Walking Into Madness

Prologue

  ( I recommend listening to the song while reading this !!!)

        I listen closely through the door and wait until I can make my move. Ever since I was brought to live with Kate and Jonathan, on exactly January 2nd, a man would come to the apartment with a huge trunk of money for them to receive. Kate is normally the one that takes the money, and Jonathan is always out of the house during his visits. I asked Kate about it a couple times when I was younger, but she would always either tell me to shut up or get out of her business. Eventually, she just resorted to kicking me out of the house whenever he came over. This time is different though. Because this time, Kate isn't the only one getting money. After two months of weighing out the pros and cons, I finally made an escape plan. I already have the things that I need in my backpack ready to go. I'm just waiting until I hear the certain click of the trunk opening to unveil the money. Kate and the man talk for a little while longer leaving me crippling with anxiousness. 

          Their talks mostly consist of the average small talk and then he ends with "thank you for your service." After that he...*click*. There it is! I open my door and interrupt them with my presence. I stand there awkwardly for a couple seconds, mostly because Kate looks really pissed that I snuck back inside. " Umm" I said as I cleared my throat. " Hi, my name is Eva." His facial expression is bland, so I can't tell if he's annoyed with my little interruption." Hello Evarlia, he says looking directly into my eyes " I just need to give this to your mother and then I'll be on my way", he said blandly. " Wait how did you know my full na"- Kate's impatient voice interrupts my question" He said he'll be on his way, so why don't you go back outside and finish whatever you were doing hm? I was about to walk away when a realization hit me. I can't do this for another year. I can't do the yelling, the hitting, and the beatings for even another second. She'll surely get ahold of me once he leaves too. 

I look at Kate.

I look at the money.

I look at Kate.

I look at the money.

I look at Kate. 

I see that she's about to catch on to what I'm about to do, so I just grab a stack and run like mad. I grab my backpack and hoist over my shoulder down our concrete steps, down the concrete sidewalk, with the bitter cold January air pressing up against my face. I ignore all calls for my name and stuff the stack of money into my coat. I don't stop running until I'm 10 blocks away. Once I stop, I drag myself over to a nearby park. I find a bench to rest on and hastily take out the stack of money, put it in my backpack and secure it with a lock so it doesn't get stolen. A sudden wave of tiredness surrounds my body so I pull my hood up to lay down and go to sleep. My vision blinks in and out of reality until I finally I doze off...

I feel myself being carried away by a loving yet hateful person...

I look up and see a beautiful woman with a serious look planted on her face...

She has warm brown skin like mine and delicate green eyes...

"Mommy?" I say uncontrollably. I sound much younger...

She stops and looks down at me with a smile and says " In another time, in another world, precious"

She then repeats herself but her mouth starts to twist in an unfathomable form.

Her voice is now distorted when she says...

" In another time, in another world, precious"....