Amara Moon

Chapter 4 (Amara)

I wake up to the sun shining in my face. I sigh and cover my face with the blanket when I feel fluttering in my stomach. I sit up slowly, pull my hair up in a bun, and rub my stomach trying to get it to settle down. I go to lay down when a wave of nausea comes over me, I jump up, run to the bathroom and throw up. I sit on the floor with my back against the wall, fearing that if I try to get up I'll get sick again. I rest my head against the wall and close my eyes, after a few minutes I feel someone sit next to me and rub my arm. I rest my head on the person's shoulder knowing it's Jack.

"Mommy, are you okay?" Sally asks. I look up and Sally is standing in the doorway of the bathroom.

"Yeah, I'm okay," I smile weakly at her.

"Aunt MooMoo says you're upset, and I don't like it when you're sad." she says tears filling her eyes. I pull myself slowly off the ground and walk over to her.

"I was upset because I thought the baby got hurt but it's all better now, the baby is okay and mommy isn't sad anymore, so please don't cry." I say and pick Sally up carefully. I remember the first time that I met Sally.

~FLASHBACK~

Carter and I are arguing about her poor excuse of a father.

"You can't stay there anymore!" I shove her chest and she goes flying, landing on her back. She stands up, her face red, brushing away some twigs from her hair.

"He's my father and I'm staying with him." I growl at her and I'm about to yell at her when this girl comes through the trees.

"Oh...Hey." She waves at us and Carter flips her off.

"Go away!" The girl puts her hands on her hips.

"Excuse me! You can't tell me what to do." Carter mics her.

"I bet I can bitch." The girl glares.

"Get the stick out of your ass." I watch as Carter leaps at the girl and punches her until I don't recognize her face, she stomps on the girl's throat, breaking it, and spits on her.

"Don't be a bitch." Carter looks back at me and I see she's crying.

"I wanna go home. " I go up to her and wrap my arms around her shoulders, she starts sobbing into my shirt, "Why can't he just let me go?" She mumbles then sniffles.

"I don't know baby...I don't know." I pet her hair and hug her tighter. After what seems like forever she pulls away and wipes her face, "Just move in here with me." Carter looks at the shed.

"When I know he won't try to kill me when I leave...then I will." Some bushes rustle and we both look over. A little girl in a pink dress with brown hair, covered in blood walks through the bushes and smiles.

"Hello." I smile and wave at her.

"Hello, darling. What's your name?" I squat down in front of her.

"I'm Sally...I like you. You're pretty and nice." My smile widens and I hug the little girl, "You killed that girl?" I nod.

"Yeah, you can't tell anybody though okay? It's a secret." The little girl named Sally giggles,

"It's okay my daddy and I kill people too. His name is Jack, he's not my real dad but he adopted me. I think you would like him." I rub at some of the dried blood from her face.

"SALLY!" A man dressed as a black and white clown runs through the trees and trips over the dead girl, "WHAT THE HELL!" I go over to the man and help him up.

"Hey." I smile at him and his face goes from angry to no expression.

"DADDY!" Sally jumps onto the man's back, "Daddy, this is...what was your name?" The man, Jack, sticks out his hand. I shake it.