Mirror Me (Rewriting)

Chapter-36 Renea

I felt that vision feeling. This time the wife was still on her business trip. She got into her car and began driving. She stopped at a red light and when it turned green she began driving, like the good driver she was. Then suddenly a car crashed into hers. She was alive until a sharp mental object flew through the window and through her head. It was brutal. I woke up and screamed. I don't know why I screamed. I wasn't scared. Anyway, it woke Joanan up. He turned on the lamp on the nightstand.

"What's wrong?! Are you ok?" I didn't say anything. I didn't know what to say. I was speechless. "Answer me! Can you speak?" I still didn't say anything. I was so shocked. "Give me a sign that you're ok, please..." I hugged him tightly. She's dead...That's why he is the way he is. He hugged back. "Can you please try to tell me what is going on" he ask. It was silent. Then I answered.

"I know what happened to your wife..." I looked at him. He looked like he was remembering things he didn't want to remember. Suddenly he began to hyperventilate and freak out. "Joanan calm down" I say in a calming voice. "Joanan..." my voice seemed to not matter, nothing changed. I held his head in my hands. I looked into his eyes and he looked so...lost. Suddenly everything went white. From Joanan's point of view I could see that he was crying really hard. I could also hear his thoughts.

What am I going to do? Renea is dead and she's never coming back. What will Riley think when I tell her that her mother is dead? She is only 10. When do I tell her?

Riley entered the room.

"Daddy are you ok?" She asks.

"Yes" I lie.

"You don't seem ok. You know you can tell me anything right?"

"I'm fine and yes, I know I can count on you"

"Well, whatever it is, I hope it passes" She hugged me.

"I love you Riley"

"I love you too daddy" she says.

Maybe I can stop these flashbacks. Maybe I can speak from inside his head.

"Joanan!" I yell.

"Leave me alone! I need to be alone!"

"Joanan, you have been left alone in yours thoughts for a while. Now and before. You need someone to help you so please come back. I want to help you"

"...fine..." He says.

I come back into the mirror world. He laid his head on my chest. I hug him. I comfort him and try to calm him a little more.