The Grey's Curse

Chapter Eight - Going Home

*The next day*

I barely got any sleep last night and it showed as I stared in the window next to me, my bruises and the bags under my eyes were eyesores as they practically screamed for attention.

'I look like a zombie'

Naturally with little to no sleep I was exhausted and a tad bit irritable, my eyelids felt heavy and my body was sluggish, every so often I would catch myself dozing off but then my mind would go back to seeing those cruel yellow glowing eyes in the dark, just waiting for me to return home so it could finish the job.

And I was conflicted.

My mind was torn between thinking of my defenseless mom who was alone at home and the monster that nearly killed me 'I need to find out what it is' I was sure it had to be a demon 'Horrifying? Check, Evil? Check, Murderous? Also check' but still, that was an assumption and I needed to be sure on what the thing is.

'Even if it is a demon I need to find out how to get rid of it'

The only thing keeping me relatively sane was staring out of the window, counting the birds that flew by 'Bird number 73' I know I could've only gotten an hour of sleep in total seeing that as soon as I would fall asleep I would wake up screaming bloody murder, so I think it's safe to say that the staff was probably sick of me.

Heck I was sick of me at this point.

I hummed when I heard someone knocking on the door "I'm coming in and I have some have good news!" I tried my best to muster up a smile when I heard the nice nurses voice through the door but I had a feeling it looked more like a grimace then anything.

But at least I tried.

"Good news? It's been awhile since I last heard that" I joked with a small tired chuckle "Oh, I don't doubt that" she laughed along with me, her eyes showing genuine happiness "I'm sure you're curious about the good news Maria and I'm happy to say that you're ready to go home!" The nurse announced with a happy tone, no doubt thinking I would be overjoyed at such news but all I felt was dread and fear.

I reluctantly smiled insincerely and slowly sat up. It's not that I wanted to stay here, goodness no. I was just worried about getting attacked again 'And needless to say I now hate the color yellow' anytime I saw anything with that color I would be reminded of it.

Heck, even the sun bothered me nowadays.

She nodded with a smile "Yup, you're all good to go, just make sure you take your painkillers" all I could do was fake a smile and nod. in a way it felt like a weight had been lifted off my chest and I could breath again.

But on the other hand I could die anytime now with that monster still out and about.

I've spent the majority of my time here worried that the monster would go after Mom while I was gone since it's other victim wasn't around anymore "Does my mom know?" I asked, wanting to get out of here as soon as possible.

Best to get it over with.

"Yup! we called her and she's on her way here right now actually" I was going to say something when I saw someone's head pop in the room from the door and told her in a quiet voice that she was needed elsewhere.

She gave them a look but gave me a polite smile when they left "Well, duty calls, I'm sure your mom will be here in no time" I nodded with a faint smile "Yeah, probably" she sent me a small wave before leaving.

I glanced at the plain clock on the wall '7:50 am, she probably wasn't too happy to be called so early in the morning' after waiting for about five minutes I grew bored and began playing with the loose threads on the blanket.