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Post by jessykai on Sept 7, 2011 14:00:08 GMT
I could feel the sun on my skin and a warm smile lit up my face. I loved the sun. The star was my protector, I knew that while its golden rays shone down on earth I would be safe from the killer that took my parents lives, and from the monster just like him. Of course there were other monsters too, but I’d yet to knowingly meet one. That was one of the reasons I kept myself to myself didn’t speak to others, I couldn’t be sure who was a monster and who wasn’t, so I’d just pretend they all were, and live in my own little world that I’d created in side my head. The world in my mind was a safe place, I could go there and all my troubles would wash away. Maybe I was crazy, I certainly knew that 10 years ago if I met someone like me now, I’d have had them committed to asylum for the clinically insane!
“Maybe I should get some cats?” I mused aloud to myself “then I could be the mad cat lady and people would know to keep away from me” ‘course that would only really work if I liked cats, but I was more of a dog person. A frown creased my brow, I’d been walking for about an hour now so I should have reached the town. Shaking my head to rid the thoughts that were now clawing their way into my brain, I continued on my way deciding that I must have just been walking slower that usual today. The rumbling of traffic was now well and truly in the distance as I made my way through the footpaths. My hand went to my pocket out of habit to check that the phone was still there, perhaps I was suffering from paranoia now, but surely it was just common sense to make sure you have a way to call for help should the need arise.
The path seemed to drop in front of me and I knew that I’d made a mistake somewhere, taken a wrong turn at some point. I could have screamed simply out of frustration, but as that wouldn’t help me I just sighed and continued along the path as it took me down the side of the cliff. I had intended to go into town to restock the kitchen at home, but now the sound of the waves crashing on the rocks was calling out to me. Luring me closer. Who was I to refuse mother nature? Upon seeing that the bushes ahead had overgrown making it almost impossible to safely pass I cleared my mind and focused all my energy on moving the branches aside to allow me to pass through, and then I allowed them return to the place their were in before. Hopefully that would keep most people away.
I jumped as the mobile in my pocket started to vibrate. Pulling it out of my pocket I pressed the answer button, “Hello?” The confusion in my voice was clear, I wasn’t used to been phoned and didn’t have a clue who it could be. “Oh, I’m sorry to hear to that.” I wasn’t sorry, not really but what else are you supposed to say when a cop calls you to say that your neighbours been found dead? I didn’t know her that well………… I don’t know if she had any enemies………… Look, I’m real sorry I cant be more help but I think your wasting your time talking to me……… Okay, bye How do I feel about my neighbour having been butchered in the woods? I decided that I couldn’t really care less. She hadn’t been that nice of a person when she was alive. I shrugged, ah well.
It didn’t take long for me to reach the cove, the salty sea air gave me flash back of my childhood and a smile briefly came back to my face. I could just picture me as a child, dragging my father by the hand into the sea, the sound of childish laughter filled the air and I fought hard to hold back the tears. Falling to the ground I curled my feet under me as I sat in the sand, giving into the tears I cried for my parents. I cried for my life, the life that I had turned my back on, and the life that I could have had. Once my tears had run dry I used my sleeves to wipe my eyes and stared into the crashing waves.
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