I got a surprise when I pulled up at the office. Immediately I got into my office, I saw a bouquet of flowers- white roses. I frowned; who would have known about the significance of white roses to me- I didn't tell Micheal about that and surely my dad couldn't have mentioned it to him or could he?
Nobody knew about it except for dad, Christian and Emily. Dad couldn't have done that as he was on bed rest and we see each other everyday- also today isn't a start of new beginnings as the flower signified to us so he couldn't have done it. It couldn't also be Christian or Emily simply because I cut all ties with them for over two years now; there was no way they could have even known the country I was in not to talk about my workplace.
That left Micheal as the only possible option left. With the amount of time he spent with dad I wouldn't be surprised if dad shared that important information with him. I checked the card on the flower and it read; "this is to remember me till we meet again, its been so long dear"
Such a short message but it was enough to warm my heart. My heart went out to him immediately; surely what dad said is absolutely true. We haven't seen for some days now and it warmed my heart that he was romantic enough to get me flowers to remember him.
I put the flowers on my table and set to work out immediately reminding myself to thank him later.
I had a lot to do on my desk- work piling up from when I took my leave and it took time for me to finish it.
Sighing tiredly I looked at the time and saw it was already past 5; I must have been so concentrated on my work that I lost track of time. I didn't even get lunch; at that point in time my stomach growled - that was definitely a sign for me to start rushing home. I didn't even call to check up on dad....wow; I must have really been engrossed in my work. At least something good came out of my stress- I got to finish my bundle of work.
I carefully sorted out the files on my table and packed my things, the flowers long forgotten. My legs felt so stiff as I walked slowly to the elevator. I normally would have taken the stairs for a little exercise but today was just not my day- I was famished and at the same time tired. I couldn't afford to take the stairs at this state; I might just collapse.
I got to the parking lot and saw it already empty- seems like everyone had already gone home. Opening the door, I dropped my handbag on the passenger's seat and drapped my jacket on it before sliding behind the wheels.
Due to my tiredness, I laid my head on the steering and rested a bit until I felt a presence beside me. When I raised my head, I saw a shadow pass by my car. Quickly looking into the rear mirror, I saw nothing. I checked around for a while and saw nothing. Deciding it was probably just my nerves getting the best of me since no one was in the office at this time I drove out of the compound and went home.
As I drove home on the kind of lonely road, my eyes fleeted to the rear mirror and I saw a black car trailing behind me. Fear gripped me immediately; there was no one around to call for help if something happens.
My heart started racing as the car got closer. I tried to calm my heart down- I guess the stress of today was just getting to me.
There was no way someone would want to follow me. Its pretty normal for cars to pass this road, its absolutely a coincidence that the road happens to be empty on the one day that I felt someone watching me in the office car park and now a car is trailing after me. I said to myself. I was just being silly and paranoid.
Just to be safe, I locked my car doors and drove home faster trying to steady my breathing while at the same time drive safely.
My fears heightened when the black car flashed ahead of me ; I couldn't even see the driver as the glasses were darkly tinted. All I thought about as I was driving right behind the car was that the person was after me.
My fears subsided when the car swerved into a path, a few blocks away from my stop. I drove slowly to see check up on the car and saw it parked in front of a house.
I wanted to laugh at myself. The person was just trying to get to his house and with my slow driving, the person must have been pissed off.
I drove up a couple more blocks and I was home. In my tired state, I didn't notice the black car trailing after me one more time.