Seriously Super Sol : (Chapter 45)

Showers, wine, and a not-so-healthy plan

I had now got myself back into a routine of showering each morning and actually washing my hair. Shit, you should have seen the state of my hair, and I don’t mean on my head lol. Yet I still just couldn’t make it up to bed.

So, it was now Tuesday, and without telling a soul, I went back to look at the body again. I knew this wasn’t healthy yet, I just needed to do it, and there I was taking more photos and then just staring at it, holding my nose of course. It actually didn’t look much different apart from a little yellow flower that had begun to bloom right above its head.

The message from La Cala

Before I knew it, I was back home staring at all the photos, and then there was a message through my WhatsApp. “Hi, I think I saw your dog,” it said. I decided to call her as I have never really been up for messages. “Hi, where did you see him?” I said. “Super Sol in La Cala,” she said. I then went on to ask what day of the week had she seen him and roughly what time. She then explained to me that she had no clue whatsoever of what day or what time. Yet she knew the staff within Super Sol so we could look through the CCTV. She said she would meet me there tomorrow at 8pm, so I thanked her and then called Our Julie.

“Is the woman nuts?” I said. “CCTV and she has no clue of what day or what time?” I yelled. Our Julie suggested that while I am there in La Cala maybe I put up some posters. I then had another five-minute moan and then we said our goodbyes.

Wine, rain, and the storm inside

I am sorry to say that as soon as I came off the phone I poured myself a large glass of wine and I continued pouring until basically I have no clue, I don’t remember anything else. I do remember the following day though, the total regret of drinking the wine. Oh, it was so typical as the heavens had opened once again and it was raining so very hard. Then I remembered I had to drive to La Cala tonight to meet not the brightest person in the world. La Cala is a good 35 minutes from me and I had only ever been there once before and I wasn’t driving, so I wasn’t looking forward to this.

As I looked out of the window, tears started to roll down my cheeks; just a few short weeks ago the rain wouldn’t stop me from looking — an entire hailstorm absolutely nothing — yet today I looked at the rain, turned and looked at the dogs and said to them, looks like a sofa day boys.

Supermarket madness

I then met TNT and off to Mercadona I went for a huge supermarket shop. I was kind of out of control as I had no list and I was basically throwing everything in the trolley. Most of it was junk food, cakes, pizzas, a massive bag of croissants. Obviously, I had forgotten my bags and there was no way that I was going back to the car. “Bags?” the shop assistant said, while looking at the highest stacked trolley in the world. “Should we start with 15 and see how we go?” I replied. It became a tad embarrassing as she shouted to another assistant to bring another trolley. “186,58 euros,” she said. This looking like a total wiped-out bag lady was actually proving quite a hit, as they helped me to my car with both trollies.

Shit is all I could say as I got home, bag after bag, then finally after over half an hour and a tad wet, all my shopping was unpacked. So, where does one start when you have a cupboard full of goodies?

Rain, posters, and a late arrival

I put the kettle on and went for the bag of doughnuts. I put the TV on, yet all I did was keep looking at the body’s photos again. The day just disappeared, and it was now time to head to La Cala; why was it still raining? I moaned. “Bye boys, back in a minute,” I said, and off I went. I arrived 15 minutes early, and as I parked up, she messaged, “Sorry going to be a little late.” “Hhhmmm I wonder what a little late means,” I mumbled.

So, I got out of the car, grabbed my posters and umbrella and began the task of passing posters, walking into shops and bars to ask if they would display one. I then went back to the car as the rain now was rather heavy. One hour had passed now, and she still wasn’t there. Finally, after 1 hour and 15, she arrived. “So sorry I am late,” she said. “Oh that’s so fine, not a problem at all,” I replied, yes, with a smile on my face. Then as she walked ahead of me, my eyes pulled the look of a killer.

The CCTV and the switch-off

“Here right here, is where I saw him tied up,” she said. Then as we got to the counter and she explained and then asked if we could look at the CCTV, the assistant said, “Well there would be no point as not one camera points there.” I reached into my bag and pulled out some posters. “Could you please put one up on your board and please leave some on the counter?” I robotically said.

“Thank you so much,” I said as we both went to our cars. I have no clue as to what she replied as I had switched my brain off.

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