章節 5: Amnesia
"So, whose name will I write in the check?" Aunt Medina asked them both.
"You have a bank account, right?" Noraya looked at her. The excitement was still lingering in her eyes.
She looked at her with a confused eye. She doesn't know what bank account is. She doesn't even have an idea of how much a hundred thousand is. She shook her head at Noraya.
Noraya's mouth fell open again at her answer. "You…you do not have a bank account? Do you have an ID? What do you even have?"
Noraya's non-stop questioning made her startled. Even Aunt Medina, who's waiting for an answer, looked confused and amused at the same time.
"Where did you get your friend?" Aunt Medina jokingly asked Noraya.
Noraya made an exaggerated sigh. "You don't mind naming the check to me, right?" Noraya asked her again, ignoring aunt Medina's question. "I mean, I am not going to run away with your money." Noraya couldn't understand why she needs to get Macrena's trust with her money. She must admit that she was impressed that Macrena was able to produce a hundred grand just for a piece of antique jewelry.
She looked at Noraya, studying the emotions in her dark eyes. She knew that money can change a human's intention, especially if it involves a considerable amount of money, humans can be desperate. She was just worried that this woman will take the money and would refuse to help her. She must make sure that she won't back down from her word and would let her stay at her place.
If she tells her that she doesn't mind about the money, she might genuinely run away with it. She's sure that her bangle costs a lot. Otherwise, she couldn't be jumping in happiness.
"If you promise me to buy my basic needs, I think the money is enough to cover it. I can let you put the money into your account. I just need a place to stay, some clothes and food." She answered her, sending a subtle warning to her with her eyes, telling her not to dare back down from her words.
Noraya felt a slight cold run through her back when she looked at her. Noraya sensed that she is not an idiot that can easily be fooled. She can be someone that can be dangerous when messed with. Noraya felt scared a little
Noraya nodded her head a few times. "Haha, of course, as soon as we deposited your money, we'll go shopping to buy your needs, like clothes, shoes, and a lot more!" Thinking about going shopping, Noraya's eyes went brighter. "I promise to handle your money properly."
Seeing this, the older woman chuckled. "I will testify against her if she tries to run away with your money." The old woman interrupted. The store owner knew Noraya was a kind person.
She felt relieved not because of the money but the feeling that Noraya can help her, at least for a start in her stay in this world.
She nodded to Noraya, "Okay, I will trust you, then." She smiled at her.
'That smile again!' Noraya couldn't help but to admire the beautiful smile of Macrena. She saw even Aunt Medina was slightly flustered when she saw her smile.
"Yay!" Noraya excitedly clapped. "You can write on my name Aunt Medina!"
The old woman nodded and walked to her private office.
While waiting, Macrena had the chance to look around the store. Different kinds of antique furniture, such as chairs and tables, are on display in the middle of the room. On the wall were different paintings. Some weapons were encased in a glass cabinet too.
Macrena walked to the glass cabinet on the other side of the room, where some antique pieces of jewelry were on display. She always has a fascination with pieces of jewelry ever since she was a kid. She used to wear her mother's pieces when she was younger and was able to take them for herself when her mother died. The abundance of gold and precious stones in their kingdom made her earned a collection of jewelry.
A small jewelry at the end of the display caught her attention. She leaned closer to the glass to take a closer look at it. It was a small oval-shaped jadeite surrounded by short cuts of diamonds. She creased her eyebrows. She had never seen it before, but the design and the way the rocks were set around the jadeite was like how the elves made her mother's pieces of jewelry in Akijam.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" She did not notice Aunt Medina came back already. "That was sold to me if I was not mistaken more than twenty years ago."
"Ah, yes…It is beautiful." Without peeling her look at the jewelry, she answered. She can not forgo the feeling of familiarity with the brooch.
"Macrena, let's go!" Noraya interrupted them and excitedly waved the check in her hand. "We have to go to the bank now!"
"Aren't you opening your shop today, Noraya?" Aunt Medina asked.
Noraya wrinkled her nose and sighed. "Ah, maybe for a couple of hours. I do not have appointments today, so if nobody comes, I'll leave." She looked at her. "Let's go!"
She looked at the old woman who smiled faintly at her. She made a slight bow and hurriedly jogged after Noraya.
They didn't leave the building; instead, they walked to the end store of the hallway.
'Majika Healing' was painted on the glass window of the shop.
"This is my shop." Noraya opened the door and flipped the light switch on beside the door.
"You are a seer?" She looked around the room. There was a four-seater sofa and a small table in the middle of the room. There was a beaded curtain going to the back of the room. There were candles, and colorful tapestry covered the window.
She followed Noraya through the curtain. They passed through a small room and entered the back room, which served as an office. The woman sat on the sofa and stretched her feet on the coffee table.
"Seer?" Noraya furrowed her brows. "What word is that?" confused that she never heard the word before.
"Um…someone who do magical healing, or spiritualist." She was not sure how the humans call it.
"Ah!" Noraya somehow understood what she was trying to say. 'What the hell? Are we speaking the same language?' Noraya couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
"I am psychic, and I do tarot card reading, I can sometimes predict the future, I can be a medium to talk to the dead. Haha, I know it's weird, but that's my job." She sarcastically blabbered. She hated her job. She couldn't do anything when her mother made her swear to continue their business before she died. She was afraid that her mother would visit her from her grave and scold her if she abandons their business. She wanted to be a doctor but never had a chance to go to university. So, she doesn't have a choice but to continue her mother's business. She rather works as a psychic than make coffee and serve burgers in a fast-food chain.
'A medium?!' Aha, Noraya is a medium! She did not have to go far away to look for a medium. She is actually in front of her!' Then, all she had to do is to make her drink the crystal given by Lord Mokabe. The favor is still on her side! Macrena felt relieved.
"How about you? What do you do?"
She snapped back from her thinking when she asked. She slowly sat down in front of her while she thinks about her question. What should she tell her? She can not tell her that she was a queen goddess. She will think she' crazy.
"Ah! I get it. You do not have a job, either!" Noraya snapped. "Maybe now, you can tell me who you are." She became serious and eyed her suspiciously.
"You do not have relatives here, and you do not know where you came from, you do not have any identification. Just who the hell are you?" Noraya's voice was calm, but her face shows she was curious. "I am really dying to know who you are."
She quiets, she doesn't know how to answer her questions. She can not tell her who she is, either. Would she believe her is she tells her she doesn't remember anything except her name? That is a weird story, but it's better than telling who she really is, which is more bizarre.
"Um…" she looked at her.
Noraya's brows were raised, waiting for her to answer. "I only remember my name Macrena. I don't know where I came from, who my relatives are." She spoke softly while looking at her waiting for her reaction.
"Whaat?!" the high pitched voice of Noraya rang in the office. Noraya couldn't believe her ears. Does she have amnesia? Or maybe, she was a victim of human trafficking? Perhaps she just escaped from it, that's why she saw her passed out in the cold! A lot of hypotheses flooded Noraya's brain; not expecting her mind would work hard.
Noraya looked at Macrena's face again. She doesn't seem distressed or worried? She doesn't even look like lying. She was too beautiful to be considered a criminal, and she had a hundred grand prized bracelet.
"If you could let me stay in your place until I find my identity?"
The voice snapped Noraya from thinking and let out a sigh. "Okay, you will stay in my place, since you said you are paying. But let's go to the police station first and see if they could figure out who you are." For sure, police will have a report of trafficking or kidnapping or a list of missing persons with them, Noraya thought. That's all she could do to help her at least find herself.
Macrena did not understand what she meant about the police, but she did not disagree with it. Noraya might get more suspicious about her if she did. She just nodded. "Thank you."
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After Macrena and Noraya went to the bank to deposit the payment of her bangle, they went to the police station. Macrena never felt so nervous in her whole life. She doesn't know what to expect on their visit to the station.
"Are there any reports about a missing person, a woman specifically, twenty-four hours ago?" Noraya asked the police who entertained them in a calm voice.
The police officer looked at them. "Why are you asking? Do you have a missing relative?"
"Yes." Noraya absent-mindedly answered. 'Oh, crap! What did I just say?! She quickly reverted what she said in her mind. Now, who the hell is she going to tell the police a "missing relative" of hers? Noraya's mind panicked.
"What's the name of the missing person? Age? Do you have a photo of the person?" the police officer asked while typing something on his keyboard.
'This is it! I messed up!' her brain is panicking now. She looked at Macrena, trying to ask for help, but Macrena was as clueless as ever.
"We do not have any report of missing persons since yesterday." The police spoke while Noraya's brain was busily looking for a stupid answer.
"Oh," a secret sigh of relief escaped her mouth. She took out her phone from the pocket of her sweater and pressed the answer button. She was pretending to answer a call.
"Hello, Auntie?" Noraya answered the phone, sending an apologetic look at the police officer. "Oh really? Thank goodness, she's safe! Okay, auntie, we'll come and see her." She put back her phone in her pocket when she finished.
All the while, Macrena sat beside Noraya, clueless on what was happening.
"Name of the missing person?" the police asked again.
"Ah, eh…that was my aunt, she said my sister was already home. She went to have a sleepover with her friend yesterday, and her phone died, so she wasn't able to call us." Noraya answered the police. "I was about to report her missing." She pretended to be apologetic in her tone.
The officer just nodded. "It's good that she's safe then. Is there anything else I could do for you?"
Noraya sighed in relief. "Ah, no, no more. Thank you for your time, and sorry for bothering you." She hurriedly stood up and pulled Macrena out of the police station.
"What happened?" She was still confused. She did not understand why Noraya told the police that her niece was missing. And who is the auntie Noraya spoke to the phone earlier? They have been together the whole day, but Noraya did not mention that she had a missing niece.
"Did your niece went missing?" She innocently asked Noraya while they were walking to the bus stop.
"Ugh! There is no missing niece. I don't even have a niece. I am just trying to find out where you came from!" Noraya exhaled. "Let's go!"
She noticed the irritated voice of Noraya. They went to the police, and she pretended that her niece was missing to ask if there is a reported missing person since yesterday? Noraya might have been thinking that she was a missing person. She decided to just be quiet about it and followed her to the bus stop.
She knew that Noraya still doubts her. But she doesn't have any choice for now but to pretend to have amnesia, rather than to tell her the truth. She might send her to a mental institution if ever she said to her that she was a queen from the kingdom of gods and goddesses.
She will have to cast some spell on her to lessen her doubts about her. She doesn't want to use her powers in the land of the mortals as much as possible, but she doesn't have much choice since Noraya was hard to convince. She has been struggling to convince her since yesterday. A little should not harm.
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