ENTANGLED AND HEARTS (Her Price For Dreams) [COMPLETED]

Chapter 36 : Memories and Longings💞💞💞

Maryam's POV

"Mamma, please! Open the door! I'm going to be late for school!" I pounded on the door, my knuckles aching from the continuous knocking. Ten, twenty, a hundred times – I lost count. But the silence remained, deafening.

No gentle voice, no reassuring smile, no warm hug. Just emptiness.

My small body shaken with fear and frustration. Why wasn't she answering?

Panic crept in, my breath quickening. What if something happened to her?

I rattled the doorknob, desperate for a response. Still, nothing.

Tears streamed down my face as I slumped against the door, defeated.

"Mamma..." My voice cracked, barely above a whisper.

But you didn't answer.

When Dad break opened the door, my world shattered.

You weren't in the room.

You left me alone in this vast, cruel world.

You left your Love alone.

Eight years have passed Mamma,but the pain remains.

I've relived that horror through nightmares countless times, Mamma.

Tonight was no different.The nighmare returned and,with it ,the suffocating panic.

These panic attacks started after that cursed day,Mamma.

Eight years of waking up in the dead bed,drenched in sweat.

Eight years of gasping for air.

Eight years of reliving that horrific moment.

I have always tried to hide it,to mask the pain but its always there.

Each time, the pain deepens.

Each time, the regret suffocates me.

Why didn't I save you?

I knew something was wrong between you and Dad.

I did nothing.

I'm so sorry, Mamma.

But I'm also upset with you.

You were my hero.

Why didn't you fight?

Tonight I am watching New yorks bustling streets from my window.

These bright lights cant chase away the darkness.This city never sleeps and neither do I.