. "Be careful then," she said as she headed towards where her parents were waiting to pick her up.
Amber waved. And after Dana and her care were no longer in her sight, she turned and headed straight to the bus stop.
Yesterday, she took the bus to get to her home since her father was busy to pick her up. It was quite convenient since the bus always drove past their home in the residential area. However, that day, instead of pressing the bell to stop the bus when it was getting near to her home, she continued on to ride the bus until it reached out of the residential area. She had told her parents that she will be going home late since she'll be going to Erick's house. Even though, in reality, she doesn't know where exactly it was.
The bus driver was the same man who drove the bus yesterday so he was quite confused as to why Amber did not press the bell for her stop. But he kept quiet and drove on. Other than Amber, there were other passengers in the bus. They were some people who lived outside of the residential area, hence it was not strange to see some still riding the bus.
Just as they reached outside the residential area, Amber looked out the window, trying to recall how she got to Erick's home. She only remembers that Erick's house was near to the packhouse. Hence, she needs to recall the directions to the packhouse.
Unfortunately, it all seems to be blur. It was weird how she could not remember how she had gotten there. It was as if the part where she was going to the packhouse or Erick's house had been blurred out from her memory. She narrowed her eyes as she made different kinds of theories as to why it was like that.
Just before they reached the last bus stop, Amber immediately pressed the bell. And before she got out of the bus, the bus driver turned to her and asked whether this was really her stop.
Amber looked surprised at his question. She nodded in answer.
The kind bus driver then told her to be careful and that if she has gotten in trouble, she should immediately call her parents to pick her up.
Amber nodded again, though, in her mind, she already knew that she wouldn't be calling her parents until she found Erick's house and the packhouse.
After the bus had driven off, Amber just stood there at the bus stop, her mobile phone in her hand. She was thinking of calling Erick and she did. But when the call went unanswered, she let out a sigh and looked around her.
There was nothing but little trees and other vegetations. Other than the bus stop, there doesn't seem to be any building in sight for miles. She squinted her eyes, shielding her eyes with her hand as she looked ahead at what it looked like a building. She let out another sigh. Though, it doesn't look like a house or something.
So, she decided to try her luck by walking on the side of the road, hoping to at least, see a building or area that might be familiar to her.
She has been walking for a few minutes and there was still no sign of any building or structure or cars driving passed by. She began to worry and was scared. What if there wasn't anyone? Did she make a bad decision by going here alone? She sighed. Sometimes her impulsive behavior can get really dangerous. She only just thought of the dangers of walking alone in this sort-of deserted area.
After a few more minutes, she was still walking when a car honked behind her. She turned around with wide eyes and tried to hide. The car stopped and before Amber could see who the person was, he was already standing in front of her.
The man held her shoulder so that she wouldn't crash into him. The man frowned as he looked down at her. "What are you doing here?" he asked coldly.
Amber looked up and got even more scared. It was the same cold man whom she met months back when she first acquainted with Erick and Hamish.
"I… I was… um…" she stammered.
"Don't you know how dangerous it is to be walking alone here??" Roel scolded loudly as he released her. "Did you think your parents wouldn't get worried about you? And what about Erick? Do you think he wouldn't get worked up once he heard you walking alone here at this hour??"
Amber shrank back as she cowered from his anger. "I'm sorry," she said softly, feeling ashamed at her stupidity.
Roel ran a hand through his hair, letting out a frustrated sigh. "So, what are you doing here?" he asked again, a bit guilty that he was scaring her, though, he doesn't show it in his face. Ever since he had been called in as one of the suspects, the pressure on him was slowly becoming unbearable. He had to be aware of his actions time to time or he might get suspected once again.
The night after his release, he had been interrogated and cautioned by his Alpha. He hated the fact that he got implicated that it would bring trouble to his Alpha. Since then, he could only go to work as usual and don't do anything else. His Alpha also told him to be on guard, lest Zant had sent some people to spy on him.
Now, looking down at the terrified young girl in front of him, he inwardly let out a sigh again. He wasn't sure whether to bring her to Erick or not. He had just gotten off work at the restaurant and was planning to spend the night, watching TV and whatnot. Worried that he might get implicated once more. But then, he couldn't leave her alone here, right?
Scratching the back of his head, he gestured at her to get in the car. "Come on and get in the car. I'll bring you to Erick."
Amber's eyes suddenly brightened with happiness as she quickly ran over and climbed in the car. She settled herself in at the backseat while waiting for Roel to climb in.
He exhaled a long breath as he got in the car. He then drove them, heading straight to the packhouse.
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