Seeing no point in staying, Molly left the mall through the way she came in
and walked across the huge parking lot to the bus stop. Ten minutes later,
a bus picked her up and dropped her off at her mom's new office. They'd
moved so her dad could take a better job here and he had to work all day.
Molly's mom, Judy, got a new job and she went a day early to get adjusted
before the real work. That's why Molly went there. That, and a city bus
won't take you home and Molly still have no clue how to get where she lived.
Molly entered the building through the front doors and looked around. The
air-conditioned lobby was freezing cold. She wondered where her mom's office
was. She walked up to the front desk where a young woman in a business suit
stood.
"Hi, can I help you?" the woman, who was wearing a name tag that read 'Lynn
Baker.' asked.
"Uh, yeah. I'm Merissa Gregory's daughter, Molly, and I was wondering where
her office is. She works for Valens and Company." Molly said.
"Valens and Company is on the third floor. The secretary up there should
know something." Ms. Baker informed.
"Thanks." Molly smiled as she looked for an elevator or something. She saw
one on the other side of a fountain and walked to it. Once inside the
elevator, Molly pressed the 3 button and was soon on the third floor. Once
there, Molly immediately saw the secretary for Valens and Company. She
walked to the desk.
"Can I help you?" the secretary asked. She looked about 34 and her nametag
read 'Helen Cryer.'
"Yeah, I'm Molly Gregory, Merissa Gregory's daughter. I know she's here
today to set up and I was wondering where her office is." Molly told.
"Merissa Gregory...24C. That's down the right hall, 4th door on the left."
Ms. Cryer informed. Molly thanked her and followed the directions to a door
that was slightly ajar. Molly stepped in and saw her mom talking on the phone
at her new desk. Merissa motioned for Molly to sit down and Molly sat in
one of the chairs in front of the desk.
"...yes, I'm sure they're charming but we just moved in! We need time to
settle...yes, I know...I know, but we don't have any place for them right
now, much less anything to feed them...I'm sorry, but-...How about this;
after we settle in, which'll be in a few days or a couple of weeks, I don't
know, we'll surely invite them over-...a restaurant? No, not yet...That's
right...OK, bye." Merissa finished the phone call and hung up the phone.
"That was your father. He made plans to have dinner with some huge family
that he met this morning. They live near us and all. I made him postpone
it till we settle in."
"Oh, cool." Molly said half-heartedly.
"So, what brings you here?" Merissa asked.
"Well, I was at the mall and wanted to go home. I got on a bus and, since
I didn't know how to get home where they would drop me off, I decided to
skip getting lost and come here." Molly explained.
"Oh, well, you're in luck because I am almost ready to get home--right after
I check my email." Merissa told. Molly nodded and her mom checked her email.
Luckily, there was only a reminder about work.
"Well, let's go." Merissa said. Molly followed her mom out of the office,
to the elevator, where they went to the first floor, and out of the builing.
They went to the parking building and found Merissa's car. They got in and
went home.
About 15 minutes later, the blue Chevy Cavalier pulled into the driveway of
the two-story house the Gregory family now called home. There was a message
on the answer machine. Molly pressed the play button.
"Hey, it's me. Laryn called and she said that Milla will be coming home
next week. I'll be home at 6. See ya soon." the message said. It was Molly's
dad, Micheal. Molly's 16 year old sister Milla was staying with their dad's
sister Laryn while she lifeguarded at the local pool of where they all used
to live. Milla was only a lifegaurd for the month of June and it was June
29th that day.
"Believe it or not, I can't wait for Milla to get home." Molly said.
"I'm shocked!" Merissa teased. Molly rolled her eyes in fake annoyance.
Seeing that there was nothing to do downstairs, Molly went upstairs to her
new room. For the first time ever, she would have her own room, and she was
very happy about that. There wasn't much to it yet; they'd only been there
a couple of days and the movers had gotten there the day before. Molly's
queen size wraught iron bed was in its place and her TV, stereo, dresser, nighstand, and desk
were there, too. That morning she had put up a full-length mirror on the back
of her door. The floor was wood paneled and there was a great big beige
rug covering a lot of the floor. The walls were a tad bit light than the
rug and there was a clear finished wood fan light hanging from the ceiling.
Molly had ivory bedclothes and all of her wooden furniture matched the fan
being clear finished wood. Seeing there was nothing to do there, Molly
searched for her skateboard in one of the boxes still on her floor. She
finally found it and inspected it for any possible damage. After concluding
it was fine, Molly changed into pants, a light green tank top, and Airwalks
that matched her tank top. She grabbed her black, white, and yellow Adidas
jacket and pulled it on. Carrying her skateboard, Molly went back downstairs.
"Hey Mom, I'm going skateboarding, OK?" Molly asked.
"Do you have a watch?" Merissa inquired.
"Right here." Molly answered, showing her mom her green and brown sports
watch.
"Be home by 5." Merissa said as she looked back down at the newspaper she
was reading. Molly raced out of the house and jumped off the front porch
hyperly. She hopped onto her skateboard and got pretty fast by the time she
turned onto the sidewalk. She got up more momentum and glided along for a
little while as she tried to see all of the neighborhood. She got to a road
and stopped. She decided to go down it, so she turned the corner and sped
up.
After skateboarding around some more she thought her surroundings looked
familiar. She was back in front of her house. She had only been gone for 20 minutes. I just skateboarded in a circle!,
she thought. This new place was annoying.
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