The Man Beyond The Trees

Part V

Sometimes I would look at my father's pictures and wish he would come home soon. He was a strong man and I'm sure he would have beat up the man beyond the trees in a minute if he knew what I felt about him. But he wasn't home, and he wouldn't be for a long while.

One night I woke up to use the bathroom and when I went back to bed, there were a few honeysuckle blossoms in my bed. I screamed!

My mom bolted out of her room, and when I showed her the flowers on my bed she grabbed a heavy bat she kept and we ran to her room and locked the door. My mom called the police but they weren't much help. They assumed I had put the flowers there myself as a joke, seeing as all the doors and windows were locked correctly, and there weren't any windows that anyone would have climbed through in my room.

From that night on, I moved my bed to my mother's room and slept there. We had plans to move shortly after because my mom was scared for me. Sometimes I'd see a friend walking by in front of the house, but I wouldn't try to talk to them because they would ignore me anyway. They thought I was becoming paranoid and obnoxious.

My mom watched me every night to make sure I slept. I'm happy she's there, but I wish she didn't look at me like that