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Then after a minute of
nautical nonsense, I angrily put down the phone and impatiently tapped my head
with my forefinger like the way my boss did yesterday. If there was one thing I
learned from her, this was it. She was so good on being a ‘boss’.
    “Is there anything wrong?” asked Dad as he watched my
oblivious display of pretensions.
    Hey, I could be a pretty good actress at times. This act
sounded believable to them, I think. I mean, Dad didn’t say it in such manner
as the one he used a moment ago.
    I looked at him, still annoyed supposedly, and answered,
“Yes, there are some problems at the office. I’m afraid I have to get back
tonight.”
    “Are you really leaving now?” asked Mom as she looked
outside.
    If there were owls in that big tree out in our front yard,
then the owls would be doing owl sounds outside our house. And she must be
worried about everything that I had gone through. But nevertheless they could
rest assure that when I got my hands on whoever that was, I would atone for my
sin and ask him to cast off his curse on me. It would be as simple as that and
my luck would just flow back to me naturally.
    I hugged both of them and said, “I’ll be visiting you guys
some other time. I just got some more work to finish.”
    Dad’s eyes grew sterner. Oops! Let me take that best actress
award. It appeared that he wasn’t convinced. But he did let me go nevertheless.
My mom was still worried about my ‘painful’ arm but I told her that it already
got better when I saw her. She had a soft spot for that. I said goodbye once
again and hurried outside towards the bus station. Good thing I managed to get
on the last trip.
    When I got on the bus, I hurriedly look into the first
journal. I had this feeling like I’d be dead in the streets if I wouldn’t be
able to find out the identity of that person. This person had to have a valid
excuse for making my life this miserable. Or else, I’d hunt him down and make
him pay. And then in turn he’d use his super magical powers and make me pay
again.
    Fine. I would just ask for forgiveness if that would all it
takes for me to have my perfect life back. It was going well as planned until
the curse came.
    I started scanning the pages, looking intently for any guy’s
name. There wasn’t many. I mean, I was a pretty faithful girl so my
relationships lasted longer than a few weeks. Then finally, after a long and
seemingly futile search, I came across the first name—Carter Ross.

Chapter 4
     
    September 21, 1997
    Dear Diary,
    Carter Ross smiled at me this morning. I was like whoa! I
mean he’s the cutest and the most popular guy in school and he noticed me! I
can’t stop giggling... oh my gosh, what if he asks me out? Should I say yes
right away? I think I will. Whatever they say, I think I will. I don’t what to
do and I can’t even sleep a wink.
    Yours forever,
    Kayla
     
    Carter Ross.
    A dark aura dampened my not-so-good mood even more as I
recalled his name again. How could I ever forget him? He was the jock who
dumped me for a not-so-hot cheerleader who was also my ‘friend’. And even now I
couldn’t find the heart to forgive him. I let out a sigh as the events of the
past came back. This was the kind of time when I actually wished that my
memories of him were erased permanently. If there was such a thing like that,
tell me, for I would trade anything for it.
    I detested that guy to the core.
    Momentarily pulling me out of my surging hatred, the bus
came to its final stop. I found my way down across the group of people who
hovered around. And like me, they were all trying to get out of the bus right
away. I kind of squeezed myself out, which of course, annoyed most of them. But
I was kind of in a hurry so they had to understand. I was certain they didn’t
have this life and death situation like I did. And after what it felt like a
long time, I was finally out of the crammed bus.
    My feet reached the pavement of the streets of New Waulds
and I