Trying to escape a situation when you have no way to do anything is difficult; Vale is trying to escape our mother as well. Vale has always our mother's full trust because Mother considers her to be normal, so she is able to leave whenever she wants. She's been saving her money since she started working, in order to get out of the house. I am lucky to have a sister like her, someone who won't abandon you when they are able to leave. I wonder how she will feel when I am able to escape from everyone... her included. I'm tired of having such a perfect sister, of being compared to her. I'm tired of being compared to my father. I am my own person; when will people understand that? Will anyone ever understand that? I am not her. I am not him. I am me: Vesta. I can't wait to finally get to be just me.
I have to make a life for myself; I have to become independent. I will do everything I have to. I would have been able to escape much sooner if it weren't for all the alarms my mother has on in the house.
Mather has to let us go, Vale and me. She has to, we're turning eighteen. If it weren't for Vale, mother would never let me out. She would never let me out of that room. In a way, I am incredibly lucky to have the sister that I do, but that doesn't change how I feel about her. I've never told her how I truly felt about her; I've never had the courage. In the end, I hope that I don't have to. I hope I'm able to get away from her.
Posted: Apr. 2018
Written by: VC
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Learning and Coping
Short StoryShort Story written for an intro creative writing course (April 2022) Vesta struggles with intrusive thoughts. Following her father's death, Vesta's mother decides the best way to protect her is to isolate her. Desperate for some sense of connection...
