A child thrashes around in her sleep and sobs quietly. A middle-aged woman screams as she is thrown against the wall. With a loud thud, she slams against the wall. She groans in pain as she slides down the wall and into a slump. She watches the attacker mutter, realizing that he was speaking a different language. She screams in pain as she feels the fire touch her pale, bare skin. She looks down, watching her body slowly burn to a crisp. The last thing she sees is the man's black eyes, staring into hers.
"Clare?" says a little girls voice. I wake up, aggravated, until I see her face. "Bad dream?" I ask, already knowing the answer. She nods her head, and crawls into my bed and wraps her arms around my stomach. I sing a personal lullaby that I sang to her when she was a baby. It calms her down and fights the bad dream away. After a couple minutes, she is fast asleep, snoring quietly. But I sit there, wondering. Was this the person that killed my mother when Dani was a baby? This could be a sign. I wish she knew, but I must wait till she is older to tell her.
YOU ARE READING
Stumbling into my life.
Fiksi RemajaA teenage girl runs into a teenage boy with many secrets. As she is looking for her mother and sister's killer, she thinks he might have information that will answer her questions and potentially find the killer. As their friendship grows, a strong...
