We pulled into the Subway in Gibbon for lunch and I desperately needed to go to the bathroom. Upon return, exhausted from sitting in the car I decided to take a short walk in Kearney park to give myself a break. I saw Emi reading at the table, but I figured I would be back before she noticed, so I did not stop and talk. I turned my phone off and enjoyed the sweet serenity of the peaceful park. I took a brief power nap consisting of about 25 minutes and had been gone for a total of about 40 minutes.
As I was planning to get back to Emi I noticed there were art activities taking place in the park. I suspected Emi to be fine, possible eating the food we had gotten at Subway. I took part in the art and decided to paint myself a beautiful dog which would reminded me of my dog as well as the rest of my family which are now enjoying their new lives in Richmond.
By now the sun was setting, and my nap and quick walk had turned from 40 minutes into 2 and a half hours. I figured I would adjourn my walk and return to Emi and the car awaiting me at the Subway. I returned to Subway only to find an empty lot. I assumed Emi had gone to a store to pick up some necessities for the remainder of the ride. So I decided to go into the mini mart of the gas station nearby and kick it with the gas attendant. We delightedly watched the last 20 minutes of the game which turned into more like 40 minutes due to timeouts and delays in play.
I became so consumed with the game that I had forgotten that Emi had not returned yet. I was still hopeful that Emi would come back shortly so I stayed there waiting and hoping this would not turn into some great big fiasco. I unknowingly had kept my phone off throughout my time away from Emi, probably not the best idea. By the time the game was over it was 7:30, and I turned on my phone to see the 12 missed calls all from Emi. Now I thought something bad was happening to her, she seemed in a state of distress, my phone battery was almost dead, and I was not sure if it would last me this urgent call. I had not been in contact with her for a little under five hours.
Without food, the friendly employee decided he would give me a free candy bar and water I ate a twix and had a cup of water. it was now 8:00pm and with no form of communication, I had to remain at the gas station. we continued to watch more tv because area was deserted, there was no one in sight. Flipping through the channels finding something interesting to watch, we decided to play a game of cards. We played a few rounds of kings corners and the time was nearing 9:00. It has been about seven hours, and finally a slight bit of hope was given to me although I was not extremely worried. The local radio station that the attendant was playing in the mini mart gave out word of a missing persons alert. When my name was said over the radio I knew it was Emi trying to get a hold of me.
I told the man that the missing person was me, and he contacted the police station for me. When Emi and two policemen arrived they were relieved to find that I had been in no danger the whole time. The policemen immediately left, and I began to talk to Emi about how filing a missing person report may have been over-excessive. Well, at least I'm back with Emi and we will be able to safely continue the rest of out journey tomorrow.
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