Paloma Part 7

Mikhail Nilov
“I'm not a soothsayer, but I knew she was going to come no matter what," Paloma said.

“But you are acting just like one," Etoma replied.

They were trying to have a good conversation until the old one came, but the more they waited, the more time passed.

“What will happen when you get back?” Etoma asked.

“I don't get it," Paloma replied.

You know someone is waiting for you at home. Will you just keep silent without making any plans for her? Etoma asked.

“I don't have any plans for now, but when we get home, if possible, I will have a plan for or even plans for Sophie," Paloma said to Etoma. They began to wait while throwing words of conversation at each other, just to waste time. After some hours of waiting, they were hungry and left just to take something when Paloma saw someone who looked like the old one. He was trying to trace her, but the more he walked, the faster the old woman. He beckoned to Etoma to come so that they could both trace her together.

They started tracing her but could not get a grip on her. As they traced her, her image was becoming faded. “Is she running from us?” Etoma asked.

“I don't think so. I think she is trying to get the answer to our solution before she comes back to us," Paloma replied.

“I don't know how or why you so much believed in this old woman," Etoma said.

“I have faith in her. I knew our last hope lay in this old one. Just just hope we see her again”, Paloma said.

They were just praying for the old one to come, but their wait turned to hours, from hours to days, and from days to weeks.

After a few weeks, their wait for this woman was running out of belief. They tried to go to that same spot where they sighted this woman, but yet they found no trace of her. They became fed up and began to roam about the streets of a town they didn't even know. Whether to call it a country or a city, or what else would they call it?

When they got to a place, they saw an old woman who told them, “You guys are fit and can serve us well. Can you be our king over here? The old one said to Paloma:.

“How would a stranger become the king in a strange land?” Paloma asked.

"We have always had strangers as our king, ever since this place was created. So don't even think of escaping our offer. We have been searching for someone to replace the late King ever since he died, but we were not able to see one. You are the chosen one."

“That's not from my mind; anyway, I cannot bid them goodbye, but something came to my mind. Can you help us go home after serving you for some time?” Paloma asked.

“The only way out is through our old one," the old man said.