Alek woke up and to 5 cops standing over him.
"What's going on?!" Martha asked as they suddenly pounced on him.
Alek began hyperventilating "No, no, no I can't go back! What did I do?!"
"You have the right to remain silent anything you say or do will be used against you in the court of law," A cop said as they flipped him over to cuff his hands behind.
"That's him, officer! That the monster that did this to my sweet girl!" Mr Oscar said.
"What? What did I do? I didn't do anything to her"
"That's what you said last time when you hurt your sister. A repeated offender should never be let walk free! This isn't new york buddy we'll make sure you stay behind bars and this time FOR GOOD!"
They lifted him up.
"WAIT BUT I DON'T REMEMBER DOING ANYTHING! I WOULD NEVER HURT MARINA-"
"Alek"
Alek kept thrashing.
"Alek"
He twisted and pulled.
"ALEK!!"
Alek woke up, gasping and to the sight of a worried Martha.
It was a nightmare.
He sighed.
He looked around to see if he could find his shadow but couldn't find him.
"You were saying someone's name, who is Marina?"
"Oh it's that blonde girl that hands out food on Fridays"
Martha nodded.
"Well, do you want to talk about it?"
"No"
Alek stood up, "It's fine I have to go to work now"
He got up. Yesterday he spent a good afternoon with Marina.
He touches his cheek.
Marina even kissed him on the cheek to say goodbye.
He went off towards Marina's house and as he passed a few houses he janked these pink flowers from someone's garden.
He knocked on the door and Marina showed up.
"Hello," He handed her the flowers.
"Oh, these are lovely! Thank you, Alek"
She takes the flowers, some of the dirty still stuck to its roots fall onto her lap.
"Sorry"
"It's alright, come in Dad has made breakfast"
Like he has been doing the past few days with them, he sits with them for breakfast and lets them grab his hands as they pray over the food. He watches them do it.
"Today we aren't going out for work," Mr. Oscar said.
I looked at him surprised and then looked at Marina.
"Told you, That I'd speak to him"
"SO, what are we doing this morning?"
"Well, I was hoping we could play the piano together and maybe go for a walk?"
He smiles, "I like the sound of that"
He spotted Mr.Oscar glaring at him. He guessed that Mr. Oscar wasn't too fond of them meeting more often.
After breakfast, he gathered the dishes and washed them as he usually does.
After he was done he went to find Marina where they have this beautiful piano.
YOU ARE READING
Marina
EspiritualAlek has lost everything: his friends, family, reputation, and chances of completing college. Homeless and directionless he lands in Knoxville, Tennessee. Trying to start a new life becomes difficult when he starts seeing shadows/apparitions. At fir...
