Bria POV:

I checked myslef over in the mirror one last time before ,I took up my purse and made my way downstairs. My father was waiting in the living room for me as he would be the one dropping me off at the restaurant where I would meet Mickayla and the rest of the girls.

" oh, yuh ready yah now . Come ", he said as he got to his feet but, my mom came down the stairs in a hurry .

" wait deh, Bria yuh have yuh phone? Pepper spray? " ,she asked and I nodded .

" yes mummy" . My father sighed as he said a bit cross , " mi nuh know why yah mek she guh out tonight afta wah happened todeh . Mi woulda prefer she stay home cause some sick mad man out deh a try mess wid mi daughta head and  only God alone know weh him a plan fi do to har  if him get eh chance ".

" Mi know but,  a fi har graduation babe and she deserve fi celebrate it wid har best friend.  Yah guh drop har off and pick har up and she have har phone fully charge and eh Pepper spray weh yuh gi har and eh restaurant aguh have other people plus security and security cameras", my mother said convincingly and my father only hiss his teeth .

Truth be told , I was a little afraid? A mean who wouldn't be if wah psychopathic mad man a stalk yuh ? , bruck inna yuh house, tek yuh panty,  shirt,  bracelet,  kill smaddy all because dem kiss yuh , a  write sick obsessive notes bout how nuhbody else nuh allow fi si how how him si yuh . Suh yeh, of course mi fraid but, mi nuh wah stay inna mi room when mi a get eh opportunity fi guh out and have dinner wid mi best fren and celebrate wi graduation together. Mi just affi guh be extra careful , stay pon mi guard at all times and watch mi surroundings.

We arrived at the restaurant around 8:30 and my father escorted me inside and upon entering,  I instantly spotted Mickayla,  Clarice and Lexi as Mickayla waved me over to their table . I said goodbye to my father and promised to call him a as soon as I am through and then I made my way over to my best friend.

" oh wow , I like this. No man Bria , yuh have some nice dress enuh and yes mi know mi seh this often but, yuh have a nice piece a shape " , she said as I sat down in a seat next to her and said hi to the other two girls.

" thanks but, a me fi seh that . Yuh look really nice " , I said as I admired her outfit.  She was serving grace and elegance in a shimmering dark blue dress that was long in the back but, short in the front and a loop crossed across her breast before dropping over her neck leaving a little peak of the edges of her breast and her skin glowed in the soft golden light. Diamond earrings sparkled in her ears and her hair was wrapped up in a bun .

We started talking discussing about school and what we would miss the most and then the conversation went to CXC and what we thought our results were going to be like . The food was nice and even the drink, which I ordered a glass of tequila since Mickayla practically begged me to try it with her.

It wasn't anything special but,it did burned my throat going down . I had two glasses not really thinking much of it until I started to feel the effects sometime later . I was feeling a bit warm , my head felt light and the light was a bit too bright and suddenly the room even started to feel a bit claustrophobic and I got up , excusing myself saying I needed some air as I made my way out of the restaurant and outside to the outdoor dinning area or patio.

I sucked fresh air into my lungs and then exhaled , instantly feeling a little bit better .The night was warm and the view from the outdoor dinning area was beautiful,  definitely worth taking a picture so I  lifted my phone, angling the camera toward the skyline, the city lights glittering like stars.

Click.

I  shifted, trying to find the perfect shot,I wanted the pictures to give a certain aesthetic. While taking my pictures I saw a man got out of his car in the parking space and headed towards me . He was on his phone , seeming to be in a rather heated conversation with someone.

I debated whether or not I should head back inside but, the man didn't even seem to see me , he was too busy arguing as he walked towards where I was standing on the patio , the entrance to the restaurant behind me .

He bounce up the steps onto the patio and I instantly reconized his face and my blood ran cold but, he didn't seem to reconize me or even the mere fact I was present. He brushed passed me , bumping into me slightly and in that fleeting moment, the tip of  something sharp  and piercing kissed the soft skin of my arm. A tiny, imperceptible prick.

I barely noticed at first, just a sharp pinch, like a mosquito bite. I blinked, my lips parting as I turned slightly, confused and a bit upset. He muttered something in a language I didn't quite understand but, the world was already shifting.

My knees buckled. My phone slipped from my fingers, clattering onto the ground and I gasped, barely able to register what was happening before the lights from the restaurant began to blur, twisting into a hazy mess.My body was no longer my own, weak, limp, weightless.

A pair of strong arms caught me before I  could hit the ground. I wanted desperately to scream , struggle , cry , anything just to get away from him but, it was no use . My body wasn't corporating and neither was my brain.

The last thing I  saw before the darkness swallowed me whole was the soft glow of my phone screen, an unfinished picture of the city, frozen in time and then, nothing. When I opened my eyes again I was in the hospital, my mother was seated in a chair next to my bed snd and immediately started panicking.

" weh mi a do in here? Mummy!" , I sat bolt upright but, the headache that hit my head immediately made my vision swam and I had to lay back down . My panicking woke my mother up and she immediately started saying a whole heap of things I couldn't understand.

" Bria! Jesus Bria. How yuh feel? Why yuh guh drink tequila? Yuh know eh man who drop yuh off ? How yuh even reach inna bush pon eh road side half a mile from eh restaurant? Bria , mi a talk to yuh . Yuh even remebah wah happen?"

I looked at her in confusion.  Bush? Man? Weh she a talk bout? The only thing mi remebah a eh dinner and after mi drink  eh tequila, mi did step outside to eh outside dinning area fi get some air because mi neva did a feel good and then afta that nuhun , everything else just blank.

" mi a guh fi yuh fada and eh doctor and eh man who drop yuh off . Oh eh police dem deh here to and dem wah talk to yuh " , and she left the room and two police officers one of whom I reconized as decteive Peterson , entered a minute later.

" glad to see you are awake Bria . We are sorry to have to be doing this but, we have to ask you some questions while your memory is still fresh . First, can you remember what happened ? Any details as to why you are here in the hospital?", he asked and I shook my head.

" the only thing mi remebah, is being at the dinner with my best friend and then after I drank two glasses of tequila I started to feel nauseous and hot, and just really sick suh mi get up and guh outside to eh outside dinning area a the restaurant but, afta that nothing ".

The other officer wrote something down on his notepad then asked,

" you don't recall seeing anyone suspicious? Nothing out of the ordinary?" , and again I shook my head .

" sorry but, why are you asking me this?", I asked .

" You were drugged Bria and kidnapped. However,  despite the test that the doctors have taken and ran , we cannot find any traces of the drug in your system so we don't know what type of dug it was . The substance that showed up on the test report was the presence of alcohol and way too much at that in your system . You haven't been harmed at least not physically base on the doctors checks but, we still.." , he paused as the door opend and my parents entered along with the man I  recognised from installing our security surveillance system and another man,  who appeared to be the doctor.

"Bria , do you recognised this man? " , detective Perterson asked as he indicated at the man who installed our security surveillance system.

" yes , he came to our house to install our security surveillance system ", I replied.

" that's all? Nothing else ?"

I shooked my head even more confused now , " yes that's the only way I know him . Why?"

The other police officer exhaled,

" Mr. Clark was the one who found you on the side of the road , half a mile away from the restaurant. We have already spoken to him and he stated that he found you and recognised you from the time he came to your house so he bought you back. We were hoping you would be able to tell us what happened so we could confirm whether his story is true or not. Right now since you are unable to confirm that or tell us what happened,  we are going to have to take his story as the truth", he said.

I stared at the man trying to remember whether or not I had seen him at the restaurant but, I couldn't place his face there.

" we have also spoken to your friends as well as the owner of the establishment and checked the security cameras but, so far we haven't been able to find any trace of you being taken from the restaurant or what happened after that. The security guard that was on duty was  found unconscious as well and even he doesn't remember who attacked him or what happened after that. At this moment,  we will be keeping you under watch and your neighbourhood will be patrolled as well and we will be asking questions . If you happened to remember anything please call us and let us know " , decteive Peterson said and I nodded and then they excused themselves as they left with Clark following behind them.

" Bria , oh god mi sorry.  Mi shoulda neva mek yuh guh. How yuh feel? " , my mother asked concerned and my father hissed his teeth.

" mi tell yuh fi mek eh blastid  pickney stay home but, yah tell mi different.  Mi know sumuh did aguh gwaan , mi coulda feel it inna mi spirit.  Well , a eh last a it this because until dem find eh sick smaddy who a try mess wid mi daughta she nah guh nuhweh , suh thank God seh she done school", he said firmly.

The doctor did some checks then said,

" you will be released today but, please rest and no more alcohol which you shouldn't be drinking as you aren't the age of consent that is required in order to drink. I will also be prescribing some medications for you so as to thoroughly flushed your system of any unwanted drugs . Please follow me ", he said to my mother and she left with him while my father continued to silently curse under his breath.