did you ever experienced baby sitting? how hard it is and how big a responsibility it is as a job? well, some of you may never know. but for some who may have experienced it, then you can relate to my story.
I was hired by a busy parents to look after her son, which was a 5 year old. they said they will give me a salary of 2500 pesos each day just to take care of their son and send him off to school. I was shocked, knowing that the income is too good to be true, but from my state, I guess it's not bad to try it since I need great money to fund my tuition. I am a graduating college student from the university of perpetual help, I really like kids and that's what I think supported my plan on being a baby sitter.
and there was the time were I have to face my job. the funny thing is, I'm facing a cute 5 year old child which I suppose I wouldn't have any problems with and whom I should take to school. "well, I guess it won't be that bad, its easy money" I thought happily. his parents went away for their work, and there we were, standing, facing each other not making any move. then it went ackward for me and I thought about breaking the gloomy mood that is surrounding us. "off to school shall we?" I said to the child. but he did not make any movement. he just was just staring at me like I was a bag of air talking. "what's your name?" I asked with enthusiasm. he did not make any rensponse hence he just went to the garage sat at the passenger's seat staring at the windshield of the car and waited for me to come. "what a strange kid" I said.
after that weird moment we drive silence to the school for his first day of school. I saw his ID, his name was horace, we walked towards the hallway of the school and noticed something strange, everybody was staring at me, like they were seeing through my soul, every persons eyes, on every corner, watching every move I do, I thought to myself "what's wrong? why is everything feel so weird, feel so bad?" and when we reached the front door of horace's room. I felt a sudden pain in my head, like it is being crushed as if someone is carving through my brains. and the child stopped walking "horace, what's wrong?" I asked, even though I could not bear the pain. and I noticed horace's eyes. they were pitched black and horrifying. I then noticed his whole face, the adorable little 5 year old boy I once saw was gone. all I am seeing is a bloody face of an obviously dead child. "don't hurt me" a horrifying voice I heard, close to the child. but his lips were not moving. I don't know what is happening right now. all I thought about was "run! you should run!" but no. I can't, the child is still holding my hands since when we were walking at the hall way. but this time. the grip is getting really really hard. it feels so painful. I think it's crushing my bone. "let go!" I shouted. but he still repeating the words "don't hurt me" over and over again. I held the arm of the kid and force it to let go, but his strength was extraordinary. I don't know what to do. I screamed so loud but no one heard. and in just a split second, I felt the darkness succumbed me. it feels like there was a black hole on the ground that is slowly sucking me in until I fell out of consciousness.
at this moment, I can see myself walking, walking towards the light, until I saw a child, all alone, weeping and crying, as I went closer to the child, I saw a familiar face. it was horace, right at this very moment, I knew I was dreaming, I approached him and asked him why he was crying. he told me the whole story.
I woke up in the next morning lying on a hospital bed, syringe stuck in my arm connected to a dextrose, i asked myself, "was I just dreaming?" but then, I realized what happened, my tears started to pour I started to cry out of trauma because of the horrifying incident, my brother that is sleeping on the couch of the private hospital room woke up and told me everything. he said some construction workers saw me walking towards an abandoned school. "they said you were grinnng and laughing all by yourself, and they noticed that you are holding an invisible dog because they saw your arms low and like holding a leash of a dog." fell shock. base from what I heard, I I was doing crazy things unconsciously. but how. I was being eaten by questions when I suddenly remembered my dream. without a second thought I rushed to the house where I applied for the babysitting job, I just told my brother that it is very important to go there and my brother insist on driving me to my destination.
and there we were standing at the front of an abandoned house which should be a house of a busy parents and a 5 year old child, it was cramped, windows shattered, broke roof, and the grass are tall, and as if decades have past when a family lived there. I decided to not let my brother join in my own problem and persuade him on looking over for the car. I continue on going inside, stepping on the pavement on the front door thas has grass in it, proceeded on going inside. and there I saw a family picture. it is the parents of horace carrying him. the 5 year old kid I was babysitting. it was him. and this familiar house was the exact house I entered when I got the job.
the dream. it was about the regret of the child. about his parent's accident on their way to their business trip out of town. they hired a babysitter back then to look after their 5 year old son and they never gotten back. the babysitter abused the child and accidentally killed him and buried him behind the house. he never had a proper burial and seeking revenge on babysitters. I planned on getting the child a proper burial, I feel a sudden pain inside my head but still, I proceeded on walking out the door. I saw my brother and noticed a familiar shadow behind him, he is looking at me grinning and smiling.
