Crushed

Chapter 5

"She's not a bad person,Deidre."

I trusted him. I really did. 

"You should talk to her" 

Unlike you, I don't like her. I had and continue to have negative thoughts regarding Halia.

"Get to know her",he whispered. 

I wanted to scream at him, chew him out. We both knew I wasn't capable of doing that. Not to him at-least.

"I'll leave.", he announced. 

I wanted to stop him, call out to him. Obviously, I couldn't do it. I've tried for years on an end. And whenever I did, he never heard.

Aiko... 

Where are you going? 

He exit through the kitchen door leading to the backyard. I followed.

The lump in the backyard was gone. Was that a hallucination? Did I imagine that encounter? 

He walked past a store and me being distracted, lost sight of where he was. I stared at my reflection in the window display. I had no scars. There was no time for these thoughts. I had to find him.

I looked around. I didn't know where he was. I took a turning and kept straight. 

Aiko...Where are you? 

I visioned his afterimage walking towards the cemetery.  

Here?

Again? 

I caught up to him as he stood motionless and stared at a grave. The tombstone carving read out his name.