Masked

Chapter Nineteen Freedom

Finally. The one place that I have always been able to be myself and not worry about what I see when I close my eyes. I want everything to be gone. I wish that I can tell people what I know and why I know everything. But here I have nothing to worry about. This is the lake that everything happened. But I don't care. I don't care that this is the place that my mom cheated on my dad with him. That my accident had happened here. This is that place that I go to in my dreams all the time. I wish I don't but this is the place a go to all the time. The first and last place I see every night.

After we had unpacked. My dad made us dinner. But this time it was something that I haven't had in almost twelve years. My mom and dad used to make it together. Now my dad and stepmom do. When my brother and Max sat down. It almost felt like everything that had happened over the last past three months was long gone. That I don't have to worry to much about what is there to welcome me back. The nightmares. The killings. The families that have to suffer. They have to because of my secret.

When dinner was done. I decided to go for a walk along the lake. When I was close to the edge. Jack came running out. For the first time it looked like he was happy. Happy that we were close again and that we were here together. I can't remember the last time that I have seen him smile that big.

"What are you doing out here?"

"I was going to go on a walk. You know like we used to."

"You mean through the woods. Past the creek that is in the end of the forest. Through the neighbor's front. That walk?"

"Yes. I remember the path that I made when we were younger. Before all this had happened."

When I said that the smile on his face fell. I mean yeah I shouldn't be talking about that stuff. But I can't help it. Our therapist said that I should at least talk to him about this stuff.

"Yeah. But hey you have your phone and you know our numbers. Just call if you get lost."

With that being said. He walked into the house and I walked into the woods. Walking through the woods again after I don't know how long. It felt like I was free. I want freedom. Freedom from every single thing in my life. Freedom.