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ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟚𝟘

Night at 3 a.m

The blazing fire appeared before me suddenly, wha- what's going on? Isn't that my house? Oh no, no, no. I started running towards it, I have to save her, I must! I kept running and running but I could never reach it, even though it is quite close to me. What the hell? 

"Vivian," A soft voice spoke behind me.

I whipped my head around to see her, mom. She is in her work clothes, the same as when she came home from work on that day. But her face, her face is charred, only her eyes are visible.

"Why didn't you come? why didn't you save me?" Her voice vibrated in my ear in an eerie tone, making me shiver.

"Mom, mom please listen to me! I shouldn't have let him in. I'm sorry," Tears rolled down my eyes, and I got down on my knees.

"You killed me," She whispered and then loudly screamed, making me hunch and quiver in fear.

I woke up, cheeks wet from crying and something, or someone squeezing my hands tightly.

" Heyy, it's okay. You're okay," He whispered in my ear, drawing circles at the back of my hand.

"Armando? what are you doing here?" I asked surprised and got up.

"I heard you crying, so I came immediately. Wait, I'll get you water," He got up from the bed and poured me a glass of water, and gave it to me.

"Do you often have nightmares?" He asked in a soft tone as if trying not to scare me. I sipped and hummed in response.

He just sat there and had a complacent look on his face, maybe thinking 'why hadn't I noticed before?' but I'm, most of the time, good at hiding my emotions. That was before I met them that is, the moment I feel like crying, I do. Without even caring about what will happen after. All the walls break down in front of them and I guess I like that, I don't have to hide my emotions.

"It's okay, they'll go away eventually," I tried to reassure him, but he still had that look on his face. He doesn't trust me, huh?

"Come down to have breakfast," He told me before he closed the doors to the room.

I sat on the bed, still sipping water, why do I still have those nightmares? If mom were here, then she would just tell me to move on and not look back. But it was my fault as well, not it was totally my fault. When he knocked on the door and told me that he was mom's colleague, I shouldn't have believed him. She owns a cafe, and except for Darcy, the waiter, she has no other colleagues. Why did I have to be so stupid at that moment? 

I got up from the bed and stretched, uhh, who changed my clothes? Probably the maid, I guess.

I messaged Elora and we chatted for some time, and yeah she is a morning person. Which annoys me a lot since she texts me at 6 a.m. 

6 a.m in the damn morning.

I switched off the phone and opened the door, the sound of feet shuffling could be heard from downstairs. Maybe it's Alex, he literally stomps his feet when he walks. I chuckle as I walk past the theatre room. I thought for a while and went inside the room with the phone in my hands.

I opened mom's google account and logged into it, I opened the gallery. It was filled with pictures of me and her. I cracked a little smile and connected it to the big screen. 

The first one is the last video that we took, it was a small party that we had in the cafe. A little cake in the center with mom, Darcy, and me with Chrissy on the side. We had a party for no reason at all. It was none of our birthdays, we just wanted to have fun.