I flagged down a cab to take myself and Su Mei to the airport when a realisation dawned on me like I was doused with a bucket of cold water "err Su Mei, you don't happen to have a passport with you or do you?" I asked scratching my head sheepishly, I'm so stupid "actually I do" what? Did I hear well? Holy Hera! It's true. She brought out a blue passport from her pocket in which the words United State Of America was printed on it. She handed it to me and it felt like I was holding gold "oh my God, you have it!" I shrieked wait a minute "oh my God you have it... How do you have it?" I asked furrowing my eyebrows in confusion.
"Well I was planning to run away" "I beg your pardon?" She rolled her eyes and sighed as if she was talking to the biggest fool in the world (and that hurt by the way, no need to ask) "remember the necklace you saw in Mrs. Brian's hand?" She asked "Mrs. Bryan wasn't holding a necklace it was the woman with the whip that was holding one" "no I didn't say Mrs. Bryan as in B. R. Y. A. N, I meant Mrs. Brian as B. R. I. A. N" she explained "ohhh" I said like a fool "but isn't it the same thing?" here goes that sigh again "anyways, I stole the necklace" "I beg your pardon" "do you have ear problem of something?" She snapped.
"hey, I saved your life, show me some respect" I hate kids that are smarter than their age but newsflash, I was stuck with one "sorry" she muttered and I pretended not to hear the sarcasm in her voice "I was planning to sell it to a merchant and use the money to travell out" "whoa whoa whoa wise girl, you wanted to steal a necklace, sell it to a merchant and as if that wasn't enough use the money to travell out? Dude you're just 5" "it doesn't mean I want to die before my time, and hey I'm 6 not 5" she corrected looking out of the window "big difference and don't ignore me" she turned towards me with a glare "children of nowadays" I smacked my lips producing a tsk kind of sound "then what are you?" She taunted "hey I'm an adult" I defended " I see..." she narrowed her eyes in mockery and I felt really stupid arguing with a five years old, okay fine six years old so I let it slide.
We finally reached the airport and I paid the taxi man and we lumbered inside. "Jasmine" Su Mei called and I turned to look at her "I don't wanna go to London" "I raised my eyebrow "why?" I questioned "I'll explain to you later but can we not go to London please..." You see, I'm a sweet person so how could I say no that "okay fine we'll go to...." My ears picked an announcement that the flight to Mexico we'll soon take off "Mexico" I told her. I paid for our tickets and soon we were off to Mexico.
"Oh My God!" I jerked up from sleep with a dramatic gasp. Did I mention how bad I am at planning?
No, I think you forgot.
Right.
Well I'm terrible at planning.
I woke to a surprising but not shocking realisation that I had used my money to book our tickets and right now I only have $100 cash on me.
"This is bad, this is really bad" Su Mei said beside me "did I think aloud? "Yes" she replied, I shook my head, I was definitely going crazy "so we're cashless, but you have money in your account right?"
Oh yeah why didn't I think of that?
Cause you're dumb" a voice whispered
"Shut up" I growled to no one in particular.
Then something occured to me "Su Mei?" "Hmm" "I've been thinking, Su Mei I'd pretty long, what can I call you?" She was silent for a few seconds before a smile blossomed on her cute face "call me Xiao mei" not any shorter but she seemed happy about it so Xiao mei it is.
By the time we arrived at Mexico, it was already dark. We took a cab to a place called Morelia in Michoacan and I've got to say the place is beautiful. The streets were lit up with lights from cathedrals and headlights from cars, the street light cast a warm golden colour on the street and cars, fountains and gardens were litterd with lights and the streets seemed very lively and busy.
Can you make a random guess what would happen to a lady and a small girl who happen to be newbies a in a city and I forgot to mention that my face was on billboards and on the news, I was reported missing from my apartment in Manhattan, how great is that? This looks like what Kate would do, that girl is too dramatic.
"You know what buddy, we won't be able to stay in an hotel tonight so we are just going to have to find somewhere to sleep for the night. By tomorrow, I'll charge my phone, call Kate to take down the news and we'll find a proper place to stay" I told Xiao mei kneeling down to look at her straight in the eyes. I expected her to throw a tantrum, after all she was a kid but surprisingly she agreed.
You might be wondering what would happen to us now in the middle of the night especially in a country like Mexico: the country of crime and drugs but you know what, I was prepared for anything idiot who wanted to harass myself and Xiao mei. Good thing I had my two favorite weapons with me: my pocket knife and a lot of attitude.
After walking for a while, we finally found a gate leading to a warehouse or something. The place looked pretty safe so I brought out a blanket and started laying in on the floor for I and Xiao mei to sleep when someone kicked me in the gut and it hurt like hell. Before I could recover from the first attack, I was kicked in my back and I instantly fell on the floor groaning. The next thing I knew, a flash light was pointed directly at my face, it turned out that the attacker was a teenage boy probably 15 or 16 with a flashlight in his hands and a wooden club in the other, it was raised in a way that if it had landed on my head? I would've fallen into coma.
He scratched his head awkwardly when he say me then he muttered a sorry. Suddenly, his eyes widened and he gasped dropping his wooden club, I didn't bother to find out what shocked him so much, instead I took it as an opportunity and lunged pinching and scratching his face and neck with Xiao mei shouting for me to stop.
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