Awakening

Three - Sarah

My counsellor seemed to be in her normal happy mood. She was glad that I was writing in my diary. We kept talking about life like we usually do, but I couldn't stop thinking about that man that came out of the door. No one is in her office when I come, it all seems too weird.

I got up from my chair and walked back to my car to drive home. As I walk through the front door of my house, my mum asks where I was. As I forgot to tell her i was even at the park or at the counsellors. she doesn't like me going to that park. And I don't know why. "Where were you?"My mother asks again.
"If I tell you, promise you won't get mad?" I beg,
"okay, Just tell me". "I was at the park, the one with the pretty bridge"
I say politely.
"I told you not to go back that place! You told me you wouldn't go back!"
She yells at me madly.
"Hey!! You said you wouldn't get mad!"
I fired back at her "what's so wrong with that place anyway?  Why can't I go there?".
" I can't tell you" as she starts to tear up.
"Why not?" I ask,
"the man told me not to" she replied while wiping her tears. I ask In confusion "what man????"
She sits down on the lounge and pats the spot next to her indicating for me to sit there. "A while back, before you were born. Your father and I had a child."
My face just dropped in shock "what? You had another child? I have a sibling?",
"well you did, she died." My face dropped even more.
"What happened to her?" I ask,
"well you know how I told you about a man?".
"Yes" I reply,
"well he somehow got into you sister's head, Sarah. And made her go around, hurting people. I once saw her come home with blood on her hands. I was terrified, I was speechless. I couldn't say anything. While she just walked to her room and slammed her door. She had been acting strange for 1 month at that point. And one day was totally odd, I went to wake her up one morning. And when she looked at me, her eyes were black. I'm not kidding!"

As soon as my mum said, black eyes, it took me back to earlier today when that man was in the counsellor's office. "And then what happened?" I ask.
"Well that same day she had the black eyes, she walked to the park you were at today. I was following her in my car from a distance. She walked up to the bridge, and as soon as she stood on the edge I screamed and screamed for her to get down. She just looked back at me with those black eyes, whispered something and then jumped to her death."
At this point I've already started crying, "did you hear what she said?".
"No I was too far away".
"What does the man look like?" Trying to gather myself together.
"I only ever saw him once, and once enough for it to be scared in my mind. He had black eyes, brown hair. He was quite slender and tall. He also told me not to say anything about this to anyone. He got rid of any memories of her from everyone else but me, so I have to suffer with the pain".
That immediately took me back to earlier today when I saw that man. "Mum. I think I saw that man today" she quickly turned her head to me and her eyes are open wide and her nostrils flared.
"What?!?! Are you serious! Don't be joking around with me!" She raises her temper
"I swear! I'm not lying! Why would I lie about something like this?".
"Okay, true. Where did you see him?" At this point I froze. She doesn't know I see a counsellor.
"I umm. I've been seeing a counsellor for a while now, and I saw him in her office before my session."