Beautiful bastard and a girl

Chapter 71

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Sam's POV

I sat on the chair and looked at her morning sun kissed face, my favorite sight

The tears from crying last night was still quite evident on her cheeks

I can imagine the pain she must be feeling because I went through the same pain with my mother

I looked at the coffee mug on the side table next to the bed, it's still hot

And my eyes travelled back to her face, and then she onwards the opened windows

A little bird just came back to her nest on the tree next to my window

I watched her as she landed on the branch carefully, with food, the was she stayed still for a second and looked around as if she was checking for any kind of danger

Once she made sure that everything was fine, she started walking up the branch and into the leaves of the tree

As she got closer, all the little babies started screaming, she quickly gave them food and came back and flew away

I sighed at the way those delicate souls are hidden inside those leaves, how they think that they're safe, not knowing that there are hundreds of threats just roaming around in arms length

The way that mama bird trusted those leaves to protect her babies, not knowing that those very leaves were giving shelter to evil

I watched as a snake appeared from the leaves that were fallen on the ground and started going up the tree trunk

Closing up to those little babies, as I stood here helpless, unable to process what was happening

I watched as the snake disappeared into the branch that held the nest

I stood there as the little babies started screaming for their mama, I listened until those little voice disappeared, one by one

Give or take a minute, an empty nest fell on the ground, the snake disappeared back into the layer of fallen leaves, resting until it's next prey comes

My sight started blurring, as the mama bird came back

Too late, I'm sorry

I closed the window because I can't hear those screams and cries

But that image will never fade away

I looked at Mon, cozily tucked in those blankets, sleeping peacefully

I walked upto her and bent down, placing a kiss on her forehead

"Wake up Mon"

She slowly opened her eyes and smiled at me

I smiled back,

"Wake up, we need to have breakfast"

"Okay"

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"Sam... Sam"

I came back to reality

"You're zoning out. What's bothering you?"

Mon placed a hand on my hand and looked at me with concern

"Nothing"

I shook my head and smiled

"Are you sure?"

I took her hand and kissed it

"Yes Mon, I think I'm just a little bit sleepy"

"Okay"

She went back to eating her food, I looked at my plate, only half empty

I have no appetite

So I drank my juice and waited for Mon to finish her breakfast

I kept replaying the incident from morning again and again until she finished her food

I'm uncomfortably silence today, it's not that I don't want to talk with Mon, but I don't have anything to say

I can see her looking at me from time to time, but I pretended that I was just sleepy

This is a strange feeling

So I decided to force myself into a conversation

"Mon, do you have other siblings?"

She stopped eating and looked at me

"No"

She shook her head

"Okay, do you have relations?"

She looked at me again, with furrowed eyebrows

"No"

She shook her head again

"Mmm.. what about parents?"

Mon stopped eating and drank her juice

She then turned to me

She took a deep breath and looked at me for a minute before answering

"No Sam, I don't"

She tilted her head and kept looking at me

She continued

"Does that bother you?"

I looked at her

"No it doesn't"

"But Sam, you're bothered by it"

I bit my lip and shook my head

"I'm not"

Mon sighed and replied,

"You can't lie"

"Im not bothered by it Mon"

My tone came out a little different, and a bit annoyed

And clearly she realized that

She leaned towards me and held my hand

"Sam, please don't lie"

I removed her hand and crossed my arms against my chest

"I'm not bothered by it"

"You're bothered by something. What is it?"

I only shook my head and looked down at my plate

"Talk to me Sam"

"I said I'm not bothered by it, okay?"

Mon kept staring at me, and we held a stare for a good two minutes before she got up

"Okay fine, I'm going Sam, you can tell me when you're ready to talk"

I didn't look at her

I kept staring at my plate

I heard her putting on her shoes, grabbing her bag and walking away

But I didn't want to follow her

Unlike like every last time, I somehow... didn't want to

It's a strange feeling, but it felt right

I closed walked up-to my bed and crawled into those sheets

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