On arriving at Gao Abigail saw it wasn't as bad as imagined. She was welcomed with the social liveliness of the city, though it wasn't modernized at all, they still made use of carriages, the cars were outdated and to make a phone call they needed to go to the call station or send letters to whom they want to reach out to, to her it was just like going back to the 90's.
Soon someone came to receive them and took them to the accommodation prepared for them already. The way was very narrow to Abigail, it had a lot of tall grasses with no passersby, it was like an adventure into the forest. Soon they arrived at what seemed like an abandoned house and was given the keys by the driver without a word as he drove off, they were welcome by the crusty sound and dust as they opened the door, looking around, cobwebs were all over
"Are we really living here??" Abigail asked
"Well you have seen it" Mrs wen replied
"I guess its time for clean up" she said as she brought out what seemed like a broom
"Help me" she said as she gave the broom to Abigail but was only met with the cold look in her face
"Please " she pleaded as Abigail took the broom and started helping out. Soon they were done with the cleaning and retreated to their rooms to rest
Abigail reached her room, went straight to open the windows and dressed the curtains, then she laid her bed properly as she lay flat on it looking at the ceiling. Soon she slept off and started having nightmares. She was in a very dark and misty room
"Hello, hello, is anyone there" she called out in her dream
"What am I doing here, where am i??" She asked herself
"Abigail, Abigail " a strange voice came from behind
"Who are you??" She asked
"You should be the one asking yourself that question " the stranger said
"Who exactly are you" the stranger said as she came out of the dark. Abigail was so frightened she quickly woke up from her sleep panting and sweating
"What was that??" She asked herself as she quickly ran to the mirror to look at herself while remembering who she saw in her dream, "she saw a white haired old lady with a stick, who looked exactly like her"
"Who was she??" Abigail asked, as a knock came from the door which quickly snapped her back
"Dinner is ready" Mrs wen said
"I'm coming " Abigail said as she quickly dressed her hair and went downstairs to eat, after eating she decided to take a stroll outside in order to ease her mind. Indeed the city was lively and buzzing with people, they all seemed ok to Abigail, suddenly someone mistakenly pushed her to the floor
"I'm sorry " the stranger apologized
"Its ok" Abigail said looking at the scratch on her palm, she stood up and started walking home only to notice the people's gazing eyes looking at her, she soon quickened her space but got lost as the road to her house was very narrow and it was dark already. She heard unpleasant sounds coming from the bushes, it was like a wild animal had already noticed her, she began to run in fear of her life but later fell to the ground, now she was surrounded by what seemed like humans but weren't really humans, looking at the scene unfold in front of her, she creeped with fear
"Help me!!" She screamed as she began to cry for fear of her life, but seemed to be in vain because it seemed to be isolated
"Helped me!!!" She screamed again as they all rushed to her about to devour but was soon stopped by a stranger who suddenly appeared. Abigail opened her eyes only to see that she wasn't surrounded anymore but stood in front of her was a huge figure, a man with a graceful figure, his long shiny black her that swept across his back, his perfect broad shoulders and his blossom hot scent.
Abigail who was still on the floor was fantasizing about the stranger whom she hadn't seen before, though she couldn't get a front view of him and she also couldn't get a much clearer view of his back because it was night, she felt a bit of sadness
"Be careful on your way back" the stranger said and was about leaving
"Wait" she called out to stop him as she stood up
"Thank you" she said
"I'm Abigail, how about you??" She asked but didn't get a reply, he was still about leaving
"Wait" she called out again
"I don't know my way back" she said in a low tone
"Just continue heading forward, don't look back" he finally spoke up, as Abigail looked the path ahead of her
"You.." she turned back only to see he was gone
"How will a good looking gentleman just leave me all alone in the bush " she lamented as she quickly followed his words and ran home, soon she got home and let out a sigh of relief, she opened the door
"You are back" said Mrs wen who was sitting on the couch waiting for her to return
"What exactly is this place??" Abigail asked
"We arrived here together didn't we" Mrs wen replied
"Go to bed" Mrs wen said as she stood up and went to her room, Abigail too quickly ran to her room as she was scared because the house was only lit up with candles. Upon arriving at her room, she sat on the bed still fantasizing about the huge man she had met earlier on, soon bad thoughts began creeping up in her head
"What the hell" she shouted
"Abigail Wen, how can you think such about a stranger whom you had just met, it isn't proper at all, what if he isn't as good as you think he is" she said to her said as she convincingly went to bed and slept