100 Days With Mr Romero

Mike cleaned the sweats dripping from his forehead with one hand as he moved the steering wheel with the other hand. He was driving to Sam’s office that morning.

He pulled the car in the parking lot and headed to Sam’s office while adjusting the sleeve of his brown shirt. He smiled at the janitor and asked for directions to Sam’s office and he was directed.

Mike barged into Sam’s office and Sam was shocked to see him. It was the early hours of the day. 9am to be precise.

Sam immediately closed the open file before him and folded his arms across his chest. He began to wonder what made Mike barge into his office especially since their previous encounter wasn’t friendly.

“Why are you here? ” Sam blurted hitting the nail on the head because he knew Mike didn’t barge into his office that morning for a friendly reunion.

“What are you still doing around Emma? ” demanded Mike.

Sam was taken aback by Mike’s audacity as Mike stared directly into his eyes.

“You barge into my office this morning to talk about shit? ” confronted Sam. His voice grew thicker and he sat up immediately.

“I thought I told you to stay away from Emma” Mike yelled.

Sam is surprised by Mike’s audacity and he quickly stands up from his chair and shouts

“Who do you think you are barging into my office to yell at me?

Mike didn’t say anything about that instead he moves up and down the office frantically and said

“Do you want to ruin Emma like the way you ruined my sister?”

“oh shut the fuck up. ” Sam growled at Mike.

“I’m sorry about what happened to Natalie. It was never my intention to hurt her. ” apologized Sam.

“Listen Sam. ” Mike stated pointing a finger at him.

“If you don’t stay away from Emma, I’ll reveal to her what you did to Natalie. ” concluded Mike.

He stormed out leaving Sam terrified.

Sam crashed into his chair, cupped his face in his hands and shook his legs. He let out a loud agonizing groan even though he tried to suppress it.

Sam knew Mike’s desire to protect Emma was justified especially after what he did to Mike’s sister Natalie. He laid his back on his chair and stared at his office as an emptiness overshadowed him.

Emma and Sam had planned to meet that evening. She sat down in the cafeteria and texted him after realizing he didn’t show up which was unlike him. In fact Sam was barely late which Emma can proudly attest to. Few minutes later, he showed looking all gloomy.

“Are you okay? ” Emma questioned him as he pulled the chair next to her and sat.

He nodded indicating he was okay and Emma could tell he was lying because he was looking somehow pale and sorrowful.

“I could spank you for keeping me waiting you know. ” Emma joked trying to cheer him up but Sam was unyielding.

“You had a bad day? ” suggested Emma with her hands.

“I’m cool. ” Sam lied again and Emma noticed he was barely looking at her.

Emma noticed Sam was acting odd and a bit weird so she decided to inquire about his state of mind.

“Sam are you sure you are fine? we could.. ” she was trying to say while Sam screamed at her face leaving her in total shock over his sudden outburst.

“I said I am fine. ” he barked at her which made some of the people in the cafeteria to turn around and stare.

Emma tried to speak but no words came out of her mouth. She was terrified by Sam’s sudden outburst.

“I am deeply sorry Emma. ” he beckoned clapping his palms before her.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Sam then placed his palms on his face completely ignoring Emma. He was having visions of Natalie at that moment.

Natalie had come to see him at his dormitory back in high school. She opened the door and walked in.

“Sam! Sam! ” she kept calling out to him.

He was in the corner of his room on the cold floor shaking and biting his lips. It was just after he had assaulted the hall monitor. He ran to his room. Natalie his girlfriend learned about the attack so she ran to meet him after Mike her brother warned her not to.

“Go away. ” Sam had pleaded with her but Natalie was hesitant.

If only she knew Sam had always pondered since the incident whenever he had flashes of the gruesome event. She went to his side and knelt beside him. When she placed her arms around his shoulder, Sam had pushed her violently and her head hit the wall fracturing her skull. Sam cried out loudly and soon people came to the rescue and Sam vanished.

Since then, Sam had never attended a single school reunion ever since he vanished from the high school. He knew it will bring dreadful memories and the waters of his guilt will be stirred .

A notification was sent to him and Sam shoved it off telling some of his mates he was busy. Sam wasn’t busy when he got the notification of the high school reunion. In fact, the notice came when he was taking two days off from work and it was scheduled to hold at night.

“I’m leaving. ” announced Emma. Sam didn’t stop her.