lee claire. deaf, but very talented in music. she can play a lot of instruments, and if she had to learn a new one, she would get it pretty quickly. but on the day after her birthday, everything went wrong.
after that incident, she never dared to t...
i woke up by my mother telling me to move and get up, well i didn't want to. but she kept pushing me and then i got up. i checked the time and it's 10AM. i thought that i'm late for school, i literally panicked, i stood up and ran to the bathroom but my mom stopped me. "hey sweetie, i told the school that you're going to be absent just for the day. we all slept late anyway." she told me, and it was a relief. i thanked my mom about it.
i went down stairs with my mom to eat breakfast with my family. my mom made pancakes and waffles, my absolute favorite! i sat beside ethan and starting to eat my breakfast, i literally finished it under 5 minutes.
"you're gonna have your birthday present soon! aren't you excited?" ethan, who looked thrilled to ask me. "you keep talking about that! yes, i am very excited." i chuckled while signing.
i brought the plates and started washing the dishes with my mom, and then suddenly she stopped and looked at me.
"you know, when i was your age, i was so passionate just like you. i've always loved cooking like the way you loved playing instruments. i hope you'll never lose that love and passion sweetie." she told me, with happiness in her eyes.
"you know i'll never will, mom." i told her smilingly.
"that smile of yours, never lose it. promise me?" she signed and then handing her pinky to me. and of course, i pinky promised her.
"you know, when i met your dad, he was pretty romantic." she told me. i was curious about how they met.
"well, we met each other by letters. he told me that one of his friends told him that he should send letters to me. he sent very good poems and quotes. oh, i was just so in love by that. he really made me happy everytime he sent those letters to me." she explained while it looks like she was daydreaming.
"well, only to find out most of them weren't his original poems and quotes, it was from his favorite songs! well, of course, i didn't know but he introduced me to those bands and i loved them!" she said happily.
"we couldn't really meet before since he was in another state. but when we did, we went to a concert date together! it was so cute, we had our first kiss there!" she explained while being so thrilled. i was so intrigued by their love story.
"you know, when you're older, i want you to find the right person. the person you know you could trust and be together forever." she told me while holding my cheek.
"follow your heart, claire."
"i will."
when we're done, we went to the living room, just to see my dad and my brother jamming to a song. i decided to join them by playing the guitar, while my mom was singing passionately.
it's a dream to have a family like this, it's so loving, caring and passionate. i can never think about them being gone.
oh, just to be with them forever.
7:00PM.
"hey kids, me and your mom are just going somewhere, take care!" my dad told us. "sure! we'll just play and watch tv." i told him so they won't worry as much. "there's some snacks in the cupboard, eat them when you're hungry okay?" my mom informed us and then they left the house.
me and ethan played some games, and then i just practiced the song that my teacher gave me two days ago.
"sis, i'm hungry.." ethan signed to me. "me too" i told him. i went to the kitchen and got some snacks. "let's watch a movie! let's watch the book of life again!" i asked him, and then he agreed.
i sat down and prepared the snacks on the table, and then ethan sat beside me.
9:43PM.
the movie ended. i was thinking about when mom and dad will arrive home. and since i was pretty bored, i decided to turn on the news. very boring right?
well, i thought wrong.
there was a car accident around my area, i was very worried. "who could it be?"
the person signing for the news said the description,
"two people, a couple in their 40s. and a few other people died. the couple had a gift wrapped, supposedly for a person named claire."
and that's when i realized...
they were my parents.
i cried. i started sobbing uncontrollably. i couldn't believe this. my parents, the people i love the most, the people who i got inspired by, the people who are my everything.
the police came, and then they were transferring a big box in the house. a police officer and a sign language translator came to me.
"what happened?" i asked.
"here's a letter from your parents, claire." the translator said and the police handed me the letter.
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i sobbed after reading every single word. i could not believe everything. i wish this was just a dream. i wish everything is a lie.
"could you open the box, please?" the translator asked me.
i opened the gift. it was really a grand piano. but now, it's nothing. it's nothing because my loving parents weren't with me.
i felt everything broke into millions of pieces. my heart broke into millions of pieces. i was devastated. i got down in my knees and started sobbing uncontrollably. my whole world fell down.
"i'm so sorry for your loss ma'am, but your aunt will be taking care of you for now." the translator said to me, i got up and held my brother's hand. i wiped his tears.
"ethan, it will be okay..." i told him. "are you sure?" he asked me. but, i don't know anymore. i hugged him tight. i don't want this to be real.
why does it have to be my parents? why does it have to be me? why do the people who i love so much have to leave me? why is God doing this to me?
the promise that my mom gave me, that i shouldn't ever lose my smile?
i broke it.
ㅡend of III.
[for people who are confused, claire was practicing piano with a keyboard!]
