-AMELIA-
Three bodies covered in blood were lying before me I couldn't believe my eyes. Surely this is a dream. Oh I wish it is a dream!! Seeing all the blood and my parents and sister I could feel myself hyperventilating. I can't stand this anymore everything was turning blur and black spots were filling my vision. Everything went black.
I had collapsed...
When I opened my eyes I saw a yellow strip drawn across the hall with bold letters reading 'POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS'. I always wondered whether this strip was necessary but today it reminded me of what I saw! I was still trying to get a hold of the situation. I felt numb all over.
Who and why would they kill my family? Why?
I felt a hand on my shoulders; I turned and looked at Jen through teary eyes. Her eyes were filled with tears, she saw my parents as her own and Sara was also her sister because she didn’t have any. The party and shopping were long forgotten.
"I am sorry Mia. You left your book with me and when i returned to give it to you i saw all this. I called my parents and they called the cops. There’s a bunch of media out there filming everything and they have removed the bodies. Shhh … don’t worry I will be there for you. We will cry together and get past this together. My parents will take care of the formalities." i cried even harder and she hugged me silently crying.
"Madam we would like to speak to you." a police officer, Mr. Jones my dad’s coworker said and i nodded at him. "Mr. Samuel was a very important officer to us and we are sorry for you loss. We have confirmed it was a murder but no one saw anything suspicious in the neighborhood .We are leaving a few policemen here for your protection and will catch those criminals and punish them. "He said quite genuinely and I could see that he was also hurting because my dad was his friend.
“Amelia dear do you know where your father kept those files?”
I shook my head in disagreement. What files?
“We need to look in his study.”
I nodded and opened the door for him and this is when I saw how shattered the place looked. My father was always neat and organized like me then why is this place. I heard Mr. Jones speak to another officer. “This means our suspicions are right , they came for the files.”
“What files are you talking about?” I asked them wanting to know what all this was about.
“Sorry dear we can’t tell you the details.”
“Don’t you think I have the right to know after all I am his daughter? And for heaven’s sake he was just murdered.”
They just looked down ashamed which meant I couldn’t get more information from them. I walked back into the kitchen and saw the batch of freshly made buns and my sister’s plate of unfinished fruits. Probably she went to play with dad, and mom might have scolded her for that. Sara would have probably missed me. I took a small bite of the bun and forcefully pushed it down my throat taking in the last thing my mother made. Jen’s mom held me from behind and hugged me while I whimpered.
“She was a small girl, Laura. She had dreams and big ones. My mom was still growing ….in business. We were going to play monopoly tonight with my dad..... But all that now will remain a dream an impossible dream….”
“Calm down sweetie ….calm down.” She said desperately trying to soothe me but we both knew it wasn’t helping. I wanted to be in my mom’s arms, I wanted Sara to wake me up with water. I wanted dad to take me for ice-cream and discuss my future. I wanted mom to scold me for getting detention but alas no one as there.
I requested Jenny's parents to conduct the funeral immediately, possibly tomorrow itself because I can’t bear the thought of my family lying in the mortuary, cold and alone.
I hardly slept that night. In the morning i wore a simple black dress and attended the funeral which was conducted by pastor riley who himself was in tears. I didn't want to see anyone but for my family's sake i stood silently nodding at all the sympathy. Jenny greeted everyone on my behalf. I was thankful to have her by my side at such a time. I really wasn't paying attention to what they were saying.
All i wanted to do was go home even though that's the last place i wanted to be. I kissed my parents and sister the final goodbye and ran back home.
I reached home tired from all the running; I saw that everything was cleared; it didn't even look like something horrendous took place in this house. I knew that they did that for my sake because I had insisted on staying here. Jenny and her family stayed back for some time and then left. I switched on my phone and saw tons of messages from Derek, friends and relatives all showing their sympathy. I ignored all that and plopped down on the sofa and recalled all that happened in the past 24 hours.
I thought about the lunch I missed, I never knew this would be the last time we would be together. If I knew I wouldn’t have fought with Tania and probably would be dead by now. Did those criminals know that they left one person behind?
I was alone when reality slapped me on the face, I am an orphan, and I no longer have any parents or siblings. I cried and screamed my lungs out. My tears stopped after a long time and there were no more screams to be heard. My throat was hoarse and I had dried tears all over my face. Tired from all the screaming I slowly fell asleep.
"Sissy, help me they are torturing me please help!!!" Sara was screaming I ran towards her but then another voice screamed
“Amelia save your sister. It hurts sweetie but I will always remain with you.”
"Mia don't let them get you run away faster...and keep your promise" and they shot him, my loving father. I couldn't reach him also. My mom laid dead covered in blood, her eyes showed strains of pleading... My sister called again. But I couldn’t reach anyone, I was helpless, my family calling me while I was busy thinking about college and girls party. I finally reached them but it was too late.All I could see was my parents and Sara is body covered in blood
And at that second he appeared..........
-AMELIA-I got up sweating profusely. My heart was beating fast and sweat trailed down my forehead. My back was aching from the uncomfortable position in which I was sleeping on the couch.Thinking of everything that happened in the past days made me cry again.As I brushed my teeth I thought about what happened in my dream and who could have done this. But one thing was for sure I want those criminals to be punished either by me or by the police.Wait what was that arrogant fellow doing in my dreams! He had no connection with this entire scenario then why? Before I could think for an answer there was a knock at the door. I was shivering as i walked towards the door what if the killer has come back realising that he had left one person behind? I was breathing heavily and panicking... I took a knife from the kitchen a
-AMELIA POV-I paced around the room and my hands were shaking. Where was Jenny she said she would come soon? I kept pulling the ends of my hair and fumbled with my t-shirt when the door bell rung. Finally!“Are you okay? Did someone hurt you?” she asked panicking.“Jen calm down I called you to support me and not to panic more.” That made her hit her head and looked at me apologetically.
-AMELIA-I stared into the deep ocean blue eyes thinking how many colors would make such deep color. I was snapped out of my thoughts by a harsh musky voice,“Miss. Wells, I don’t think this is how you treat your guests. Why don’t we continue this conversation inside?” I felt the anger inside me rise, how dare he?“You really think I will let you inside, now don’t you?” I asked with my eyebrows raised. Th
-AMELIA-“Senorita I don’t think you have an upper hand here.” I am not going to back down. I will fight till he agrees.“I will come only if you accept my condition. So if you agree, you have nothing to lose it’s a small condition.”
-AMELIA-I woke up to the sound of my alarm. The thought of Sara not waking me up with water saddened me but I stood up and went to the washroom thinking of ways to irritate Sean so that he gets out of the house. I went near his room to see if he was still sleeping or had already woken up. I slightly opened his door and saw him fixing a punching bag from the ceiling, shirtless. Trying keep his
-AMELIA-It was already evening when we reached the house. Sean went to take a shower because ‘he was feeling dirty after doing menial work’ his words not mine. I went upstairs do complete my assignments since I had to be back at the university tomorrow. I heard the door open and close downstairs, looks like someone got bored sitting in the house. After reading and still not getting what was taught the other day I finally called Derek for help.
-SEAN-The guilt was killing me. I never wanted to kill anyone and seeing that angel face with red puffy eyes I was feeling things worse than guilt. But I am sure if I don't follow orders then I will have to lose the one thing I care about most. Damn that woman! She knew how to irritate me but she should also know that I am not leaving her soon. To say she was really cute even when she glared at me and had a mischievous smile while feeding me those dea
-AMELIA-What is wrong with this man? Is he bipolar or something? First he saves me from those men and then helps me with my wound and then all of a sudden becomes rude. I was thinking about this when I entered Sara’s room. I looked around the pink walls and her favorite teddy sitting on her bed. I went and took Mr. Red and hugged him close to me. Sara had named him Mr. Red because of his red color and I remember making fun of her for not coming up with a better name. “Sean your troubles have jus