DARK PARADISE ━━ short story

9

I bought a new cell phone since I never got mine back from the asylum, and called my mother. Perhaps she would have some answer since she was the one who suggested I take a visit to the worst place on Earth. After a few days of not being able to reach her, I called my father, to see if he would know where she is.

"Hi, dad. Where's mom? I've been trying to call her for a while."

"Daisy? What are you talking about?"

"Do you know where mom is? I can't reach her."

"Stop it, Daisy."

"Dad, I just got out of a mental asylum," I stated. "I need to talk to mom."

"A mental asylum?"

"Yes."

Some silence.

"Daisy, don't you remember?" he said eventually.

"Remember what?"

"Your mother passed away five years ago, Daisy."