Nightmare Host

Heartbroken

I had a dream but it just feels so true. The nightmares were all true from the beginning about the accident with my dad and the guy he was none other than Daniel he wanted me dead but this couldn't be real he saved me. He lost his sister because of me my head was hurting I didn't know how to differentiate between the real and the dream. Whom to trust, It felt like I was standing at the edge of the cliff all I could do was jump off it. 

"Celina. I've to ask something important." - Mom grasped.

"Yes." - I tried to hide my nervousness.

"Whom do you meet at the cafe regularly" - Mom asked.

I was too stunned to speak how did she know I went to a cafe? 

"Mom. How do you know" - I asked.

"Does that even matter? Celina?" - she looked at me.

"Stay away from Daniel" - she continued.

"Mom but he saved me he chose me over his sister. He saved my life" - I cried.

"Saved" - she looked surprised.

"You don't know the full story hun I don't know what bullshit he told you. I always thought of him as my kid. He was indeed a good kid but after his sister's death he became crazy." - she said.

I just couldn't believe this I trusted him too much and now It's the other way around. Why would my mom lie about it I just wished it was all a lie after all this interaction with him made me have a soft corner for him. I just don't want him to turn out like this.

"Listen" - she sat on the chair and continued 

"After the accident, you both were admitted but your dad's body was nowhere to be found so I had to do something I went with the police to see how their investigation was going and Daniel was there in the hospital he was completely broken. The doctor later told me Elle died on the spot it has nothing to do with you. You were in a critical condition and they had to save you no matter what but Daniel couldn't handle his sister's death so he tried to kill you by removing your oxygen mask and choking when no one was around. The doctors arrived at the correct time they held him and called the police when I heard this I went back to the hospital they were arresting him but I didn't file a case against him and that was the biggest mistake of my life. I felt pity for him and let him go but he was no more the Daniel we used to know. He was completely changed he was in trauma."

"It didn't end there he broke into our house at night and tried to do something bad to you I came in the right time and saved you. your health was not improving so the doctor suggested to me not to tell you anything about your past but that we had to change house. I never imagined he'd follow us here too. I've to call the police and report him for Stalking." - Mom took out her phone as she was dialing the numbers I stopped her.

"No Mom Don't do that, please. I need to talk with Daniel first." - I pleaded.

"There's nothing else to talk about." -

I requested her and told her this would be the last meeting I'll never meet him again I just want to give back his sister's Journal. She agreed. I went outside and texted him to meet me at the cafe I cried for an hour. I was heartbroken I was guilty of his sister's death it was all my fault I shouldn't have survived. I tried to understand why he did this It was not his fault now that I've read this journal I know they had an unbroken bond I was the reason she died it's obvious he hates me then what was all this the meeting? the interaction he saved me so many times, bumping into each other at the bus stop was all his part of the plan. No, he can't be this cruel It's all a lie.

I traversed a road bustling with traffic, the cars speeding past me like a swarm of metal bees. The constant honking and screeching of brakes was deafening, and I felt as though I was in a constant state of peril, never knowing if a careless driver would hit me head-on. The speed and intensity of the cars and the chaos of the road made me feel overwhelmed. It was a tense journey, filled with anxiety and fear. I just wished that one of the cars could hit me and free my soul from this burden I was carrying within me. I was about to get hit by the car but a strange hand held me and pushed me behind I bumped into his chest.