The devil's pact - S01 E96

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The devil's pact - S01 E96

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 96

"Oh, shit!" Mary gasped. She swallowed. "I guess I'll call my sisters, then."

"Now boarding rows 20 thru 30," the gate attendant said.

I stood up and joined the lines of people queuing up to board American Airlines flight 126, a flight from Seattle to Miami with a layover here in LA. After my Ecstasy this morning, I was sure the Lord was sending me to Seattle to fight the Warlock that defeated Sister Louise. After Zi had dropped me off at LAX and walked up to the ticket counter, I discovered Providence wanted me to go to Miami instead. I was confused, but it wasn't my place to question Providence.

I walked down the aisle, squeezing past other passengers, looking for my seat. I had seat 27b. Sitting in 27a, against the window, was a raven haired teenager, probably eighteen or nineteen, in a leopard print crop top and jean shorts. She was listening to music on her ipod while surfing the internet on her smart phone. I put my carry- on bag in the overhand bin and sat down in the seat next to her.

Her phone rang and she rolled her eyes in annoyance and hung the phone up. "My brother," she told me, shaking her head. "He still uses his phone as a phone, can you believe that?"

I laughed, being polite. But what else was a phone for. I may look eighteen, but I was actually forty-four and I really didn't get girls my apparent age. I glanced curious at her phone. What did people do with those smart phones, anyway. The girl's phone chirped again.

"Man, my brother really wants to see me," she said. "It's a shame I won't be back home for a week." She started texting her brother back. "Oh well, it couldn't be that important. He probably just needs money. He's always asking relatives for money."

"Oh," I said politely.

"Looks like we're going to be plane buddies," the girl said. "The guy who sat beside me from Sea-Tac just snored the entire way."

"I don't snore," I told the girl.

"Good," she said, relieved. "It was so annoying.

"I'm Theodora," I told her, holding out my hand.

She shook my hand. "Samantha," she said, "but everyone calls me Antsy.

"Antsy?" I asked and couldn't help my smile.

She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, my dad gave it to me when I was a kid. I never could sit still for longer than a minute. I was always shifting in my seat. He said had ants in my pants."

"Oh, that's cute," I told her.

"I guess," Antsy said, shifting in her seat. "I guess I still have problems sitting still. But I'm just so excited. I get to spend a week in Miami! I'm going to have so much fun!"

"Are you visiting friends?" I asked her.

"No," she shook her head. "I was supposed to go with my friend Donna, but she had a family emergency. I would have canceled, but the trip's all paid for and Donna insisted that go. What about you, Theodora?"

"Oh, I just felt like going to Miami," I told her. "I kinda go where destiny takes me and today it's telling me to go to Miami."

"Wow," Antsy said, looking at me in amazement. "Do you even have a place to stay?"

"Oh, I'm sure destiny will guide me to something."

She looked considering at me. "Well, maybe destiny led you to me. My hotel room has two beds, if you don't mind staying with a stranger."

"Sure," I told her, wondering how Antsy fit into God's plan.

"Good" Antsy said, nodding her head seriously. "We're going to have so much fun!"

To be continued....