Why Did He Do It?

The Time Goes By

Extremely unusual as it was Manny was helping his sister unpack. He looked like he had so much in his mind. "Manny do you feel okay?", she asked quite concerned.

"Yeah, why shouldn't I?", he answered trying to avoid her eyes.

Dinner was quiet although her parents were trying to communicate she would answer with a nod and fake an awesome experience from her trip. She was distant, but decided to keep that to herself. Not like anybody noticed. Her parents were quite oblivious.

*In a nightmare*
"Don't tell anyone, anything... Not your mother or Manny, otherwise...", she heard the man's voice so clear, as if the time had not gone by. Penelope woke in tears and screaming frantically waking her mother, just like in her childhood years.

"What's wrong sweety?", she would always ask, "Did you have a nightmare?". Of course Penelope never told her mother what was going on, so she just nodded. "Don't worry, it was all a dream. Go back to sleep.". Sadly, it wasn't and Penelope knew it.

The next day, she woke up trying to avoid her family, Penelope decided she would go on a run.

When she got back home, her parents were in the kitchen. They looked happy, the whole family looked so. The phone interrupted her view... Why was she calling her? What did she want?...