My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey)

Preslie found this very strange and got off her bed.

She pulled on Yesseca's hand and asked, "Yesseca, what's wrong? Why are you so upset after having your dinner?"

Yesseca looked around the room.

A moment later, she shook her head and said, "It's nothing. What did you say just now?"

"I asked you, what did you have for dinner?"

Yesseca's mind was blank. For a moment, she had forgotten what she ate earlier.

She shook her head. "I forgot."

Preslie sighed. "That's kind of impressive. It wasn't that long ago and you've already forgotten."

She placed Yesseca's hand on her stomach. "Listen, my stomach's been growling the whole time. I'm really hungry. Ah, losing weight is so difficult."

Yesseca heard Preslie's stomach grumble.

The rumble slowly brought her back to her senses.

She tried very hard to repress everything that the strange woman told her earlier.

Yesseca had a dream that night.

She dreamt about that strange woman, Essie.

She repeatedly told her that Lothar was killed, that Selina had killed him.

Yesseca pushed the woman away and ran off. She didn't want to listen to her.

However, the woman's voice was like the wind that could be heard from all directions. She could not hide from it no matter how hard she tried.

Just as she was about to collapse, she heard Selina's voice. "This chocolate is delicious."

After she said that, Yesseca heard her smack her lips twice.

Yesseca opened her eyes right away.

She had finally woken up from her nightmare.

"Some sweet jelly would be tasty, but cream cakes are good too."

Yesseca was speechless.

She switched on her bedside lamp and spotted Preslie muttering to herself.

She was talking in her sleep.

Yessecalaughed.

She had felt like a child herself as if she was the only child among all the adults working around her. It wasn't until she had met Preslie did she realize that there was someone else like her. In fact, she was much more childish than her. Preslie's muttering lightened her depressed mood as she laid back down on her bed.

Yesseca soon fell asleep again while Preslie continued muttering to herself in her sleep," Cupcakes, chocolate, fruit jelly, peanut butter cups..."

Time passed by very quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it was Yesseca's last day of training in Nashaland.

After today, they would stay one more day in Nashaland, mainly to visit the various tourist attractions before returning to Agaphen City.

After stepping out of the shopping mall, Yesseca and Preslie returned to the hotel.

Preslie didn't want to eat, as usual. Yesseca had gotten used to this by now.

Preslie hadn't eaten dinner in the past few days because she wanted to lose weight. She was filled with excitement as she told Yesseca that she had lost two pounds.

That night, Yesseca went to eat alone again.

She had been eating egg sandwiches at a small restaurant that was close to the hotel.

The food in Nashaland wasn't very different from the food in Agaphen City. The only difference here was that they prepared the eggs a little differently.

Back at Yesseca's neighbourhood, the eggs were fried and served with sliced sausages, while in Nashaland, the eggs were cooked into an omelette and had ketchup mixed into it. Yesseca found it very strange at first but then decided to try it after it was strongly recommended to her by another salesgirl who was native to Nashaland. She didn't expect to fall in love with it after one bite.

The egg looked much darker than usual because of the ketchup, but it tasted delicious. It had a tangy sweetness to it.

That night, Yesseca ordered an egg sandwich with a glass of juice, as she always did.

She finished her sandwich and then drank her juice.

Suddenly, a person sat down in front of her.

Yessie didn't think much about it and finished her juice.

Then again, something felt off about this person.

That person seemed to be staring at her.

Yesseca raised her head.

She then noticed the person's face.

Yesseca was taken aback.

It was Essie.

Yesseca stood up and was about to leave when Essie said, "I just want to have a few words with you," Yesseca hesitated for a moment.

She then sat down.

Essie wasn't dressed in her red dress, nor was her long, black hair draped over her shoulders as usual. She was dressed in a pale yellow dress, and her hair was tied up, revealing her clean and elegant face.

Essie didn't look as strange or terrifying like she did the other night.

If it weren't for the cold look in her eyes, she could easily be the girl next door.

"Yesseca, it was because of Selina that Lothar died," Essie said calmly.

Yesseca looked at Essie in disgust "If you're going to talk about this again, then I'm not going to listen to you. "Then what do you want me to

say?" Essie asked.

Yesseca took a deep breath. "Do you actually know my brother? Last time you said you met him before his accident. What's going on? What happened to my brother?"

A flash of emotion lingered in Essie's eyes.

She looked extremely melancholic.

Yesseca thought that she had fallen into a trance.

Essie didn't seem like such a bad person right now.

She had mentioned her brother, that was why she was sad.

It seemed that Essie really did care for her brother like a friend would.

Yesseca felt like she had overacted. She shouldn't have been so harsh towards Essie.

Yesseca lowered her voice and spoke gently. "Are you really a friend of my brother's? If that's true, then I'm very sorry, I've been very unkind to you, but please, stop saying that Selina killed my brother. I hate it when you keep saying that,"

"Why do you feel that way?" Essie had calmed down.

"She couldn't have killed my brother," Yesseca said. "Selina is my brother's best friend and like a sister to me. It would be impossible for her to have killed my brother."

Essie sneered.

She ignored everything Yesseca said.

"Believe it or not, no matter what you think of Selina, she couldn't have killed my brother," Yesseca said. "I think you're mistaken."

"I'm not mistaken," Essie said, emphasizing every word. "Selina killed Lothar."

Yesseca sighed deeply. "I don't know what else to tell you. You have no idea how good Selina has been to me and my brother!"

"Your brother died because of her!" Essie said stubbornly.

Yesseca stood up.

"Forget it, I am not talking to you anymore. I'm leaving."

"Yesseca." Essie stood up. "Selina was very kind to your brother."

Yesseca stopped walking away after hearing her say that. She glared at Essie and said, "I already told you that, so stop saying she killed him,"

"But," Essie suddenly changed the subject, "... the best thing she could have done for Lothar was to let herself die."

"What do you even mean?!" Yesseca was startled.

Essie looked at Yesseca and said, "Selina wanted to live. For her to do that, she had to take your

brother's life. So she did,"

Yesseca's eyes slowly widened.