While she jumped in her car she briefly sniffed under her armpit, completely forgetting that she just showered, the fear of this appointment was taking over her every thought. Red or green traffic lights all meant the same to Jane today, she was in autopilot gliding through the town. 10.15 a.m , Dr. Calum Afroudakis , room 403, Dental Floor. This was all she kept saying to herself repeatedly while sitting upright clutching at the steering wheel.
Another thought eventually entered her hypnotic mind - coffee!! She thought to herself about how there was no way she could go through with this unless she had a little pick me up and a good strong cup of coffee was the way she went. She pulled into a petrol station , poured herself out a large strong cup and walked to the cashier to pay for it. "Um you ok ma'am" asked the baseball capped, beer bellied cashier as he noticed Jane's hands were trembling uncontrollably. Jane replied "Yeah just a bad day is all, I have to go to the dentist", the man shook his head and gave her back her change. As she was leaving the cashier said one last thing to her"You know ma'am some of us actually have real problems, have a good day yuppie".
Outside while walking backwards towards her car staring at the cashier wondering why he doesn't he just mind his own business she bumped into a guy , spilling the coffee all down her puffy jacket. The guy was extremely apologetic but all she could see was his beaming smile and the glare from his white teeth. They got talking as minutes passed and Jane was totally swept from her feet by him, all of a sudden all that was entering her had was how charming and polite this guy is and how maybe today isn't a bad day after all.
The two stood there laughing and joking with one another before Jane noticed this man had no car and offered him a lift. "Ehhh iffff its no problem with you then i'd gladly accept your offer of a lift" answered the smiling, handsome young man. Jane told him to hop in and he did so, putting his briefcase in the backseat before buckling himself in. "Wait wait hold on I need to so something first, how silly of me" said the excited young man in the passengers seat. Jane looked at him inquisitively and replied "What, what is it you need to do", "I need to buy you your coffee back of course" the man jumped out of the car before Jane could refuse, leaving her sit there smiling.
Looking out her window, watching him enter the shop she suddenly went pale and froze. The realisation that she had her appointment in ten minutes had dawned on her "No no no no crap crap crap" she muttered to herself before turning the keys and speeding off. She was now speeding towards her appointment knowing that if she is more than fifteen minutes late then it will be cancelled and rescheduled until later. The idea of spending another few weeks with this hanging over her was not something she was willing to do.
10.09 she arrived at the dentist wiping beads of sweat from her forehead in relief that she had made it but then another thought had crossed her mind again - The guy she had promised a lift too!!!! She got outside of her car and paced in a circle for a moment "Why am I like this? I meet a lovely guy and then I just drive off on him, he probably think i'm some screwball" . In the backseat she noticed his briefcase .
"Ok i'll go to my appointment then open the briefcase to see can I find his details or will I open the briefcase first, damn why am I so bad at making decisions" , she decided to open the briefcase, her curiosity was too much. What she found inside shocked her more than the thought of going to the dentist or the ignorance of the cashier at the petrol station or driving away on a guy she really liked. Inside there were five items placed neatly : duct tape, a knife, chloroform, a body bag and most creepily of all - a picture of her!!!!
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