Stained Through the Glass

Chapter 4 - The Dead Returns

       The night Marcus returned, I forgot the years he was gone, while I didn't. I remembered missing him. I hugged him for the longest time, tears in my eyes. He hugged back, but when I let go, I saw what I thought I would unfortunately see. My parents doing what they usually do, mom preparing dinner and dad flipping through a magazine. The memories I had without him for five years, suddenly returned. How they acted as though he was never born. How if mentioned, they would turn up their noses. How I wasn't allowed to tell people I had a sibling who I loved. Back to the time when I was ten, and almost called the police, thankful suddenly I didn't, or he might not be here in my arms right now. When all I wanted more in the world was for my family to go back to the way it was. When I looked up into his face, I saw red, puffy checks with bloodshot eyes producing tears. 

       My mom called me over, and I got a sudden wave of anxiety. I thought she would possibly introduce me to Marcus and say something along the lines of: 'Honey, you remember Marcus, don't you? Marcus, Anige. Anige, meet Marcus, your brother,' while I would stand there like an idiot not knowing what to do,  with my father staring at me from his paper. Thankfully, that didn't happen, as I went to my mother. In the ten seconds since I left Marcus's side, he had changed. He no longer was red in the face, tears streaming down his face. He stood to attention, looking comfortable in his surrounding (especially considering the circumstances), and the man I'd seen crying not even half a minute ago was gone. Replaced was my brother, 15 years old, Marcus Ecour.

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       We were sitting at the table, mom and dad at the heads, while I sat where I used to sit as a child. When Marcus left, I don't know why, but I started sitting in his spot. When I move back to my old spot today, I finally felt at peace. 

       I needed him in my life 

____________this chapter will be finished this weekend...

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