A Thousand Deaths (Sumettikul's Universe Three)

Prologue

guess who’s back??? me, guys, it’s been too long i’ve missed you so, i hope everyone is okay and well, i’ve just had the busiest year so far and its about to get busier, last year was definitely my worst but its all behind me and everything will be good now. so, i hope you hadn’t miss me too much, enjoy <3
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Now, Build and Bible have it all-love, passion, intimacy, wealth and a world of possibilities for their future. But Build knows that loving Bible will not be easy, and that being together will pose challenges that neither of the would anticipate. Just when it seems that their strength together will eclipse any obstacle, misfortune, malice and fate conspire to turn Build’s deepest fears into reality.
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Chapter Begins Here
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Mummy! Mummy! Mummy is asleep on the floor. She has been asleep for a long time. I brush her hair because she likes that. She doesn’t wake up. I shake her. Mummy! My tummy hurts. It is hungry. He isn’t here. I am thirsty. In the kitchen I pull a chair to the sink, and I have a drink. The water splashes over my blue sweater.

Mummy is still asleep. Mummy wake up! She lies still. She is cold.

I fetch my blankie, and I cover Mummy, and I lie down on the sticky green rug beside her. Mummy is still asleep. I have two toy cars. They race by the floor where Mummy is sleeping. I think Mummy is sick. I search for something to eat. In the freezer I find peas. They are cold. I eat them slowly. They make my tummy hurt. I sleep beside Mummy. The peas are gone. In the freezer is something. It smells funny. I lick it and my tongue is stuck to it. I eat it slowly. It tastes nasty. I drink some water. I play with my cars and I sleep beside Mummy. Mummy is so cold, and she won’t wake up. The door crashes open. I cover Mummy with my blankie. He’s here.

Fuck. What the fuck happened here? Oh, the crazy fucked up bitch. Shit. Fuck. Get out of my way, you little shit. He kicks me, and I hit my head on the floor. My head hurts. He calls somebody and he goes. He locks the door. I lay down beside Mummy. My head hurts.

The lady policeman is here. No. No. No. Don’t touch me. Don’t touch me. Don’t touch me. I stay by Mummy. No. Stay away from me. The lady policeman has my blankie, and she grabs me. I scream. Mummy! Mummy! I want my Mummy. The words are gone. I can’t say the words. Mummy can’t hear me. I have no words.

“Bible! Bible!” His voice is urgent, pulling him from the depths of his nightmare, the depths of his despair. “I’m here. I’m here.”

He wakes and he’s leaning over him, grasping his shoulders, shaking him, his face etched with anguish, brown eyes wide and brimming with tears.

“Bui,” His voice is a breathless whisper, the taste of fear tarnishing his mouth. “You’re here.”

“Of course I’m here.”

“I had a dream...”

“I know. I’m here, I’m here.”

“Bui.” He breathes his name, and it’s a talisman against the black choking panic coursing through his body.

“Hush, I’m here.” He curls around him, his limbs cocooning him, his warmth leeching into his body, forcing back the shadows, forcing back the fear.

He is sunshine, he is light...he is his.

“Please, let’s not fight.” His voice is hoarse as he wraps his arms around him.

“Okay.”

“The vows. No obeying. I can do that. We’ll find a way.” The words rush out of his mouth in a tumble of emotion and confusion and anxiety.

“Yes. We will. We’ll always find a way,” he whispers and his lips are on his, silencing him, bringing him back to the now.

{End of Chapter}