wondering_undead
The worst sound a mother can hear is the loud rapping on their door. The knock itself causes no harm. No fear. It's what waits behind the entrance into their home that her child was loved and raised his whole life. It's the words that hide behind the lips of a bullet-proof vest. It's the sorrow that shades over the officer's eyes as he awaits for the answer. It was 1 AM. These thoughts clouded my mind as I focused on the empty space of my plain white walls of the room I grew up in. I could see the tears trail down my mother's face and the pity in the officer's eyes. I can hear the footsteps of the father that never cared coming to the rescue of his wife. The confusion on the face of the older sister in the background caring for her screaming child who only feels the fear of his grandmother. I know exactly what it would feel like and look like to everyone I the neighborhood. I know exactly what they would do to that family name. They would rake it through the mud too many times to count. They would whisper about the mother and father who allowed their son to commit such a thing. To actually kill a person. This would never happen for us. They don't put you in jail for murdering your own personality for someone else.