Through All Ages 3

Yeah, I don't wanna stay longer in one place. We will have to keep moving if we don't want Ric to find us... The voice in my head sounded sad but alarming.

"It's okay... I will just take the original sunset dress in size XL and re-sew it", I answered the sales woman.

She looked confused, "you really wanna do that... Alright! I will get it and bring it right to the check out", and she left.

Jason looked after her, he didn't seem happy. "You really wanna buy it?", he asked me.
I just nodded. I really wanted that dress. No matter what size. And I wanted it now. Not later in a week. Now. How could I be so obsessed with a dress? Was something wrong with me? Or... With the dress?...

"Hey...", Jason said, touching my shoulder. I woke up out of my thoughts and moved a few steps ahead. Then I glanced behind me with turning my head. He followed me with a little smile on his face. I smiled back widely. I will buy this dress. This beautiful dress. Yay!

We arrived at the cash register and saw that the sales woman had already scanned, folded and packed in the dress into a white paper bag. I wanted to look at the dress again before paying it and pulled it out of the bag. The sales woman reacted surprised.
"Oh!, I already finished it up, it's the right dress in the right size, don't worry!"

"Sorry, I just wanted to look at it one more time before paying...The design is so beautiful...", I bubbled and carefully checked the content of the bag. I left it the way it was, clean folded and with smoothly coated. It was the right size just as she had said. The sunset colors were beautiful. I wanted to feel the dress on my body as early as possible.

Looking up I saw that Jason had already payed and was ready to go. He was just waiting for me. I sighed.

We left the store and went through the door. The street seemed empty. No cares or people were near. Then I suddenly felt a cold wind, brushing my hair into my face. For some reason it felt icy like in deep winter. I imagined that it would be snowing for a second, but it wasn't. There was just this strong, cold wind. I forgot we were in Florida for a moment. It should be hot, it was summer. Why was it so cold and windy? It was supposed to be very warm and sunny according to the weather report. No clouds should be visible in the sky. But I hardly could see anything above.

Ric could manipulate the weather, right? He could make great winds. He made a hurricane before. Did he find us?