Chapter 2 ABANDONED

I sat on the floor in my room thinking of what happened during the day.

"I killed my sister, I killed Diana," I said, crying as I remembered how I killed my sister.

I lay on my bed and closed my eyes, wishing that I could sleep.

Minutes later I slept, moving to the dreamland.

''Hi, Mama.'' I greeted a woman who was soaked in blood in my dream.

''Sophia, come closer.'' The woman said, and I walked closer to her.

I had tears on my face as I moved closer to the woman and saw her face change to a beautiful face. She was so beautiful, and I became amazed at how her beauty shined.

I faced down not knowing how to face the woman, then I heard Diana scream just as she screamed when I tore her skin open.'

I woke up, immediately shaking, and used my eyes to scan my room in search of Diana's spirit. I was so afraid.

It was still afternoon, so I stood up from my bed to go outside, but I was so scared to go out because of what I just did to my sister, Diana.

Why was she so rude? If she wasn't rude, she wouldn't be dead by now. How I killed her was what I didn't understand. I am a girl who doesn't fear. I can't kill even an animal, but now I have killed a human.

Tears started dripping down my face as I remembered this.

Slowly, I opened my room door and silently went out. I am thirsty for water.

I silently run to the kitchen and look around to see if anyone is coming. I felt satisfied that no one was near as I rushed to the tap and turned it on, I drank some water from it using a small cup.

Satisfied with the water I drank, I slowly turned back to walk out of the kitchen and saw my elder sister, Deborah, standing at the door side with her hands folded. I closed my eyes as she walked to me.

"Mom wants to see you." She said to me.

I closed my eyes again and she held me.

"Make it quick." She said and left the kitchen.

I opened my eyes slightly and adjusted my posture. I walked to the sitting room where I could see Mom and Rose. Rose moved backward immediately when she saw me.

"Mum, you called for me," I said boldly.

"Yes, I did." Mom said.

"Have your seat." She pointed to a sofa opposite her.

She held Rose close to her. I had sat on the sofa and Rose looked into my eyes before running into her room.

Mom adjusted her sitting position and looked at me.

"Mom, I am sorry," I said to my Mom with boldness.

"Sophia!" Mom called.

"Yes Mom," I said.

"You have never done this before." Mom said, pointing to me, and I could see tears welling up her face.

"I don't want this to happen again." She said sniffing.

"Yes, Mom," I said to her, then stood up.

Mom looked at me and pointed to the sofa I just stood up from.

"I am not done talking to you, Sophia, so do have your seat." She said to me, raising her voice, and I sat down back.

"Deborah." She called my sister, who was sitting at the dinner table.

"Yes, Mom." My sister said, getting up from the chair she was sitting on.

"Go to Rose's room, she needs either of our comforts." She said to Deborah and Deborah left Rose's room.

She turned to me to talk and then turned to Deborah.

"That will be your room from now on." She said and Deborah nodded her head.

We girls stayed two in a room. Deborah and I shared a room while Diana and Rose shared a room, but now that I have killed Diana, Deborah will have to move to Rose's room while I will be alone. Tears flowed down my eyes as none of my sisters would want to associate with me.

Mom faced me and I used my hand to clean the tears that were flowing down my eyes.

"Sophia!!!." My mom called, shouting my name, and then I noticed that I was bringing out mucus from my nose.

"Excuse me," I said to her and went to the toilet entrance to take some wipes to wipe my mucus.

I returned to where I was sitting after wiping the mucus from my nose and disposing of the wipes into the waste bin beside the toilet. Mom looked at me before speaking.

"Your father and your brother will be coming here tomorrow to discuss this issue, and we want you to be here when we are discussing it." She said.

"Okay," I said feeling weird.

"Hope you will be here by the time we will be discussing?" She asked and I looked at her.

"What time?" I asked.

"Six p.m.," She said.

"I will be here," I said, nodding my head.

"Okay, you can take your leave." She said and I rose and ran to my room.

I locked the door since Deborah wasn't sleeping in my room.

"How will I cope?" I asked myself, crying.

I took up Diana's picture from my cupboard and looked at it.

Suddenly, I threw her picture on the ground when I looked at it and held my ear and covered it tight as I remembered the dream I dreamt, and I could hear her voice screaming louder than the one I heard in the dream.

I released my ear after some minutes when her scream died down and looked at her picture again. I ran to my bed, sat down, picked a book, and started reading I felt so sad.

Suddenly, my stomach started making a sound which meant that I was hungry. I went to the kitchen and filled my plate with some rice, which I topped with soup, and I set out to the dining table. I went back to the kitchen to get some water.

I ate the rice and drank the water and was filled after I finished eating, so I went to the kitchen, washed the plate, rinsed the cup then went to my room after placing the plate and cup in their appropriate place.