Chapter 28 Carol's Escapade

• Carol sat on a park bench that was placed under a tree, totally famished and feeling incredibly stupid. After she left the house, she had flagged down the first taxi that she saw and asked the driver to take her to the bank so she could withdraw some money. Once she had done that, she had proceeded to stroll around town leisurely, just getting a feel of the place. From what she had seen so far, it was a nice place, and she would not mind living here one bit. She located a store where she got some clothes for herself at an affordable amount and armed with her purchases, she hailed a taxi, only for her to stare dumbly at the man when he asked her where she was headed.
• “Huh?” She had asked, trying to buy time so that she would not look stupid in front of the man, and wracking her brain desperately to see if she knew anything about where the house was. No, she did not know where it was, neither had she had the sense to ask Sebastian or even the gateman this morning about the address of the house. She had been too busy trying to go out on her own this morning that she did not realize that she did not even know the name of the area she lived, talk more of knowing the house address.
• “Ma’am?” The man had prompted, so she had quickly apologized and said that she forgot something. Then she got out of the car and walked some blocks down to where she was now sitting on the park bench and thinking of the next thing to do.