Deal Sealed!
I stretched a bit and turned to see the time with bleary eyes. ‘Well, there are still five minutes for the alarm to go off,’ I said, drowsing off. ‘Tring…Tring,’ “Ughh! I need to change the tone of this,” I thought as I rubbed my eyes. Though I had tried that before, this was the only annoying tone that woke me up no matter what. I slapped the alarm's off button and... Wait, what is this? I reached out to pick up the golden, shining card on the bedside table. Did I bring this home yesterday? I don’t remember this at all. “Your heart’s deepest wish, the stars will bestow, To realms of your dreams, the golden path will show. Yet the price is steep, a truth you must confide. Leave behind what you cherish most to step inside.” What kind of joke is this? I’m sure this would be a discount coupon in newspapers, but I couldn’t find anything written apart from that cryptic message anywhere. I huffed and left it there. I had to go for my job interview today, and I couldn’t let anythi...