"Reflect..."
"Reflect on the past..."
"Reflect on the past...the present..."
"Reflect on the past...the present...and the future..."
"AND THE FUTURE!!!!!!"
Winston once again woke up from the soul-pulling nightmare. The most frequent word he hear for these days is "future".
Everything started a week ago.
Winston caught a slightly burnt card with a fuming edge at the burnt part, while he was going to his office in the morning.
On the remainin of the card, there is a printing saying: "Rustylake Mental Health and Fishing...Em...t...min...Reflect on the past...the present...and the future..." And there is a phone number at the back of the card.
Winston didn't pay attention to the card as he is rushing to work, he just shove the card into his pocket and continued his day.
Wind the time back to the present, Winston is trapped in nightmares from the day he picked the card up. He couldn't take it anymore. He got up and search for "Rustylake Mental Health and Fishing" but the returning result dissappoints him. There doesn't exist such name on the search engine.
He is devastated, he picks up the lighter and wanted to burn the remaining piece. But before the fire kisses the card, he notice the phone number. He decides to give it one more chance. He phones the number and surprisingly, it works.
"Welcome to Rustylake Mental Health and Fishing, how may I help you?" a voice from the otherside seems to give Winston hope.
"I need help, the words on your card keeps appearing in my dreaming. I cannot sleep well, I cannot work normally. Please, help me escape this nightmare!" Winston almost shouted to the phone.
"Strange...We didn't give out any cards these days. Can you see if there is any number printed on the card?"
"The card is slightly burnt but it seems there is still a part of remaining number on the card. The number is #256... I cannot read the remainings."
There is some flipping sound comes from the other side of the phone, "There might be some mistake from our workers, we will dispatch soneone to help you very soon. Do you mind giving us your name so we can arrange the time to meet you?"
"My name is...Winston Vandermeer."
After a long silent, Winston finally get his reply, "The situation is a bit complex, we will dispatch our help to you immediately. but it may take some time to reach you. Please wait patiently. And we apologize for our mistakes, we will provide you with a premium room in our company's hotel as an apology gift."
Winston accepts and cuts off the phone before falling back to the bed, thinking of what happened in the past and what will happen in the future.
The story continues...
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