Chapter 8

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The Final Thoughts of a Dying Woman

I trusted him.
I trusted him way too much.
How could I be so naive?
How could he betray me like that?
I wouldn't even be that sad if that ever happened.
They took my children.
My only reason to live.
Why didn't I listen when he told me
To leave and never return?
Until it was too late?
I thought it was another of his stories.
But everything he said is true.

Because of my naivete 
My daughters are gone.
What if they never come back?
What if I never find them?
What if
They become
The killing machines
He told me they might be?
Why was I so stupid?
They don't have anyone anymore.

I just think about what I did
How I could have prevented it
As I lay in my own blood
Waiting for the apology that never came
Waiting to wake up from a nightmare
Waiting for him to come back
And tell me it's just some sick prank
With my children in his arms
While we laugh over TV dinners

Because I love him.
Not in the way that a married couple loves each other
But the way a one would love her best friend
The only person she had left.

You didn't have a choice.
I don't blame you.
But you still went with them
To take my daughters.
And when the Lord thinks it's time for you to come home
I'll be the first person you see
And I'll welcome you with open arms.

This is for you.

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