Epilogue
LOCATION: Grand Canyon
TIME: 1700 hrs, while Daniel and Shania were busy.
DAY: Friday.
Shaneil walked along with her classmates, it had been a wonderful day at the Cannon and she had learned a lot.
Her teacher Ms. Lizzy was yapping on about that a beautiful day it was and she how hoped they learned a lot from this trip. Shaneil leaned on the railing staring out at the landforms the red layers of rock and the shimmering river running in centre.
The water captured the orange hues of the evening sun that danced on its surface. The sound of water crashing against the rocks filled Shaneil's ears, the constant pounding that sounded like drums.
The wind howled a melodic tune that corresponded with the drumming of the river. The birds in the sky squawked while the holes in the rocks whistled as their friendly ally the wind, flowed through them.
It was heavenly to Shaneil's ears, the rhythm of the Canyon.
It was said that Arizona's Grand Canyon was a natural formation distinguished by its layered bands of red rock and its size, which was pproximately 10 miles in width, a mile deep and it was really long. The area was a national park. It had beautiful views, and awesome outdoor activities. There was even rafting on the Colorado River.
It was great that the school had financed the trip, the car wash and spa that they did, had helped with most of the finances so all they had to do was to pay $50 each to make up the rest of it.
Suddenly, a cold wind blew against the railing sending shivers down Shaneil's spine.
She hugged her black leather jacket close to her. Shaneil was in a pink t-shirt with "Goku's Bride" written in white on it, a black Denim pants and pink ankle-high boots. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the cool sensation on her face.
The wind flowed through her brown frizzy hair that was in a high ponytail at the top of her head. The brown waterfall that once showered over her shoulders was now flying in all directions.
Suddenly, she felt a tap on her shoulder. She looked up to find Jesse she was in a black jacket, a blue tank-top, a black leather skirt reaching her knees and blue knee-high boots. She was a redhead with brown eyes and piercings on her nose, tongue and ears. She wore too much black makeup and her hair was in a low ponytail.
"Hey kiddo!" she said in a cheery voice. "Teach' said we can go to the gift shop after the class pic. You coming?"
"Yeah but I think I'll skip the pic," Shaneil replied.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, you go," Shaneil assured her.
Jesse nodded as she ran over to her boyfriend Jake. He was a total geek but with an athlete's body. Jesse is an emo girl, she adored those stuff and was the type a girl that didn't give a rat's ass about what people think. Jake was the type of person who tried to please people and get on their good side. He was like the opposite of Jesse but yet they have been together for two years. That proved that opposites do attract.
Shaneil watched as they all grouped up to take a class pic.
She wanted no part of that the kids in her class well, hated her. They treated her like she was some little kid. When they had group assignments they would exclude her from meetings and give her the least important roles. Then any time she tried to talk to them they would say things like 'Didn't your mommy teach you not to butt into grown-ups arguments?'.
The truth is Shaneil knew more than those overgrown monkeys and could teach them a thing or two but she just didn't push it.
She walked up to the wooden building ,that resembled a cabin, near the entrance. It was beautiful, it had two big glass windows at the front with all kinds of figurines and souvenirs. There were T-shirts, mugs, photos, hats, dolls and more.
"Okay, everyone you have twenty minutes to buy what you want and get out," said Miss Lizzy.
Shaneil hurried to the gift shop before the herd of giraffes came running in. She made it in before the rush and found herself at the far side of the gift shop. The interior of the shop was filled with shelves up to the top of the building, there were T-shirts on racks in the centre and to the right the cashier. In front, the cashier was Ivan, her obnoxious redheaded friend and Jesse's twin. He was hitting on the cashier who was too old for him but hey men will be men.
As she was looking around her eyes fell on the most beautiful necklace she had ever seen.
It was gold and had the most exquisite pendant on it. On the outside, it had a rope design in the shape of a circle and in the centre was a golden bull, the Taurus to be exact. Upon its neck was a silver necklace with diamonds within it. The Taurus's eyes were red and there were black outlines on its body.
It glittered as the fluorescent light shone on it, it was beautiful and all she could do was stare at it amazed. Finally snapping out of the trance, Shaneil took the necklace in her hand and felt it.
"This is beautiful for costume jewellery," she said as she observed it.
"Isn't it?" a woman with black hair and green eyes said as she approached me. "The necklace."
"Yes, it is," Shaneil replied.
"And lucky for you it's on sale," The lady said.
"Really?"
"Yes, really. So are you going to buy it?"
"Yes, thank you, ma'am.... It even has my sign!"
Shaneil was born May 19, meaning she was a Taurus so this was the perfect necklace for her. She jumped up and down excitedly, receiving a few strange looks from people in the shop and laughter from the lady. She dashed up to the counter and placed the necklace on it.
"How much?" She asked the black-haired, blue-eyed cashier.
"Fifty bucks," The cashier said popping her chewing gum.
Shaneil placed the money on the counter she got hundred dollars spending money from her mom, Aunt Tommy and Aunt Hillary. The cashier cashed the item and gave her a receipt.
"Hey, do you guys have any Aries necklaces?" she asked the cashier who was drooling over Ivan's enormous muscles.
"Yeah, check the back," she said. "Mom, can you help this girl?"
Just then the lady from before came towards them.
"Sure," she ushered her to a door behind the counter. Shaneil walked with her into the room, it was poorly lit with blue lights, and it had brown walls with boxes packed on boxes all around.
"So, May I ask what you're looking for?" she asked.
Shaneil turned around to face her. "I'm looking for an Aries necklace for my mother."
"Your mom eh? She must be really special to you," she said.
"She is. She's like my mother and father in one. She is always there for me," she said as she ran her fingers along a box.
"No dad huh?" she was staring at Shaneil intensively.
"Yeah, I don't want to talk about it."
Shaneil felt uneasy around her for some reason.
"Where is the box with the necklace?" she asked a bit jumpy.
"Oh, behind those boxes," she pointed behind Shaneil.
Shaneil turned around and began to search through the boxes, the first a box of mugs, the next a box of mugs and the last one a box of T-shirts but, no necklaces.
"Are you sure? The-"
Suddenly, a hand came over her mouth. Shaneil kicked the boxes in front of her in fright and stumbled back. She looked towards her left and saw the lady lying down groaning in pain. Shaneil looked at her in fright, jumped to her feet and ran to the door. The lady grabbed her leg before she could get to it.
"Where do you think you are going?"
She groaned in pain as she fell on her stomach. She grabbed a mug nearby, swung her hand around hitting the woman in her face. She cried in pain as it hit her nose.
Shaneil as fast as she could crawl to the door and she was almost there. Suddenly, she felt the lady jump on her back, grabbed her arms bounding them at the back and gagged her. The lady lifted her off the ground, holding her in place. Just then, the cashier came in and stared at them with amusement in her eyes.
"You couldn't handle the little brat!" she laughed.
"Oh, shut up!" The lady spat. "Drug her, now... So, we can get her to the boss."
The cashier walked up towards her with a bottle and cloth in her hand. Shaneil shook violently. She damped the cloth with the liquid and placed it near Shaneils face.
"Goodnight, chica," she said as she gripped Shaneil's face and placed the cloth over her nose.
Everything went black.
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