I was back in Mandy town and everything seemed bleak and boring as usual.I looked out of the window and it was empty,the streets were empty and the road had no cars.Mandy was boring,Mandy was a town that I did not like much and prayed that I would never go back to but there I was at the lowest part of my life.
After the whole seeing Taptiklis freak out I had at Fig my parents brought me back to keep an eye on me.I felt like this is what they hoped for all along and this was the end for me and design.All my friends looked scared of me and thought I was crazy and I wanted to hide myself I wanted to be away from everyone and everything.
Sometimes at night I tried to see if Taptiklis would come out of hiding but he never came back.I never saw him again and at times I honestly wondered if all I saw was a figment of my imagination.At the back of my mind i thought i was seeing things since no one else saw him or knew him but that would mean I was crazy but I knew I was not.
I decided to just work in the store after all who else would hire a crazy person like me in any other job.It had been two weeks since I started working there and everyone looked at me as if I was crazy.But I should have got used to it by that time.At night I was closing up shop and I heard a footstep ,I was scared and it might have been Taptiklis.I took a pocket knife and followed the sound of the footsteps.
"Stella hey."Linda said
I looked at her and she was holding a box and I put my pocket knife away.
"What are you doing here?"I was shocked and relieved it was not him
"Well I felt bad about what happened and brought you some gifts since you know,we were workmates and I was really starting to warm up to you."She said showing me the box.
I took the box and I was honestly relieved and a bit taken a back by how much she really cared considering how she always acted towards me.
"So you think I'm not crazy?"I asked
"Oh of course not."
"Really?"I asked
Everyone always said that they think I was not crazy but I knew that they were just trying to make me feel better about my situation.
"Yeah after all Taptiklis is a real person."She said
At that moment I knew she was just pulling my leg but she was going way too far to try and make me feel better.
"You don't have to say that I know...."
"Stella he's real and he is behind me."She said maliciously
Taptiklis walked out of the other aisle and he was physically there smiling at me with those green eyes and I fell on my back.I could not tell if I was dreaming or I was going insane.
"Stella calm down it's not a ghost just a guy I hired to scare you off from work."She said.
"What?"
"Well rumours had it that you were Madam Rae's choice I had Seb here spy on you a couple of days but after some days when the rumours began I wanted you out."
"That's insane ,you're insane.Its a stupid fucking job you psycho.So that say you did see him?"
"Yes it's a job but I wanted it and Seb wanted money simple.And yes i could see him he is a human after all."
"You're crazy, I am calling the police."
I said walking to the phone.
"Well,who is going to believe a crazy person after all I am not the one with a box full of firearms."
She must be referring to the box she gave me and what she was saying was true.No one would believe me but I was shocked.She had to be on something to do all this for a stupid job.
"Oh plus i called the cops on you for having firearms."She said.
"What?"
I looked at her and I wanted to skin her alive both him and her deserved to go to hell.
"And why the hell are you guys telling me all of this!"
"Oh because Seb here felt bad for making you think you were going crazy and after all after this you can just stay in a mental hospital."She said looking at me.
At that very moment none of what she was doing made any sense and I felt like a lunatic.I felt even more crazier than I was before.No single sensible human would go that far just for a job but she was the psychopath.But at the same time maybe that's why my tablet was in my office,all the times Taptiklis or Seb found me they used my schedule and when I freaked out in the office she planned all that.
She was a monster having the audacity to give me a speech about trusting people and true intentions.She probably went to tell people i was taking drugs or something.As rage boiled inside me Taptiklis left.
"Where are you going?"I asked.
"I am not your friend,I got paid and you don't think your crazy my work is done.You were so naive."He said going out.
I looked back at Linda smiling and she was counting to the minutes before the police would arrive.I looked at her.
"You're a psycho."
"Say that again."She said
"You're crazy!"I said now more confused than ever and jumping her.
She ruined my life just for a job.I would never have a place in the fashion industry again.I proceeded to punch her face and she punched me back but hers was painful and the pain went all over my body.I needed to lash out on someone,I could not even defend myself in front of others they thought I was crazy.
Suddenly a police officer came storming in and pinned me to the ground. They handcuffed me and found the firearms in the back of the store.They helped Linda up and as they took me to the car I could see the flash of Linda's smile .She won a game I was not even playing.
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