Boat Trip

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Annie lay in bed unable to fall asleep, tossing and turning seeing the dim street light seeping through the windows with the crashing of the wind against the window. The rain beating down fast, and the bed feeling cold when she would turn. Why didn’t I turn the heat on she thought feeling very cold? Annie thought to herself, in the morning she is off for two days on this cruise she planned for weeks such a horrible weather in the month of July. But the rain and winds had taken over this small village of Sutterton in Linconshire, Annie looked at her night table to reach for her phone. Pressing the power button on the side of the phone, looks at the screen for the time with her eyes half open focusing without her glasses. Oh gosh she thought to herself its nearly four in the morning, and she will have to get up in few hours to leave. The excitement of the trip had made it difficult for Annie to sleep, imagining what she will get up to putting images in her head of the view’s, and then she slowly dosed off.

“Noooooooo”

yelled Annie as she woke up with tears rolling down her face. She sat up and looked around trying to work out where she was, seeming like she was supposed to be elsewhere. She realized she was in her bed and turned to her right to look her for husband. Who wasn’t there then she looked at the door of the room which opened.

“are you okay Annie” said Mark whilst walking into to the bedroom.

“Annie” sighed Mark whilst he sat down on the bed beside her and went to hold her hand.

Annie felt as such a burden lifted of her body, when she realized she was in her bed and her husband was there holding her hand, trying to recall what nightmare she woke from as it felt so real. Taking a deep breath and wiping her tears she leaned forward towards mark and hugged him. Wiping her tears, she looks at him.

“I had an awful nightmare... I just can’t recall what it was, all I know it was awful” slowly Annie muttered to mark. She could hear Mark heart beating fast and his arms getting tighter around her. She could smell is special body scent that she always teased about, by saying if she was every blind that how she would recognize him.

“I love you Annie, come get up forget the dream take a shower, then well go for breakfast” said Mark. Whilst he slowly let go of Annie from his arms and slowly got up and headed toward the door, then stopped and turned around and looking straight at Annie smiles.

“come on I’ll go put the kettle on for coffee you take a quick shower or if you want just throw something on and meet me downstairs”

Mark said then slowly he exited from the door.

Annie could still feel a weird scary vibe within and thought that she did have something planned, but she couldn’t recall what and just felt so out of place. She got up to head towards the bathroom and her eyes catches the picture of her and Bella on her wall outside the bathroom door, and paused to take a look and recall the memory of their visit to New York City. This photo was taken when they were being silly in one of the museums. But something deep inside felt wrong and Annie just couldn’t shake the feeling off, so turns back towards her night table to send her a message. She doesn’t see her phone on top of her night table, so she looks around the night table to realized her chargers not there too.

“Markkkkkk” screamed Annie confused and looking around wondering where her phone was.

Mark runs up the stairs, and barges through the door looking very worried he comes up to Annie.

“what happened, are you okay why are you screaming” he slowly said with a fear in his eyes that Annie saw, confused she responds,

“where is my phone it not here, the chargers not here … I’ve looked ever where... why do I feel like something is wrong?” her tear starts rolling down and she couldn’t understand why she felt like this.

“you lost it... don’t you remember... I’ve got you a new one its downstairs”

Mark responded with worry in his voice and his eyes looked as if he was hiding something. He was hiding something and he knew she doesn’t remember anything.

“no it’s not possible” responded Annie recalling that she had looked at if at four this morning,

“I had it last night I couldn’t sleep and then I looked at the time”

Annie pauses from talking and then she recalls why she had looked at her phone she was to go on the trip today. That’s why she felt weird she had forgotten her plans.

“oh my god I’d forgotten I have to get my stuff together I’m supposed to meet up with Belle were going away for two days”

responded Annie and walks towards her closet where she recalled having her bags packed up and ready to go.

“where’s my bags. this doesn’t make sense”

Annie said whilst her voice started to escalate as she got angry.

“first my phone now my bags what’s happening this doesn’t make sense” says Annie as she turns around to Mark and looks at him with confusion and anger. Was Mark hiding everything so that she would forget and not leave, but why would Mark do that he has his own plans and he never does anything like that.

Mark stood their eyes all shocked and starting to fill up with tears, he walks towards her and holds her with both arms close to her, Annie feels so calm when he holds her and she then suddenly pushes him back.

“something not right did you hide my phone and bag why aren’t you saying something” says Annie confused at why he had tears in his eyes, her heart melted she knew something was wrong and he was hiding it from her. She holds him by his shoulders and shake him.

“why are you not telling me anything, call Belle I want to talk to her first”

she said staring at Mark who was not taking his eyes of her. He knew he will have to tell her everything but how without hurting her.

“I’ll tell you but I need you to calm down and please come downstairs I’ll explain to you” Mark responded and walked towards the door and left, Annie could hear his feet going down the stairs. She was shocked how he said that and just walked out.

Annie started heading towards the door and as she passed her mirror on the wall near her door out she looked at herself and the froze, she touched her forehead and there were stitches.

She could feel it something happened and she can’t remember in the back of her mind she tried to recall her dream and she felt it had something to do with what happening now. She looks at the clothes they look like she been in them for day. She felt as if she hadn’t showered for days, so many question unanswered in her mind she heads for the door. Slowly Annie went down the steps where she sees Mark standing at the bottom holding a newspaper.

“come down Annie I will show you”

Mark said waiving the paper towards her, Annie rushes down the stairs as she gets closer she knew it that something wrong, and he walks away with the paper towards the living room.

“sit here baby I’ll show you, but promise to me that you will keep calm”

Mark voice trembled whilst he led her to take a seat, Annie sits down and Mark kneels down and puts the newspaper on her knee. Annie eyes catches the date on the Newspaper twenty sixth of July. Annie thought how can it be twenty sixth of July already by trip was on the twentieth, and then sighs deeply and looks further down Sutterton News and there was a big headline that

caught her eyes. HOW A TRIP PLANNED TURNED TO A BRUTAL MURDER OF SIX

VICTOMS.

“six victims” she mumbled and then turned the page, in the center was the picture of the boat was, and he tears started rolling that she couldn’t make out or read the words, she looks towards Mark who also had red eyes.

“can you please read this or tell me what happened please I can’t read I can’t concentrate” cried Annie, Mark got up and walked away from her with his back to her he stood in front of the fireplace.

“please mark tell me your scaring me” she mumbled whilst she threw the paper down and started crying.

“hush… I’m going to tell you as much as I know, after all you was there not me” replied mark as he wiped his tears and cleared his throat.

Mark stood still in front of the fireplace and leaned onto it took a big breath in then out.

“you went on your trip with belle and your friends”

mark said and paused. There was a silence for a few minutes then Annie got up to walk towards him but stops with a little distance. As she was going to put her hand towards his shoulder she stopped and pulled her hand back down as mark started talking again.

“I’m not sure what happened on the trip but the day after the day you was supposed to pick you up. You guys never showed up and I came looking for you at the address we was originally driving to. There was a police car there and I was told that the boat was stolen, and that’s how we realized you was missing” said mark as he slowed down, and Annie could feel what he was going to say next was the painful part, Mark turns towards her but Annie backs of and heads back to the paper and rushes

through the pages. SIX WERE BRUTALLY MURDERED WHILST THERE WAS TWO

SURVIVORS. The title stood out she turned back to Mark trying not to cry and asked him,

“who survived?” when inside her heart knew Belle was gone and the feeling made her feel like she was being strangled from within and trying very hard to stop her tears.

“you and tommy”

slowly mark responded and was waiting and ready for her next question he knew she was going to ask, how and where and why she doesn’t remember.

Annie turns to the newspaper again wanting to find the answers for herself blaming herself for all of this. Why did I survive she thought did I leave my friends to die, or was I the one to have done something so many weird questions raised in her mind? She continued to read the paper, but out aloud this time,

“from a trip described by tommy, he told the media that the trip was perfect just doesn’t know what happened from the time the other seven friends got off. Whilst he was left on the boat to keep an eye on the boat for the owner to return. Whilst he stood there for hours some kind of bite infected his foot making him paralyzed and he couldn’t move”

Annie swallowed and felt disgusted and can’t understand why she doesn’t remember all this, then she continued to read out.

“the seven friends that entered the building where six were brutally killed by being tied down to chairs having been shot in the eyes and one survived by luck”

Annie slowly read and dropped the paper. Her heart felt as if it skipped a beat and she feel to the floor as she fainted.

Mark rushed to Annie lifting her of the floor and placing her on the sofa, worried he heads to get water. Annie gained conscious and could hear water running her body feeling numb whilst she realized what she read and burst into tears. How could the boat be stolen and she didn’t know, how and why was everyone killed? Why was I to survive Annie thought, wanting many questions answered that no one could give her answers to.

“Annie drink some water please” mark instructed her whilst walking towards her with glass of water and forcing it her mouth, as she finished he started to move away, but stopped with Annie grabbing his arm.

“how did I survive when Bella was killed, did I leave her and run away did I let everyone down” she sobbed holding mark arm very tightly.

“no baby, don’t say that”

Mark mumbled back taking her into his arms and holding her tightly. Then mark continued, “the dock you got off was an abandoned building. Whilst you were trying to find your way out you were hit on the head by a part of the roof falling on you, the floor below you couldn’t hold you weight or the weight of the roof. You fell through the floor into the sanded beach below and lost consciousness and went into a comma” he swallowed deeply and then continued, hoping to answer most of her questions.

“you’ve been in a comma for a couple days. Today when you woke up and told me you had a bad dream you couldn’t recall I knew you had forgotten…. But” he went quite. Mark wondered what he should say next.

“I can’t remember anything. I feel as if I’m sleeping and will wake up and everything will be a bad dream… am I dreaming mark” cried Annie with fright holding mark tight. Lost and hurt, couldn’t believe Bella was gone.

“will I ever remember. I lost my best friend I lost my friends”

Annie asked mark, who calmly looked back at her.

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“you will you just got up from a coma. You haven’t eaten for days. I want you to eat and relax it will all come back to you, I have looked into having you seen a specialist to help with the temporally short loss memory… please don’t cry” responded mark slowly letting her go. So many questions unanswered and so lost in pain for Losing her friends. Feeling that herself all to blame Annie closes her eyes to recall any memory. But she just can’t concentrate. Mark looks at her with concern and worries will this ever be over.

Mark got a blanket and tucked Annie into sofa and turned the TV on her favorite series of

NCIS was on. Her kissed her head.

“I’m going to make some food, just stay here relax and don’t think”

Mark said and headed to the kitchen picking his phone up as he left. Annie closed her eyes and tried not to think of anything, but just couldn’t. How can she let go of that her best friend Bella was killed so brutally, if she herself hadn’t fallen could she have saved her friends?