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My date with Derek has finally come. We have seen each other before, as soon as the government loosened up the restrictions, but those were just friendly meetings. We met 3 months ago on Instagram. I was alone and depressed when all my pre pandemic friends turned away from me, but when I met Derek, my life slowly started to make sense again. No matter how lonely I felt or how much fed up with online learning I was, he was there for me. Now he has invited me on a date. He told me that he would prepare a romantic dinner at home. I couldn't tell my mom that I was going to his house, she for sure wouldn't let me go. I lied and said I was going to Ellie.
She used to be my best friend, now we don't talk anymore. When I arrived, Derek was waiting for me. We went to the suburbs, which surprised me a lot. It didn't make sense. At the beginning of our relationship he wrote to me that he lived in the center. Or maybe I got it wrong. Never mind...
25 minutes later we were on a site. Wow, his house was gorgeous - a large garden, a double garage. What amazed me was that it was so far from a city. As soon as we went inside, I saw some roses on the table, those were my favourite. We were having a really nice time, but something didn't seem right to me. Derek looked a little nervous. He offered to show me round the house. We went down to the basement. He said that was not all and opened the door. Behind it I saw a huge pool and jacuzzi. He opened the second door and told me to come in first. I was suspicious but went ahead. At some point door closed right behind me. The darkness and this silence was terrifying. I started to scream but no one reacted. After a while, I heard Derek saying from behind the door that tomorrow someone wanted to meet me and talk. I wish I had taken my phone. I didn't know when I fell I asleep. In the morning I heard a knock on the door. Someone pressed the handle. On the doorstep I saw Derek followed by a middle-aged man. I took an uncertain step against the wall. Derek started apologizing to me and kept saying it wasn't his idea. But what idea? The man introduced himself as Marcus Avery. That name didn't tell my anything. He also apologized to me for the way I was treated, but he said there was no other way out. He seemed like a nice man. He also told me that Derek was his son. After a while he said "I'm sorry that I have to tell you this but your mother is actually not your mother. Miranda Kepner kidnapped you 19 years ago from a hospital in Sydney. She's a good person and raised you well but the truth is that she's a psychopath. I'm your father and I missed you a lot. Miranda is on therapy in a psychiatric hospital now. After 19 years I finally found you. Now I will take care of you." No, no, what was he saying? That can't be true, he's a psychopath, not my mum! Sydney? My mum wouldn't have kidnapped me, he wanted to do that! In a second my world collapsed. What was I supposed to do right now? I would have never thought that I would find myself in a situation like this...
She used to be my best friend, now we don't talk anymore. When I arrived, Derek was waiting for me. We went to the suburbs, which surprised me a lot. It didn't make sense. At the beginning of our relationship he wrote to me that he lived in the center. Or maybe I got it wrong. Never mind...
25 minutes later we were on a site. Wow, his house was gorgeous - a large garden, a double garage. What amazed me was that it was so far from a city. As soon as we went inside, I saw some roses on the table, those were my favourite. We were having a really nice time, but something didn't seem right to me. Derek looked a little nervous. He offered to show me round the house. We went down to the basement. He said that was not all and opened the door. Behind it I saw a huge pool and jacuzzi. He opened the second door and told me to come in first. I was suspicious but went ahead. At some point door closed right behind me. The darkness and this silence was terrifying. I started to scream but no one reacted. After a while, I heard Derek saying from behind the door that tomorrow someone wanted to meet me and talk. I wish I had taken my phone. I didn't know when I fell I asleep. In the morning I heard a knock on the door. Someone pressed the handle. On the doorstep I saw Derek followed by a middle-aged man. I took an uncertain step against the wall. Derek started apologizing to me and kept saying it wasn't his idea. But what idea? The man introduced himself as Marcus Avery. That name didn't tell my anything. He also apologized to me for the way I was treated, but he said there was no other way out. He seemed like a nice man. He also told me that Derek was his son. After a while he said "I'm sorry that I have to tell you this but your mother is actually not your mother. Miranda Kepner kidnapped you 19 years ago from a hospital in Sydney. She's a good person and raised you well but the truth is that she's a psychopath. I'm your father and I missed you a lot. Miranda is on therapy in a psychiatric hospital now. After 19 years I finally found you. Now I will take care of you." No, no, what was he saying? That can't be true, he's a psychopath, not my mum! Sydney? My mum wouldn't have kidnapped me, he wanted to do that! In a second my world collapsed. What was I supposed to do right now? I would have never thought that I would find myself in a situation like this...