"You can't tell me that you didn't see or hear anything. How did you go to that strange place? Who took you there and what happened after you had given birth?"he was unable to control his anger.I couldn't get annoyed with him for talking harshly to me. His anger was justifiable.I thought that maybe if he vent his anger on me he would somehow calm down but that didn't happen.The more he scolded me, the more furious he became."You need to tell me anything that you felt, heard or saw when we were away. Tell me now or else I will force you to."he shouted."Yes Artie dear. Tell us something. We'll be able to find your son and return him back to you. Tell us please." Mr Smith said."You don't need to worry or get scared of anything. Your father is here, everyone is here to take good care of you. To protect you and make sure that you're doing well with your babies so please tell us what you saw. Did those people kill him or something? Did they threaten you? Am sure they did. Maybe that's
The naming ceremony was a success with the first son named Manu and the second Mani.Manu meaning "greatest" and Mani "the moon".Everyone left in the evening so we had to sleep.Anu decided that he would sleep in the babies' room. The rest of us went to our bedrooms as usual but something still felt strange with me. I wondered how they managed to find Mike.Ignoring the feeling I slipped into my white nightgown and in no time I was already asleep.There came a nightmare about Mike. He wasn't angry as I thought he would. He was smiling instead."Did you like my surprise?" He started as he came very close to me."Don't touch me."I barked at him. "And what surprise are you talking about?"I asked."Your moon."he simply replied, making me confused."My moon? What do you mean. I don't have a moon."I said."What's the point of calling your children names that you won't recall their meanings."I sighed.His statement reminded me of my second son, Mani."How was he a surprise?"I confusedly as
A moment alone, I tried to rethink what mother just told me. I then thought of something.Guess what! I thought about my babies and their protection. "I must make a wish for my babies' sake if not for myself."I thought. "But what wish shall I make now. Should I ask for the magical black threads or something else? The black threads will keep them out of any danger and if I ask the shooting star to keep them away from Mike, it means that something else will be easy to happen to them.What do I do now. What should I ask for?"I couldn't find a choice."Am sure Mike is going to make a wish too since he has heard mother talk about the shooting star. But what will be his wish?"I wondered."Oh Lord, please make me the second demon to see the shooting star. I promise I won't ask for something else hereafter."I prayed.Some few hours later a strong strange wind blew outside and it just felt like an earthquake."This means it's already dawn and the star is about to shoot. Oh Lord, don't make m
"I said stop right there otherwise I will be compelled to hurt you."he warned but since I wasn't in my normal self I didn't listen. I wasn't scared of anything at the moment. All I wanted was my Mani.Grabbing the color of his shirt I slapped him so hard on the face. "Ouch! What have you done Artie? What are you doing. You're hurting me, am your Mike remember."he said which made me more annoyed."You fool, who told you that am in love with you. Why can't you find a way to get rid of this obsession. I don't love you and I never will, do you hear me?"I said pushing him away."You're making a big mistake Artie. How can you just forget that I still have your baby with me. Hurting me won't bring him back to you but instead it will create more problems for him."he pointed.Something was forcing me to attack him as my heart told me a different story. My heart wanted to give up for Mike. "Who knows what he would do to him hereafter."my heart thought, it was a heart of a mother but my demonic
After thinking it through I refused deliberately. I didn't want to put my baby's life in danger. "I can't do this Anu. Please forgive me if you can."I said and cried."What.. a.. are you saying? Why can't you do something? Don't you care about our son? Aren't you worried about him?"Anu asked with intense anger."You're right. I don't care about our sons at all. I hated them since day one when I turned blue because of their pregnancy. I hate them because of the pain they caused me for nine months. I think now you've understood my point, right? So stop bothering me anymore."I said. I wasn't saying all that because I meant them, I was already feeling guilty about the situation and Anu was irritating me too."I can't believe this. You must be joking Artie."father said with a disappointed expression."No father, this is the truth."I lied.I know it was so heartbreaking but I didn't have any other options. For my son's safety I was determined to hurt everyone's feelings."There's no point
With the snap of my fingers all my reflections came to the ground just like raindrops. "What's happening?"Mike looked amazed."I have created my own witnesses too. But unfortunately for you, they're against this wedding so it won't happen no matter what happens."I said confidently."You must be joking Artie. I swear I will kill you if you try to call off this wedding. You can't play with my feelings like this."he threatened."Are you threatening me?""I am."he simply replied."Am sorry to say but am not scared of your threats. Try me if you want to but be prepared to face your defeat. You said you would kill me if I stop this wedding so why am I still alive? What are you waiting for? Come and stab me to death please but only if you don't value your life anymore."I threatened at the end."I swear I won't spare you today."he said summoning his dagger."Sir, let my men kill her for you."the commander said."Then why are they still staring at me?"he shouted. And then the commander ordere
"You said Artie won the battle right, so where's she? She hasn't returned home yet."father asked with a worried expression on his face after the men had had their tea."Your highness Sir, actually the thing is she asked us to give her some space. She said she wanted to be alone for some time. Maybe that's why she hasn't returned home but everything is just fine, don't worry Sir."one of the men hurried to lie."She wanted some space? I don't think my daughter would use something like that. She might be in danger. Maybe she sent you away because she didn't want to involve you in her personal battles. Something is really fishy here. I need to find out."he said thoughtfully."But sir..."one of the men started."Yes.. tell me please."father paid attention."Your daughter asked us not to tell anyone about the battle. She didn't want to make you worried about anything because she knows she will handle it by herself. You should have some faith in her and let her first her own battles alone. I
"Don't lie to me because I can clearly see it has crossed your mind."I said."If you insist then I will tell you. You see I had become familiar with your presence. Am wondering how will I manage without you but it's okay. As they say that whoever comes must go, your time to leave me has arrived and I can't stop you even when I want to. You have to go."she said as tears rolled down her face."What have you done to yourself. You're crying just like a little baby. Who told you that I would leave you alone, huh? I won't leave you."I was still talking when she cut me off."What do you mean by that? Won't you go back home? Are you staying?"her face was occupied with excitement and confusion at the same time."Of course am not staying but still I won't leave you alone.""You're getting me worried. Tell me directly."she was getting curious."Am taking you along with me. I can't leave you here. You're an old woman what if something happens to you when you're all alone in here?"I pointed."I ha
My heart jumped with joy and happiness after reading the letter. I couldn't wait to see my father again. I couldn't find sleep since my mind was very busy imagining how the surprise would be like..It was approaching to four o'clock in the morning when my heart skipped a beat and my mind went blank. I thought that maybe I was very excited to share the news with the family so I had to wake up and make noise through singing so that everyone's sleep could be interrupted and it really worked. Everybody woke up with a frowned face because they were angry with me at the moment."I have good news for you all.. I meant to say that father has called us all. He said he wants to surprise us."I said with a big smile."What's wrong with you? When did you see him?"Anu couldn't believe."Read this. I don't have to meet up with him in order to communicate with him, we're demons after all."I sighed."Read it for us Anu. Am sure Artie isn't joking about this, right Artie?"Nikki said."It's true Grandpa
"But who had possessed you and why?"Nikki asked."I'll tell you later. What's very important right now is to conduct this ritual and let them inside first."she said."Alright then. But how will you do the ritual when the holy water isn't enough. I meant to say that there are only five Jerry cans of holy water yet they're....."he pointed."I think we'll have to seek help from the witch's tree once again."she looked to be lost in thoughts as she spoke."What are you waiting for then."Mother then tried to summon the witch's tree but in vain. We thought that maybe it was because of our presence and she had to walk away from the crowd but again the tree didn't show up.A minute later, a twig came and fell on my head and turned into a rocket immediately. It was the same rocket that Carlos gave me. I had left it at the ocean bank hoping that he'd one day collect it from there because I had no hopes of seeing him again. Moreso I didn't want to keep it as it would remind me of the best momen
After some time, the other three woke up too. Mani immediately recognized me however his brother Manu just stood there, staring at me as if I was a stranger. "How are you mother."Mani hugged me. I couldn't answer because I was driven away by thoughts and sorrow. "My own son doesn't recognize me?"I breathed deeply before looking him in the eye. "Manu dear, don't you know who I am?"I asked politely. I didn't want to force things."I know you very well. I know how you left dad and I and disappeared. You don't love me at all. Dad might've forgiven you but I... I will never forgive you for neglecting me like that. You're the reason why I went through all this."he said and for a moment my mind went blank. I didn't have what to say to him or how to explain things to him. I just stared at him, speechless."Manu dear, it's not like how you think. Your mother loves both of you equally. I agree she left us but trust me when I say that she did what was right at the moment. She wanted to save y
On opening it, I couldn't stop crying because of what was written there, ' best friends forever'."You'll forever be remembered my dear friend."I said.The girls did their best to put me in good mood but my worry for my family was too much. "Don't worry ma'am, am sure that cousin of yours will help you and very soon your family will come back."Remi comforted."I don't think he'll, after all he's a horrible person. He's a murderer remember and I don't trust him at all."Rema pointed sharply."How can I explain to you that Carlos is only a pure soul and he would never think of killing someone no matter what. He only took the blame for my sake."I thought. "I think we should trust him once, let's see if he can do something good for anyone."I said."As you say madam. And anyway ma'am, do you mind if we call you auntie because to me you're like my real auntie.""Of course I won't mind at all. You're my little angels and angels should only be loved and nothing else. It's okay you can call me
"Why won't you dear?"he asked politely."Because the woman you're going to propose to is already married.""Ohh! You're right about that but you've forgotten that her husband is dead now which makes her single."he lied."Why do I have a feeling that you're lying to us? My mom always said that when someone is telling a lie, he can't look you in the eye and that's what you're doing."one of them pointed. This made me notice something about the two of them, one was introvert and the other was the opposite. She was so talkative I must say."Where's your mom's corpse?"I asked them."We're sorry madam. We conducted the last rituals by ourselves. We knew you were going through a lot that's why we never came to bother you.""I don't believe you, someone else must have helped you because I don't think you could do all that alone.""But we did madam."she said raising a brow."What made you disappear after healing my husband's wound. I didn't understand."I wanted answers to my questions."Am not
"No. I refuse to believe this. My Anu can't be dead. I know you've taken him somewhere. You have to tell me what you've done to him, tell me now."I grabbed his arm with all my strength."What are you doing Artie? I know this is hard for you to believe but am afraid it's the truth... your husband is dead now."he said.I couldn't stop myself but to slap him so hard on his face. "Shut up! Do not say another word about my husband, do you hear me?""I won't say anything if that's what you really want. I think I should leave you and your problems alone because am tired of explaining myself to you that I'm not a bad person and my intentions are good yet no one is willing to believe in me. Am sorry if I troubled you in any way."he said and vanished.At that time I didn't care at all. I was only worried about my family. "Would they come back?"I kept asking myself. All I had to do was to wait for them with hopes that they'd surely come back.Some days elapsed with no sign of their return. As a
Mother had to leave and go back home. "Artie, keep my words in mind."she said before disappearing."This woman also! Why can't see that all this is happening because Anu wanted to keep his powers and this decision of his is stopping my children from coming back to me. I need to do something, but what?"I thought. We couldn't speak to each other for two days although Anu tried to cheer me up sometimes.On the third day of the second week, the old man in my dreams came and appeared before Anu and I. "I've been watching you and I really like your patience. You still have hopes that your sons will come back even after all these days. Wow, keep it up."he said."Who are you?"Anu barked at him."He...is the same old man I told you about.""Old man?""Yes, he's the one who always come in my dreams."I explained. "What brings you here."I asked."I came here to help you after seeing how much you both love your sons."he said smiling."How are you going to help? And who called for your help?"Anu sh
I then took her to where I had left Anu. The moment we came very close to him, I started to see some improvement. "What kind of magic does this girl possess?"I asked myself."Here he is."I said."Oh! He's my uncle."she jumped in excitement after looking at his face."Your uncle? How? I mean do you know him?""Yes, he's the same man in the picture that mom used to show to us. She said we should call him uncle, that's why. Oh, am so happy but..."she couldn't complete."What?"I asked curiously."I don't understand one thing, my mom used to tell us that uncle doesn't have a wife that's why he wanted to marry my mom so how come you're claiming to be his wife?""My worries are slowly coming true, Cucu's blood is haunting us."I breathed deeply. "Well...we married recently, that's why."I lied."Let me heal my uncle first but before that, you need to hide somewhere because my magic can't work when someone is watching me.""Alright then I'll go and hide. You'll call me when you're done, okay?"
It was almost coming to midday and our kids hadn't returned yet, there was no any sign of their return the thing that caused locomotion in my stomach."No, the old man's words shouldn't come true."I prayed inwardly. I was getting worried and restless that I thought of summoning my mother. I felt like sharing the weird dream with her. I knew she could interpret it for me but no... she wasn't allowed to come see me at the moment as only Manu's parents and siblings were accepted."What should I do now."I didn't know that I said it loudly. "What, what do you want to do?"Anu asked."It's nothing."I lied."Still worried about the dream, right?""Ahhh no. I mean am not worried at all."I said giving him a plastic smile. "Am here, nothing is going to happen to our sons I promise. They'll have to come back for us no matter what."he assured.I always loved the courageous version of his. It always got me fall in love with him over and over again. "I love you Mr Anu."I said coming closer to him an