Chapter 4 ABANDONED

'Are they going to disown me? Are they going to kill me, just as I killed my sister?' I asked myself thoughtfully as tears dripped down my face.

I looked at my wall clock to see the time. It remained Two hours and thirty minutes to Six p.m. I looked up at Diana's picture and heard a scream, I covered my ear and started crying.

"Diana, I am sorry. I am sorry, Diana." I said as I used my hands to cover my two ears then the scream stopped.

I laid my back on the bed, closed my eyes, and then dozed off. I had a scary dream.

I dreamt that Diana was sitting in the chair the beautiful woman I saw in my last dream was sitting. She was laughing while I walked towards her being happy to see her that I started running to hug her knowing fully well that she had forgiven me.

As I ran towards her to hug her, my legs hit a hard material making me look up to see what the material was.

I saw the beautiful woman who was sitting on the chair in my last dream. She had a mild smile on her lip. Suddenly, her face transformed into the first face I saw in my last dream. She looked at me with a devilish grin on her face. She held up a foam and then turned to face Diana who was scared. Diana stood up from the chair and started running away but the more she ran, the less her speed. I stood there trying to call Diana, but my voice became still, and the woman squeezed the foam. Diana stood still as she squeezed the foam and blood started gushing out of her body until she fell to the ground.

The woman faced me and said, "You killed her."

I covered my ears with my hands and said, "I didn't kill her.

" You did." The woman said and started laughing, and some children of Diana's age came out and joined the woman laughing.

I woke up shivering as I thought of what the dream could mean.

"What can that dream mean?" I said looking around.

I looked at the clock on the wall. It was ten minutes to Six. I jumped up as I remembered the meeting that we were meant to have by Six p.m and picked up my Jean trousers which I wore and left my bedroom for the sitting room. I sat down on one of the sofa shivering as I bowed my head down.

Ten minutes later, I raised my head as I saw my Mom, Dad, and Elder brother come to the sitting room. I adjusted my sitting posture as I looked at them.

Some minutes later, they had taken their sit on various sofas, My Dad said," Sophia, I heard that you killed your sister Diana."

"Yes, Dad," I said.

"Why did you do that?" My Dad asked.

"She was rude," I answered.

"So you couldn't do anything other than to kill her?" My Dad asked, but I kept quiet.

After some minutes of me not responding, my Dad continued, "How did you kill her?"

"I tore her skin and sucked her blood," I said.

My Dad looked at me and then stood up to leave the sitting room as he couldn't take any of it in anymore. He asked my Mom to follow him into the room. Mother stood up and followed him to the room leaving me alone with my brother.

He looked at me weirdly.

"If I become rude to you, would you also tear my skin and suck my blood?" My brother asked.

I thought he was joking, so I nodded my head until I saw him move back.

"I thought you were joking." I said, looking at him, "I would never kill you."

"Then why did you kill Diana?" My brother asked.

"I don't know," I said.

"You even went to the point of tearing her skin open and drinking her blood which is disgusting." My brother said, and I stood up.

I walked into my room regardless of My brother calling out my name, but I didn't answer him. I entered my room and locked the door, searched for all Diana's pictures that were in the room, and took them putting them all into a polythene.

I opened the door of my room and took the polythene to the sitting room. I dropped it on one of the sofas.

"She hunts me in my dream. I killed her." I said and saw my Mom and Dad look at me.

Mom walked up to me and placed a hand on my shoulder.

"I have discussed it with your Dad. We forgive you for it, although it is painful. Please, don't ever do it again." My Mom said to me and I nodded my head.

"Yes, Mom," I said nodding my head.

"Deborah!!, Rose!!" My brother called, and my sisters came out of their room to the sitting room.

Rose hugged my brother.

"My little one." He said placing his right hand on her hair.

"Don't go now. Stay here for some while." Rose said.

"Okay." My brother said then looked at our parents.

"Next week, I will be traveling with my fiancee." My brother said.

My Mom looked at him and smiled, "For another Business trip."

My brother smiled, nodding his head.

He stretched out his arm to me and I smiled. I walked to my brother and hugged him.

"All will be well." My brother said and I nodded my head.

"We would be coming here a day before we travel, to rest here." My brother said and I smiled.

"Okay, dear." My Dad said.

My brother raised Rose to his shoulder while she giggled.

"We are going to play." He said as he carried Rose.

He looked at me, "Do you want to play?" I looked at him and then smiled.

I shook my head, and then he went out with Rose on his shoulder, and I went to my room, locked the door, and sat on my bed. I looked at the clock on the wall, it was Fifteen minutes to Seven. I looked at the floor and could hear my stomach making noise. I stood up and left to the kitchen where I prepared some cake and Meat pie for myself, then took it into my room where I ate it.