Afraid Of The Dark ✔️

20: Darkness

Ida dropped the bags of shopping she had brought and rushed over to Katya.

"What the fuck happened?" She shouted as she looked at Jacob's disfigured head.

Katya couldn't speak. She just cried hysterically and clung onto Ida after she helped her out of the boat.

"Did you do this Kat?" Ida shook Katya gently. She looked as if she was going to be sick.

"Elsa did it." Katya mumbled in between cries.

Ida took Katya aside and away from Jacobs dead body. "Look Kat I know you're not lying about Elsa's ghost haunting you but I haven't seen her myself. I think you need help honey. I don't know if you did this in a fit of rage because you were angry with him but we need to get rid of the body."

Everything Ida was saying went through one of Katya's ears and out the other. She felt distraught and sick at the thought of what had just happened. Her fiance was dead and at her hands. She felt a twinge of pain sear through her stomach and clutched onto her bump.

"Go inside and sit down. I will deal with this." Ida instructed Katya as she picked up the discarded shopping and hurried into the house.

Katya followed behind and sat down on the sofa. Time seemed to stop. She zoned out and couldn't hear a thing. Ida was talking to her but her voice was less than a whisper. Katya felt as if her whole life had come tumbling down on her. Jacob was dead and she couldn't get her head around it. Black shadows flew in and out of her vision and a strange ringing noise brought her back to reality.

How long had she been sitting there for she didn't know. It was getting dark outside and Ida still hadn't come back inside the house. Katya struggled to her feet and waddled to the front door. She saw Ida bringing the boat back to shore. Where had she been?

Ida's top was soaking wet and flecks of blood covered parts of it. She walked up to Katya and pulled her in for a hug.

"I disposed of his body far out at sea. I used the blanket from the spare room to wrap him up and got a load of pebbles and stones to weigh him down." She said in Katya's ear.

Katya burst into tears and thanked her sister. Not just anyone would have done that for Katya. Suddenly she no longer felt alone.

"What are sisters for?" Ida whispered.

***

The next few days Katya spent in bed either sleeping or crying. Ida was planning on going home in a couple of days but she knew she couldn't leave Katya here in her state and being pregnant. She told Katya that once she gave birth she would have to go home. Katya nodded in agreement but was secretly terrified of being on her own with whatever was inside of her.

She received a call from Jacobs boss enquiring of his where abouts but Katya couldn't talk and put down the phone. Thinking of him made her cry even more. She missed him.

Later that evening Katya had an excruciating pain in her stomach and her waters broke. Ida rushed her to hospital where she was instantly admitted to the maternity ward. As she lay on the bed she began to shake and convulse uncontrollably. The nurses had to strap her arms and legs down so she didn't harm herself or anyone around her. The tight leather straps bit into her wrists and ankles as she spasmed and screamed. Ida watched with her hand covering her mouth in fear. Katya looked possessed and one nurse even crossed herself.

The next hour was a painful ordeal for Katya. She felt as if she had no control over her body even though her ankles were no longer strapped down and her arms were free. Whatever was inside of her was desperate to get out. Two nurses held either leg down as she squirmed in agony whilst the doctor peered inside of her.