Coiling In The Dark

October 28, 2021

People are calling me a peculiar child for being red and white, as red as blood and as white as snow. The only person who likes me is my father, even my mother dislikes me too, maybe because of my peculiar appearance. I'm only young and need the love of a mother, but maybe I can only get it in my dream. Even though my father loves me, he is always away to work, and I am always left at home with my wicked mother.

How can a mother ignore her child crying for her love? Unfortunately, she isn't my real mother because she's only my second mother. My real mother died after she gave birth to me, and my father cried bitterly. But after some time, he became at ease and accepted the faith that my mother will no longer come back. And later he took another wife. They had a daughter, as pretty as my second mother, my stepsister.

Every time she looks at her daughter, she always smiles and she loves her so much. But every time she looks at me, it seems like I am causing a pierce in her heart, a pain in her ass. She thought that I will always stand in her way. I know by myself that I am not doing anything wrong but it seems like I am always wrong to her. She will push me on the corner, slap my face, and sometimes cuff me there. Every time I come home from school, there's nowhere that I could find any peace. The students bully me at school, while my mother tortures me at home.

It seems like my life doesn't have light, it is full of darkness. "What have I done to suffer this?" I always ask God. But I found a place that gives me light and comfort, in the basement. And I used to coil in the darkness until I get better. Many are afraid in the dark, but I found peace in it. I feel like I am safe in the dark. "Father, please come back home." The thing that I always pray for.

I thought my mother was mad at me because of my appearance, but later I understood the real reason. My father is a rich man and she's worried that I might take all the inheritance and nothing would be left for her daughter, and her.

I am on my way home from school and my father is out of town having a business trip. From the distance I could see my mother hopping out from a car, it's not my father's but owned by another man. I take out my phone to listen to music to divert the negative thoughts in my mind from the negative scene I have seen. But an idea pops out of my mind and take a photo of her instead. Right-click, perfect shot, she kisses the man after bidding goodbye. Perfect evidence of her evilness. She is an evil mother to me, and I need to get rid of her. I really need to. I thought.

She looks surprised when she sees me walking behind her.

"Did you see it?" I could see fear in her eyes and anytime she will shift into her evil self. And yes, she did.

I did not respond but she grips my collar and drags me closer to her face and I could smell alcohol from her mouth.

"Don't ever tell that to your dad, or else I'll kill you!" And pushes me to the ground.

I know from there, she doesn't love my father, and her real motive is just to loot his money. And I won't let her take my father's wealth and run away with her man. I need to get rid of her before my father comes back home.

It's stormy night, thunder rumbling, lightning flashing in the sky, and the darkness covering the whole night. The whistling of the wind keeps me awake, turning and tossing on my uncomfortable bed. I feel thirsty and I go down to the kitchen. It's all dark, only the lightning and the flashlight of my phone are lighting my way. My head is filled with thoughts that I shouldn't contemplate. "Should I get rid of my mother tonight?" Then I tap my phone and slide it into my pocket.

But before I turn my back, someone hit me at the back, and everything turns black, I fall and pass out. In my mind, I could see someone dragging me into the darkness, with wicked eyes and an evil soul. I'm trying to open my eyes but they seem too heavy. My head is in pain and my body is bumping into things, hard and sharp. My feet are gripped by someone's hands. The person is dragging me into a familiar place, a place where I could only find tranquility and peace, the basement.

She stops and slaps my face.

"You bitch, how dare you send the photos to your father and now he wants to file a divorce. You ruined all my plans!"

That voice, I know it is her, my evil mother. I planned to get rid of her, but now she's planning to kill me.

"I'll gonna kill you, then your father, and I will take all his money and your sister."

"You evil..." A cold droplet of tears rolls on my face.

I'm too weak and can't even utter a word well. It seems like I am paralyzed and my bones are crumpled. But I try to pull out some energy to fight the evil. I thought of my dad, my poor dad. I feel something bulging on my side, and I thought of my phone, but I'm too weak to reach for it. I will die in the dark, and that is my fate.

She takes out the knife and cuts my face.

"Look at you, no more white, all red now, a red ugly dalmatian." She's worst than I expected, she's a real monster.

All I could do is to cry, as my body is coiled with a rope. I used to coil in the basement when I was sad, and this time, I am coiling again, coiling to death. The monster isn't satisfied by the cut she made on my face, so she wounded my arms and my legs. I am bathing with blood, my own blood. And I know that I will die any moment.

"Spare my life, stop it," I beg her.

"Stop it? Yes, I will stop it." And she stabs the knife on my chest. "Goodnight sweetie." And let out an evil smile.

"Father." The only word I spill before my vision turns blurry. From behind, I could see a blurry figure and I thought of my father. "Please save me."

"No one will save you bitch!" She's about to stab my chest again, but a loud terrifying sound echoes in the basement, and my heartbeat pace so slow. The monster fall to the ground and my vision is turning black, but I can hear my father's voice, he wants me to wake up.

"Baby please wake up, don't die my daughter." His tears are falling on my face.

But I am too weak and my eyes are too heavy.

"Goodnight father."

And everything was covered with darkness.

I drafted this last June for the prompt Darkness but I made two so this became a spare. And it's time to publish this since it's sleeping for a long time here already, lol, and I'm quite busy yesterday and wasn't able to finish my new drafted one. Besides, it suites for this spooky event happening around here.

Thanks for your time.