Nightmare

Anna was hiding in the closet, shivering with fear. She was hugging her shoulders

with opposite arms and crying quietly otherwise that monster would have caught

her. Her innocent heart was screaming inside her chest with pain but her larynx

didn’t make a noise. Quiet tears filled with agony were continuously flowing

from her large hazel eyes like a persistent waterfall. She was helpless, so

much helpless in front of that monster that she couldn’t help but hide.

With every scream from outside the closet she trembled vigorously and hugged herself

even tighter. After few minutes, she heard a loud bang, a light scream and

everything fell silent. Her mind went blank for a moment. She gathered up all

her courage and slowly opened the door of closet.

She saw blood, a lot of blood, coming out of her mother’s head. She rushed out of the closet, move

forward and lightly patted her mother’s countenance with her finger tips but

she was unconsciously lying on floor. She shook her mother’s shoulders and

yelled, “Mama, open your eyes… please mama…please.”

Two large tears fell on her mother’s face, she slightly opened her eyes and saw

blurred image of Anna. She was deeply sad for not being able to see her daughter’s

face. Anna was crying, she could hear her sobs but wasn’t able to wipe her

tears.

She breathed heavily, eyes still half opened, she gathered up all her strength to

speak, then she murmured, “Anna… my baby… I…” then she paused.

Anna’s trembling hands covered in mother’s blood patted her face lightly, “Mama,

please wake up… please…” it was hard to speak while crying.

Her mother again gathered the left over strength and said, “I’m…sorry…baby I…

love…you”.

She finished her sentence with great difficulty, she wanted to see

her beloved daughter’s face for the last time because she knew these were the

very last moments of her life. She was in extreme anguish for leaving her

daughter alone in this hell but it wasn’t her choice to die, she was murdered.

The last heavy breath came out of her lungs, a large tear fell from half-opened eye

and her soul departed her body.

Her lifeless body covered in blood was lying on floor, Anna yelled her name, shook

her body but she was gone forever.

Anna opened her eyes with a scream, her forehead was covered with sweat droplets and

she was breathing heavily. She got up, still breathing heavily, looked around

and came to her senses. She picked the glass of water from side table and drank

it slowly. She exhaled the air for few seconds and assured herself, “It was just a dream”

she paused and said again, “why this dream is always so realistic?”

After saying that her lips gave a very sad smile, she laid back and opened the

picture of her mother on her phone. She looked at the picture for couple of

minutes, then she kissed it and hugged it tightly.

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