The Ghost Child

I am staring at the coffin where my daughter is lying peacefully. I am so heartbroken that my tears won't stop from falling. My husband who is also behind me can't help but cry too. She's our only child but why is it that God let us borrow her only for a short period? This is unfair. Life is very unfair.

"I pity the little girl. Maybe her mother is happy now that she's gone." the woman said. "Really? Why can you say so?" the other woman said. "Haven't you heard the news? Her mom always scolds her. Maybe she lost all of her patience. If I have also a child that is insane, then I'll probably lose all my patience too." the woman replied. "God! I can't believe it. You're at the funeral and your both gossiping with the bereaved family. Shame on you!" the nanny said.

I don't have the energy to talk back at them. Well, I can't blame them. Half of them are true. My daughter was not mentally stable. But I didn't get mad at her because of that. It was just sometimes when she starts to hurt her nanny and she does not listen to us.

If only I know her life was this short. I shouldn't have done that. I should have been a better mom to her. I should have been more patient with her. I should have understood her. I regretted everything. I can't even afford to sit and relax knowing my daughter is lying cold. Then suddenly I feel like the world turns and it went black.

I woke up feeling very weak inside our room. I knew something wrong with me since it is been a week that I felt dizzy. "Lina, are you okay? Are you hurting somewhere?" my husband said worriedly. "Yeah, I'm fine. I think the last time I felt like this was when I'm pregnant with Princess." I said to him.

The next day, I took a pregnancy test and it is positive. I am happy but sad. Maybe this is the way God provides us to cope with this lonesome tragedy. I immediately tell my husband about this. "This is our chance to finally forget this nightmare." And he hugged me.

After Princess's burial, we focus on our upcoming baby and forget what happened to our past. Fast forward, after 9 months I gave birth to a very healthy baby boy. What amazes me was that I gave birth to Gabriel the same date I gave birth to Princess. But as we said, we need to forget all about Princess as we all move on in our lives.

Yearly, we celebrate Gabriel's birthday, without him knowing that he has the same birthday as her sister. Or should I say, he didn't know that he has a sister? I don't want him to know about that tragedy. It is already enough that my husband and I suffered.

Gabriel's birthday is a blast. We always give him all the best as long as he's happy. I want him to spoil with all the love we had. Although we forgot about Princess. I am happy everything is in its place and I could not ask for more.

"Ma'am, why are you not celebrating Princess' birthday? I'm scared that her ghost will give us a visit nowadays. You should buy her a chocolate cake it's her favorite." our nanny said. I know she believes in superstitious beliefs. I just laugh at the thought. "Nanny Lei, are you kidding me? She was already resting peacefully, okay. And we promised that we will forget everything about her. There's no such thing as a ghost or whatever." I said but I can see through her face that she was not convinced.

The week passed and everything's okay. But this night, our sweet dreams turned into a nightmare.

My husband and I always put our son to bed before we head into our room. When we know he is sound asleep, we will go to our room. We were about to sleep when we heard our son screaming. So we hurriedly went to his room. It took us longer because his room was suddenly locked when all we remembered was we left it unlocked.

So my husband gets the spare keys in our room. I already panicking because I'm scared if anything will happen to Gabriel. I will not forgive myself this time.

When the door opens, we saw he's not in bed and the door to his toilet was open so we went there. And we saw him, almost lifeless while his head is in the tub that is full of water. I am scared to death. Why is this happening again?

To be continued...

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