Chapter 4.4 – Lost…

The last thing Giselle wanted to do right now was explore China for tombs. Nope, she wanted to explore China for Mr. Right. And she got right to doing that. The local traveling agency supplied her with a bike to pedal around town with.

For days, Giselle biked around town. But no Claude. None of the local people had seen him and had no idea where he had gone…except for one:

There was one man who said that he had left from China to Egypt as soon as he had informed Claude about an ancient treasure on the outskirts of the African country. That happened about a month ago. So he might still be there! Giselle thought excitedly, sprinting out of the man’s house so she could get cell phone reception.

Quickly, Giselle got to an overhang looking over the tiny town of Shang Simla, China and rung up the travel agency on her cell phone.

“Hello, this is Giselle Adahy. Take me home.”

Giselle got back to Sunset Valley the next day; she wanted some rest before heading to Al Simhara, Egypt. She remembered how much energy the heat sucked out of her, even while wearing all of the light clothing.

The day before she was scheduled to head out again, it was time for Carmen and Juliette’s birthdays! Carmen was up first, and as a child, she took on a nerdy side, and even though she was the spitting image of her mom, their personalities were the exact opposites: Carmen was shy and loved to read.

Next was Juliette. Her birthday was an unpleasant reminder to Giselle that she wasn’t very far away, herself, from having her birthday. And she was single with no kids and wasn’t even on the same continent as the man she loved.

And after that, it was time to leave again, but this time to Al Simhara.

And the trip was a complete waste of time.

Claude wasn’t there. Giselle was a week away from her birthday and couldn’t afford to lose any more time sticking around in a place where Claude clearly wasn’t there, so she went home for a short intervention before Giselle could travel to the one place left for Claude to be: France.

As soon as Giselle arrived home, she didn’t see Juliette or Carmen anywhere. Wandering around the mansion absently, Giselle found a note on the counter. On it, there was a note with neatly written cursive letters on it:

“Moved to the infamous pink mansion: Found Mr. Right!

~ Jules”

Smiling for Juliette, Giselle decided she’d see how her sister was doing. Walking the short 30 feet to the mansion nextdoor, Giselle peeked in through the window.

Inside, Juliette was snuggling up next to an old man and Carmen was watching TV. Looking a little more closely through the window, Giselle realized, “Is that Hugh Hefner?” She gasped.

Yep, it was Hugh Hefer. The legend in the flesh. Glancing at her beautiful reflection in the window, Giselle thought, Maybe I’d rather not go in.… , while dusting her blouse of. Letting a slight smile grow on her face, she thought, I suppose love comes in all shapes and sizes. as she got onto her plane and headed to Champs Les Sims, France: Her final destination.

On a cold summer day, Giselle arrived in Champs Les Sims. It was all or nothing for her right now, and she was ready to find her love.

Author’s Notes:

1. I’m not officially back, I just figured I should give you guys a little taste of what you’ve been waiting for. I know the chapter sucks, but you’ll have to deal with it, hehe.
2. This is me, just in case any of you guys want to see me using my modeling skillage.