Tangled Ties

Chapter 35: A new beginning

"Why would you always come home this late? It's 11:50 pm." Mom shouted, as her husband entered the house.

"Because I don't want to see your and your daughter's face." My mom's husband shouted on a drunken tone.

"My daughter? Did I make her all by myself?" Mom shouted back.

"No, you didn't! She's the mistake that I made." Mom's husband smashed a bottle on the floor.

"Don't you dare say that about my daughter." Mom started sobbing.

"You and your daughter! Get out of my sight!" Mom's husband angrily shouted.

I am sitting on the swing in our backyard trying to avoid my parent's fight but still I can hear them clearly from here. I hate this. I am so scared. What if he hurts my mom? Maybe he won't he have never hurt her before. I want to go inside and check on mom but I'm scared. I'm scared that man will get angrier looking at me. That man can't stand me. God knows why...

I can hear my mom crying but I can't do anything except for sitting in this swing, look at the ground and feel bad for mom.

"Abi..." I heard a girl's voice.

Maybe it's just in my mind. Who'd come here this late!

"Abigail..." I heard her voice again! I could feel her coming towards me. Who is this girl? Why is she calling me Abigail?

I slowly looked up and faced that girl!

Damn! She was me!

"Who are you?" I dared to ask, gathering all my courage.

She didn't respond, she just kept on looking at me. I was losing my mind. That girl looked as scared as me. Both of us kept on staring at each other.

"Who are you?" She questioned me, in a scared tone.

"I am ..."

"Ellie!"

"Wake up or you'll miss the first day of University!" Mom shouted, waking me up from my worst nightmare, actually a recurring nightmare.

Thank you, mom! You waked me up in time or I'd have peed on my pants! I am having this nightmare since I was a little baby. No matter how many times I see this, it always scares the shit out of me. When I was young, I didn't use to recognize her, but as I grew up, I realized that girl is me. I wonder why I have this recurring nightmare where my parents are fighting, I am sitting on a swing in someone's backyard, then suddenly a girl who looks exactly like me comes to me and asks me who I am! Every time the same house, the same backyard and the same incident! I have never seen that house in my life. And why do I see the girl who looks like me? Argh!

"Are you skipping your first classes?" Mom shouted, making me jump of the bed.

It's my first day of University and I'm still in bed thinking of that nightmare! What a start of day!

"I am up mom!" I replied, making sure mom heard me.

I took a quick shower because I was late as per my schedule. The schedule which I follow once in a blue moon.

The time I saved in shower was successfully wasted in front of my wardrobe. Come on! It's my first day in University and I have to wear something good. After staring at my wardrobe for God knows how long, I decided to wear my normal jeans pant and a black crop top. I'm going college to study not to show my dress.

I changed the dress and checked my bag if I missed something. After that, I went to the kitchen where my mom was waiting for me.

"Good morning mom!" I hugged my mom from behind.