I couldn't sleep I kept on thinking about my mum and what he did to her. Why did you let him leave Mum. If I was there, I would have been able to protect you. Why did he do that? what did You ever do to him, he was never at home and the day he stays over night, he takes everything away from me. Why just Why?
I kept on thinking about it and rolling on the bed untill I fell asleep. I had a dream of how my dad killed my mum
"No No No" I screamed and woke up and Mrs Stevens ran into the room
"Darrien are you okay" she asked as she sat on the bed beside me. I didn't answer, I just kept looking at the wall like someone was there and Carrel came into the room
"Darrien were you crying again"she asked and she walked up to the bed and hugged me it was like I lost my reason to feel I didn't cry nor feel sad I felt empty inside
After a while, I walked off the bed and walked out in my pajamas and went into my house I didn't lock the doors and walked into my mum's rooms and sat by the cupboard and brought out the watch case I wanted to give her on her birthday. I spent all my savings on it and now what is the use of it, when I don't have anyone to give it to.Just then, Carrel walked in
"Darrien are you sad, was that for her, you don't have to worry now you have another mummy my mummy, no our mummy Darrien cheer up you can't be sad all your life Darrien stop what are you doing" she said as I yanked the watch out if the box and smashed it on the floor multiple times, it didn't break, but the hard Chain slit my palm badly
"Darrien you are bleeding" she yelled and ran out of the room and came back some minutes later with her mum, "mummy see Darrien he is bleeding what are you doing with that paper" she asked
While they were out I got a paper and started drawing. it kinda cheered me up I taught I could draw the pain away and when I was done it was a drawing of my mum which just brought back the pain
And Mrs Stevens took the paper out of my hand and cleared the injury and bandaged it
"Darrien calm down, you know you are hurt inside that doesn't mean you should hurt yourself outside. That won't relief the pain, it will just cause you more pain. Please Darrien you can't do this to yourself" she pleased with tears in her eyes
I stood up,went out of the room and went to mine. I locked the door behind me and I sat by my table. Got a sketch pad and pencils and sketched out all the memories I had of her, just looking at her drawing felt like she was really here but she wasn't she just wasn't and there was nothing I could do about that
God was watching and he still let this happen. Mum always says that God watches and makes sure nothing bad happens to us, but H let something very bad happen to my Mum and also to me
Carrel's POV
"Mummy are you sure Darrien is ok, he never behaves like this.He is always happy but now he behaves broken. Like he is a walking bone with no emotions and feelings" I say while helping Mum pack up the watch back and kept it in Darrien Mum's wardrobe.
"Carrel let's just let him be, he will come around surely. By the special Grace if God" she said back patting me on the head and we walked out of the house
back at home I kept on thinking about Darrien. I was so worried about him. What if he hurts himself again, he is already broken, what if he does some more damage to himself, I won't let him do that to himself I said to myself
I went back to his room and knocked on the door multiple times, but he wouldn't open it. I went back to my room and got into his through the window which lead to his. There was a walkway which joined them. I opened his window and stepped into his room.
"Darrien what's wrong" I asked nudging him a little
But he didn't respond and I sat beside him
"Darrien are you ok?" I asked again
"Yeah" he finally answered
"Why didn't you open the door?" I continued
"I didn't want to that's why I didn't open it" he replied not even looking at me
"Darrien why are you doing this to yourself?" I begged with tears streaming down my face
"I'm not doing anything to myself" he stated
"Darrien you aren't behaving the way you always do, I'm getting scared" I cried
"Maybe I just want to behave like this" he breathed
"Darrien don't be so hard on yourself" I pleaded
"Carrel please I just want to be left alone" he begged
"Ok Darrien I will leave, but please don't hurt yourself. Okay?" I more like spoke to myself and stood up
I walked out of his room, closed the window, went into my room and sat on my bed thinking about Darrien
Later that night, I went into Darrien's room, luckily he was sleeping on his bed but he didn't look alright, I sat on the bed next to him and tried waking him up, but he didn't wake up and he placed his hand on mine and held it. I tried removing my hand but he wouldn't let go, I had no choice to stay there with him for a little while. I kept stroking his hair and after a while his grip loosened and I slipped my hand out and left his room, not before silently praying to God for him and asking Him to watch over Darrien for the night.
Things went on like that day after day, sometimes he ate, but sometimes he didn't, He didn't talk to anyone and he always kept his distance. But it seemed like he liked being around me, and so I made sure I was always there for him as much as I possibly could
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Short Story"You can't tell anyone this secret will die with me today if it has to" these words kept hunting Damien long after his Mum's death, as these were the last words she said to him before she left him. Damien an introverted teenager who lost his Mum as...
