Somewhere Only We Know

III - Jesse

Maxine

My tears began to fall again, just like before. In an instant, everything slowed down—my tears, my heartbeat, and the blood coursing through my veins. It felt as if I were in a movie.

I woke up to find myself in a doctor's body, with a bright light shining in my eyes. As I regained my senses, I heard a man and a woman crying while cradling a newborn baby. Beside them stood two little girls and a boy. A tear rolled down the man's cheek, and seeing this made me emotional as well. I noticed he was embracing the two little girls, who I assumed were his sisters. It was a difficult sight to witness, but soon I realized that I was observing my own family, if you could even call it that.

With frustration boiling over, the man shouted furiously at the children, his voice echoing with a mix of anger and disappointment as they scattered in surprise, wide-eyed and trembling.

"What are you brats waiting for? Greet your baby sister!"

The three children stood up slowly, clearly hesitating. Walking towards the hospital bed, they all looked into the baby's eyes.

"There it is." The boy thought, "There she is, the girl who will ruin me." Tears fell on the sheets.

"God damn it! You little shit! Do you know how much the hospital bill costs? And now we need extra sheets. Brat! Money doesn't grow on trees. Go to the lobby before I give you a reason to cry."

The boy held back his tears as he gripped his sisters' hands and hurried to the lobby.

As his younger sisters drift off to sleep in his arms, he softly assures them, "I'll find a way out of here for us. I promise."

"Jesse, do you think Dad hates us?" one of the two little girls asked with tears forming in her eyes."No. I'm sure he loves us. He just doesn't know how to show it."

I stumbled into an inescapable hellhole that was consuming me like a feast.

Guess what?

I'm fed up.

BOOOOO CORNY OMFG I WAS DEF GOING THRU SHIT AT THE TIME.

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