Winslow
"Mooooom?"
"Yes sweetie?" My mother's sweet voice calls from the kitchen and I follow it.
"Can we pick flowers from the field again?" I tap on her leg because she's too tall. And I'm really short because I'm a baby.
"Yes, sure honey, don't you want to wait for dad to finish work?" She looks down on me while cutting the carrots for the carrot cake.
It's her birthday!
She's making a carrot cake as her birthday cake because it's my favourite!
"Noo he's gonna be late! I want now!" I pout and she smiles down at me, picks me up and throws me in the air. I giggle and throw my hands in the air like I'm flying.
"Whatever my baby wants." She kisses me on the cheek and lets me down. "Go get ready and wait for me okay?" She rubs my hair and I nod smiling.
I get to my room and wear my pink jacket. I take my yellow hat and put it on my messy braids. I clap my hands in excitement and take a vase from the cardboard to take outside for the flowers we're going to pick. I hear the door crack open from downstairs.
Iss daddy home early?
Yayy!! We can pick flowers together as a family!
I slowly walk down the stairs to surprise dad and run into him for a big hug like I do everyday but instead, a strange man enters.
Who is he? Where is daddy?
I don't make a sound and stay still. I have a perfect view of the living room that connects to the kitchen from where I'm standing at the stairs. I can see the man walking to mom but she doesn't notice him.
I feel weird. What is going on?
I don't have a chance to do anything when he grabs her throat and chokes her.
No no no no.
Mom is gasping she's not breathing she's not breathing!
I want to scream at the man to stop, to let her go but the man would choke me too but I want mom to breath.
Let her go!
Let her go!
I pray but he doesn't. He takes a knife and places it at her throat.
"Don't make a sound." His voice is too deep, too scary.
Help!
Help!
"Are you home alone?" The man asks her and pushes the knife deeper in her throat. Mom sobs while nodding.
"Yes." She manages to say through her gasping and crying and my eyes start tearing too.
No mom you're not!
I'm here!
What is he doing to you? Why?
Leave her alone!
I want to scream, my vision becomes blurry from the tears. He turns her around and slaps her once, twice, again, and again while he chokes her. She doesn't make a sound and I want to go hug her, tell her it's okay, I'm here, I love her but I have a feeling I can't.
My yellow hat is slowly falling from my head and I catch it, trying to wipe my tears with my jacket sleeve.
He puts more force on her throat and I can feel her torturing, not being able to breath. He caresses the knife all over her face and scratches her on her left eyebrow. "Where is your husband?" He slides it deeper into her skin again.
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The Enchanted Ones
Romance"I wish you had never trusted me." I mumble under my breath. I feel the bed squeak next to me but I don't look at him when I feel him sitting down, "You should have walked away when you had the chance. From the day we met, I knew I'd hurt you eventu...
