Love, Death & Lies

Chapter 5

There was a bright light shining onto me which caused me to wake up. Then as my eyes adjusted I saw the beach hut and I was confused for a second then I remembered the reason why I was here… I slid my bag onto my back, half asleep while doing so. The door was pulled open from the other side and the smell of alcohol filled the hut, I saw somebody throw come sort of liquid into the hut then I realized it was petrol. I didn’t know what was happening then  I saw the orange of the flame as a match was thrown into the air, everything went in slow motion as the match started to fall I froze, I saw the match near the ground as somebody smashed the window sending glass to scatter around, surprisingly the glass missed me. I was pulled out of my frozen state when I was yanked out the window; the person then pulled me to the ground laying me flat on the ground keeping me down covering my body with his. I heard the massive roar of the explosion as the flames shot out from the building, the flames licked at the wood and the man pulled me of the ground pulling me onto his back and he started running away from the exploding building as the beach huts beside mine started to catch on fire, the force of the explosions sent flames in every directions and dying in the sand.

The man pulled me over to a sand back and slid me off his back and I fell limply to the ground and I looked at him my eyes a little blurry. The man looked familiar, he nodded to me and walked off, my eyes became clear and I slowly stood up “HEY!!!” I yelled out “THANKS FOR SAVING ME” I yelled out before I started to walk further away from the beach huts knowing police will be surrounding the area in no time looking for suspects and if I was found near the huts I would sure to have some explaining to do.

 I reached the electronics store and I saw the news on the TVs “3 local teenagers were found lurking around Walton beach near the beach huts and were found carrying an empty barrel of petroleum and matches. The teenagers appeared to be drunk, according to police ‘the teenagers purposely lit the fires in hope of some entertainment’ and were arrested after investigation of their person In the remains of these huts we have found 5 bodies dead so far. Now onto Chris Watson with the sport” the News reporter said to the camera.

 

I started to walk off, wanting to get as far away from the huts as possible, I knew I needed to figure out where I was going to go so I could break free of my past.  It haunted me… everything I had ever known was haunting me… slowly killing me inside… turning it into darkness…

I went into the nearest shop and went to get a bread roll to eat for my breakfast, I paid with the money I had taken from my dad and started walking, not to anywhere in particular, just away from the town in which my dad and I had spent the first 16 years of my life. I forced away the tears that were threatening to break free. I walked no scratch that I bolted in the direction of the highway wanting to break free of the burden of my childhood, I hope that my past life wouldn’t follow me into my new life I wanted to be set free, to soar, to fly above all else, but how??

I kept running until I could run no further then I walked. There was not much to see it was just a long never ending road surrounded by paddocks and paddocks of nothing but every now and then there was a bit of green to be seen along with some animals. My legs collapsed under me as it felt like I had been walking for miles and I curled up on the ground and started bawling my eyes out knowing that my life would never be normal again. I stayed in that position for who knows how long then suddenly I felt my eyes droop before closing.