Chapter 47: Embrace the light (clairvoyant)-Chapter 16. October third

It was dejavu, the people, the surrounding, glimpse of color of their clothing. My heart was pounding faster.

It's going to happen now.

Walter!

"Walter." I grabbed his hand tightly in my hands.

"I'm here Flo." He smiled at me, his other hand was rubbing my back assuring me that he would stay with me.

"Don't let go of my hands, please..." then we get to the register as the barista smiled and greeted us. I ignored him, then quickly peeked at the register time stamp.

I went silent when I saw it. October third, two thirty eight pm. Four more minutes, four more minutes until he...

Nooo!

"The register, the date and time it's not right, why?" Walter asked the barista, when he saw me went silent and gripped his hand tighter.

"Hey dude, I just work here. So are you going to order or not?" he looked at us, starting to get annoyed.

But Walter quickly ushered me outside, while he made a call to Dave and report our findings, and exactly four minutes later there was a loud explosion. And then there was chaos, just like in my vision as the gas pipeline exploded.

At that same time, I saw them... the mother and the baby. Walter looked at my direction and quickly cursed.

"Fuck! What is she doing there? she's going to get hit by that car! Wait here Flo, I'm going to be quick." He let go of my hand abruptly in all the chaos, I felt my heart dropped when he ran towards them.

"No... please... please... don't..." my voice was croaked as I ran towards him. But then I heard her.

What the fuck?!

"You ungrateful little slut!" my mother shouted from behind me, she closed her distance and tugged my hair making me fall to the pavement.

I was steps away from him, my hands and knees were scraped from breaking my fall. People were screaming, cars were honking to at the traffic. There was fire coming out from the road where the gas line blow up.

Please... please...

"So now you decided to cry?! you stupid little bitch. He's in jail because of you. My husband is in jail!" she slapped me hard, I tasted the blood in my mouth. But I was numbed to the pain, all I could feel was sadness. Those precious seconds just before the branch hit his head.

My nightmare was happening in front of my eyes, and I couldn't stop it.

He was helping the mother and the baby off the street, then I heard it as a big tree cracked a branch and it was blown by the strong wind accelerated by the explosion and the fire.

Just like in my vision.

I was calling him, but people were shouting and screaming, my voice were drowned by the hectic surroundings. He didn't see it coming, he was busy with the mother and the baby.

I crawled my way to him, my strength was gone. I felt numbed, I felt lethargic, I was crying for him.

Please... please...

Seconds felt like minutes, as everything was moving in what seemed like a slow motion in front of my eyes.

I called him just as he looked at me. Then my evil mother moved in front of me, closing my view from him. She looked furious as she was about to grabbed my hair, but then the big branch hit her head. I gasped as she was knocked down by the branch in front of me, her blood splattered to my face. Then her body fell lifeless to the pavement inches of me, her hair was wet from her blood. Her soulless eyes looked at me, her mouth opened.

I cried from the shock, from the realization that it didn't hit Walter. The greatest relief washed over me as I saw him coming my way. Then he pulled me away from my deceased mother and hold me tightly in his arms as he sat down and rest his back to the wall, with me in his embrace.

"I'm so sorry baby, I shouldn't leave you... sshh... I got you..." He kept his hold on me, while he pulled out his phone and called Dave second later.

Police officers and EMTs arrived minutes later, they were dispersed all over the area as a lot of people were wounded from the blast. The traffic was jammed, because there were several accidents involving cars.

He called one of the paramedic, then I was carried to an ambulance.

"Miss, I need you to let him go for a moment. I need to take a look at your wounds." I shook my head frantically and grip his arm tighter.

"I want to go home Walt please..."

"We will baby, in just a couple of minutes. Just let her check you for fractures, if there's none will go home and I will patched you up myself okay? Please baby, I promised." Then he cupped my bloodied face and wiped it away with some disposable wipes given by the paramedic.

I finally nodded to his words and let her do her job. Minutes later she cleared me, and Walter thanked her then carried me back to his car, where we waited for the traffic to be cleared by the police.

We were back at his place an hour later. He took me straight to the bathroom and stripped me naked. He cleaned my wounds gently, then joined me in the warm shower and washed the dirt off my body. He put band aids on the open cut, then he put me in his oversize t-shirt and took me to bed.

He came back minutes later with a cup of hot tea and Milo.

"I thought he could accompany you for awhile. He seemed to calm you down before. I'm going to make some thing to eat I'll be back with our food." He kissed my lips lightly and gave Milo for me to hold. He instantly perked up and nuzzled to the crook of my neck.

"Thank you..." I said to him. He smiled as he saw that I was already smiling and giggling with Milo.