Endless

cHaPtEr TwEnTy

Owen...Owen...

I heard a voice...it was barely audible, but since it was the only sound in this black void, I knew it was there...

Owen...Owen...

I wanted to answer the call, but my eyes wouldn't open and my body wouldn't move...I felt like I was floating...

Owen...

A vision suddenly appeared in the void of nothingness. I saw an angel...

It was very close, and I could see that our eyes were the same colour.

After that, it disappeared instantly...

If only I could remember what it looked like...

Owen...

Whoever it was, it made me feel safer...

I wish it was still here with me...

Owen...

Come back...

...Owen!

...

My eyes immediately shot open as I heard my mother's angry voice coming from above. They seemed to be looking closely at some kind of weird black and white pattern. The floor that I was lying on was surprisingly comfortable. I must have been lying on the carpet or something...

I didn't even remember why the hell I was here. I was dragged into an abyss of skulls, but then everything became black and I ended up here.

That dream...was it Alyssa's doing? It must have been. It certainly wasn't a nightmare, so I didn't see why she would do something like that.

As usual, she thought it would be fun to humiliate me in front of my family. Then again that happened plenty of times before her arrival anyway.

"What are you doing on the floor?" she asked angrily.

As usual, I felt powerless as she was towered above me. Dammit Owen, compose yourself.

"I...I..."

She sighed, which fortunately interrupted since I had nothing to say for a response.

"You know what, I don't even care anymore. I'm too busy to be dealing with the likes of you."

She then stormed off, almost stepping on my fingers. I couldn't help but wonder if she tried stepping on them on purpose.

I wondered what she was so busy with. It was like the only rest she ever got was when she slept.

Sadly, someone else was looking down on me as I tried mustering the energy to get back up.

"Why on you on the floor?" Claudia asked in a slightly mocking tone.

"I...I tripped."

Claudia just walked past me, almost stepping on my poor fingers. Fortunately I managed to get them out of the way even with the little energy I had.

"...Wait." I asked as I almost managed to get up.

Claudia did that annoying groan of frustration that she loved to do whenever I bothered her. Unfortunately now that Thomas is gone I can't mention her ex during an argument to drive her to tears.

"What?"

"Why is our mother so busy anyway?"

"New housemaid."

Hearing that, I was feeling both down and excited. Honestly, since we moved into this place, I loved all the housemaids that worked here, I always had fun talking to them and they were usually very nice. Some of them were pretty old, others were around my age.