Searching
Multiverse of Destiny: Chapter 104
Anne listens. She perceives no sounds in the small apartment. Walking out of her bedroom, she glances around. In her tidy kitchen, she hears her coffee pot’s temperature “click.” A pot of fresh coffee is sitting brewed in her coffee machine. Her roommate is still at work. Anne has no job. A sense of disappointment slides through her consciousness.
No Rey.
“Where is that damn phone,” she murmurs.
Get Sunny Sorbet’s stories in your inbox
Join Medium for free to get updates from this writer.
Anne traipses around her apartment, looking for the cell phone in all the usual places. Her bag. The entry table. The kitchen counter. Her bedroom side table. She groans and gets on her hands and knees, feeling around under her mattress. She pulls out a dust bunny-coated sock, tossing it aside.
“Ewwww…”
She continues feeling around with her fingers until she senses and clutches the hard surface of a cell phone. She digs out the phone from its dark space.
“Ahhhh…”
The battery is dead. She plugs the phone in. While she waits for it to juice up, she dresses in a t-shirt and her favorite comfy sweatpants and brushes her hair.
“Bzzz…Bzzz.”
The phone buzzes to life, and the young woman grabs the phone to check her texts. There is a text from Rey.
Went home. Didn’t want to wake you. Thanks for the fun.
K. I had a good time. Stay in touch.
She responds, feeling defeated.
“Thanks for the fun?” Anne repeats out loud. “Hmmm.’
No response from Rey. Looking at the time, she realizes she had taken a long afternoon nap. It is early evening, and the sun should be setting soon. The extra rest felt perfect — she is energized. She pockets the phone in her bag.
Anne pours herself a cup of coffee and makes herself a sandwich. She never has trouble sleeping at night after drinking caffeine, as her Dad always complains.
She searches her thoughts as she arranges the bread, meat, and cheese into a stack.
I’m all in. I know what is going on, and I’ve got to do something about it NOW. But what? Life is not as I realized it could be, and I have an essential role in the Universe’s trajectory. One that is unlike what I’ve ever dreamed of.
So, what’s next?
