Chapter 4:

Rob

Best Man


[4] Rob


<The next day>


The next morning, about half past eight I woke up and after the usual seconds of regaining consciousness from sleep I immediately came back to mind what had happened in recent days, then I put my back against the bed and meanwhile while I rubbed my eyes on my legs there was a note with the words: "I am the last and the only one, if you want to know everything come to the bar below your home at twelve:


[I]:This means that this lady is the only one who knows the "truth" of everything and wants to help me...I understand, then if it is really so I will go there; but I will always have to be on the alert in case it is a malicious person.


<At twelve o'clock at the bar>


I was dressed as usual: white short-sleeved T-shirt, normal jeans with black belt by Fucci, black shoes by Adipas and I was also wearing a watch of little value.At that time I arrived at the bar and there was no one. it was very strange since almost always is full and especially in this time slot. approaching the counter I saw that there was only the bartender who was cleaning the glasses and cutlery. I leaned in front of him at the counter and asked for a glass of water waiting for the arrival of that person. he nodded to my order and after bringing me the glass he said:


[Bartender]:So you came to the end.


I stared at him after that statement and realized that he was that person.looking at him I immediately asked him something:


[I]:You know what , I thought from the way you wrote the note that you were actually a woman.


The "bartender" laughed and replied:


[Bartender]:No I'm not it was a metaphor ,that is: "I'm the only one and the last one" meant that I'm your only hope and also the only person who can guide you to become what you really want.Let me introduce myself, my name is Richard Essan ,you can also call me Rob ... I'm 27 years old and I'm a radienx carrier, for now I pretend to work in a bar, but I'm actually a politician who has never been on television.


[I]:  can't believe it, really? I have a lot of questions for you, but I don't know where to start.


Interrupting me he said:


[Rob]:I know what your questions are and I'll answer them all, but first we have to go somewhere to check something out about you.In 5 minutes let's go and follow me without talking to where I want to take you, is that ok?


[i]: And then I would like to introduce myself as well, so I'm 18 years old and my name is ....... Then my name is ..................no wait, this is going to sound strange but I can't remember my name.I thought to myself that this was impossible but besides my dead girlfriend I couldn't even remember my name!!!


[Rob]:Don't worry, you'll understand everything afterwards, even this is part of my knowledge.


I replied, intrigued:


[Me]:Then you should also tell me how you know everything.


He answered with a proud and confident smile:


[Rob]:You ask me why I know everything, well I always know and unfortunately everything.....


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At the end of the waiting minutes we left the back of the bar and without saying anything we headed towards the safe place. We walked for a few miles and arrived in front of a door of a house that seemed normal, but when he opened the door we saw in the dark the stairs that seemed to go down to infinity. As we were descending I noticed all the details of Mr. Rob, and he was very tall (practically like me) and wore clothes completely in the color beije; he had black leather shoes (twentieth century style), long pants completely monochrome and a red leather belt that was held tightly. He wore a very large zippered jacket of the same color of the pants, which did not show what kind of garment he wore underneath. Finally, the last garment that could be seen was a top hat, (obviously also the same color) that every two or three seconds he kept adjusting. His hands were worn and his face was one of those that anyone would say he had already seen somewhere, but as for the hair ... what can I say, it did not look like that. what can I say, it didn't look like he had it at all....


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After about 5 minutes of descent, we arrived in front of another door the same as the one located at the entrance. Rob used a black key to open it that looked at least 10 centimeters long.He inserted the key and made a single turn to unlock it; the key made no noise whatsoever, but during the turn in the lock I felt the ground shake for a second. He opened the door and pulling down on the handle opened the door wide and when he opened it there was a green light that didn't allow you to see very well.


[Rob]:I knew it you know....


But a second later it disappeared and we could finally see inside the room. Since we had come all that way my expectations for what was inside were that it was a secret computer base or something like that, but what I saw just before I took my first step into the room was completely unexpected...


[Rob]:That you too.....


....... like me.