Chapter 9

The conversation between mother and I had left a sour taste in my mouth and I've seemingly lost my appetite.

I push the food away and go up stairs back to my room.I obviously have nothing to do and I don't feel like going out.

I don't want to run into him.That's the last thing I want right now.My heart can't take it

My mind flashes through scenes in my memory but I stop it from going any further than what I can handle.I don't want to get hurt again.

"I'll just take an afternoon nap" I think to myself out loud

As I'm walk through the stairs I hear the maid call out to me

"Ma'am you barely touched your food,is everything alright?"she asks her voice laced with concern

"Yes everything is just fine"I reply lazily"I just found out I'm not hungry after all,you eat it"I reply

I catch a glimpse of her face and she looks rather disappointed.

Oh well

I get on my king sized bed and lay in comfortably on the soft sheets. As soon as my head touches the pillow I yawn and my eyes begin to get heavier and heavier till I black out.

I feel myself slipping slowly into the land of sleep where dreams roam free.But then I feel a hitch in my breath.An unusual sense in the atmosphere.Something isn't right.I can feel it.

I feel my body roll,toss and turn.But I can't wake up

Wake up!

I hear whispers but I can't make out who they are from

I feel my body crash and collapse into thin air and I'm falling.Fast.I with a surge of adrenaline I open my eyes.

I'm in the middle of nowhere

In an abyss of blackness.

I float suddenly to the ground on bare feet

"Where am I?" I ask out loud looking around frantically

Suddenly the ground begins to vibrate softly beneath my feet and some hums can be heard from afar and the blackness below my feet slowly begins to morph into floating ink raising above my head

Suddenly the ground begins to shake violently and the hums turn into a loud honk of a bus.Instantly the ground opens and I fall.I close my eyes and I feel myself landing on something,I open my eyes and I see that I'm behind the wheels of my old Mercedes.

I panic and my brain goes numb, my body vividly remembering the event that took place.

No no no no no this can't be happening

But it is the sound of the honk grows louder than ever and I see one coming towards me like it did before

The next thing that happens is glass shattering and floating everywhere and time stops still with screams, deafening and sharp piercing the atmosphere.My car hits something hard and everything goes black again

Someone help me!

Someone

Anyone

Please!

I jolt up gasping for air with my eyes wide open.I'm in my room in the real world.

I'm safe,I'm safe, I'm safe,I'm safe

Sweat engulfs my forehead turning my face into a fountain of perspiration

Suddenly there's a knock on the door making me jolt as I snap my neck to it's direction.

But no one comes in

"Who is it?"I ask unsure of what to do if anyone would see me like this afraid and disoriented

But the knocking continues

"Who's there?"

"Open up"a male voice answers

I lift the soaked sheets up and walk to the door cautiously then open it to see a man in a police uniform.He looks familiar but I don't know where I've met him from and how did he get into my house?.

He looks straight at me with the most piercing gaze I've ever seen with his face emotionless

"You killed her, you're under arrest"he says suddenly grabbing me

Shock vibrates throughout my body as I shake in fear

"I-I-I didn't kill anyone"I respond

"Lies"He says "Murderer!!" He screams

He drags me and I struggle as ferociously as I can till we reach the top of the stairs

He turns and looks at me with nothing but hate in his eyes and utters a single word

"Die"

My eyes widened but before I can do anything to save myself he throws me off the stairs as soon as everything goes black my body jolts

A surge of vibration sends my jolting and my eyes open immediately

I'm in my room again and I'm on the floor inches away from my bed.I sit up immediately a little too fast and my room begins to spin a little in my head

My breath is faster than it's ever been and it feels like my heart is about to explode.I look around the room,no one is here.Im sweating everywhere still trying to process if I'm still in the dream or not.I look outside and it's dark.

I pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming and I dig my nails into my skin and feel a sharp pain

I'm not dreaming

It was a dream,it wasn't real I assure myself

I try to calm myself down by breathing slowly.Every inhale deeper than the last

My eyes catch a glimpse of my phone vibrating in the corner of my bed close to my pillow.I crawl towards it but before I can get to it it stops ringing.I grab it and see seven missed calls from Ann and my brows knit together in concern.

The phone lights up immediately and her name displays on the screen.

Quickly I answer it and place the phone on my ear.Before I can say the first hello I hear a sob on the other end

"Ma'am"she starts but her voice is shaky and weak

"Ann"I start deeply concerned. "What's wrong?"

"I'm so sorry"she sobs some more making my heart sink to my stomach

"What happened?"I ask

"It was on the news this afternoon"she continues sending my mind into a frenzy

What the hell happened?!

"Ann I need you to calm down and speak to me clearly.What happened"I demand somehow finding my voice

"Your warehouse…..it burned to the ground, everything is gone and your mother was there"