My Precious

Chapter 3

After 5 months.....

"Why? Why would you do that? You knew it. You knew it all then why did you?"

He didn't say anything, just kneeled down and wiped my tears.

"This all, everything has to stop. I'll do it once again, I'll start from where this story began and make sure it never reaches here".

He couldn't understand what I was saying, his confused eyes finding answers in mine determined ones.
But I knew what I had to do.

By the time he realised and widen his eyes, it was too late.........

"Jess! Come on let's go home", my dad said while taking some of my medicines from the Hospital bed.

I looked at my hospital bed, my ward. Those were those five months. Two of my ribs were severely injured, my left hand and leg were broken, I had got scratches all over my body, some were minor while some had to get snitched, the worst was with my right knee, to add cherry to the cake, I had somehow hit the back of my head.

We soon reached my dad's car, my mom was also with us. I went and sat at the backseat.

The car started, our house was at the top of a small hill, my mom had preferred it as she had find peace there.

The winds were slowly brushing my face and hair, when the car stopped.

"What happened?", my mom asked to my dad. "I don't know, let me check the engine",my dad replied.

Just as he was about to exit the car I asked, " Dad can I get out of the car and get some fresh air?", my mom and dad exchanged glances, I know the doctor had told them to give me complete rest or even completely bedridden, but fresh air was something I really needed at the moment.

After a few seconds my dad nodded at me, "Just don't go far", my mom added as I exit the car.

I didn't go far, I couldn't. I saw a bench and sat there. Then I let my thoughts carry me away, so I thought about the moment, I was scared of the most, the painful past I was a part of.........

Flashback.....

"Dad? Where's Josh?", I asked my dad, I was on my hospital bed, it had been two months, and the nightmares were not helping me live, given my condition.

"Jess, he couldn't make it out", he said gently, as he had written it in a paper and learned it carefully.

What does he mean by Josh couldn't make it out?

"What do you mean?", I pushed my luck.

"H-He fell off, the door of his side was opened, there was blood everywhere, the car was hanging from his side, when they found you both the car was upside down, they saw you were dying but they couldn't find him, he was nowhere, h-his body was nowhere, so they took you".

"How did they even found us? ", I asked him, ignoring what he said earlier, there was no way anyone came there on their own, our house was on the top of a hill, until and unless we've reached down they wouldn't have noticed us.

"There was a flash Jessica. Just like when lightning hits. First people were afraid so they didn't come, but after some time when they did they saw what happened".

End of flashback......

That day I lost my brother, 5 years, he was just 5 years old, it was all he got.
Sometimes my mom blamed herself, sometimes I did but nonetheless we had to accept that he was gone.

The doctors said that even if he wasn't dead that moment, he would have been dead until now, still the place was searched, they didn't found anything.

The worst part was that we couldn't even do his funeral, no goodbye,he was just gone, "Jessica come on, the car started", my dad called me.

I got up from the bench and started towards my dad's car, it was going to be night soon, these nightmares are all I've got, something maybe which I deserve, and so those voices will come again, and just like everyday he'll be there, watching and haunting me again........