Her.
“Finally,” I croaked. I urged my feet to move toward her, but they seemed to be frozen in place by the early autumnal frost. I had been waiting for her for 15 years. “Mom!” I shouted hysterically, waving my hands like a mad-woman. She continued to walk away from me with her head bowed against the frigid, salty air from above the sea.
I writhed in place trying to rid myself of my invisible captor as she walked adamantly toward Luna General Hospital. Her heavy coat slid from her shoulders and exposed two infants with thick black hair. Just like mine. She quickly recovered the babies and continued without missing a beat. She laid the children in front of the locked doors and stepped away as the moonlight coated her face, giving it a beautifully ominous light. She took a small box from her pocket and placed it in the baby boy’s blue cover making sure to conceal it from wandering eyes. She removed a silver necklace from around her neck and put it on the little girl where it shimmered; a light in the darkness.
“Stay safe my beloveds.” she whispered, kissing them lightly on the forehead. She scurried into the ominous forest never to be seen by me again. I fell to my knees, gladdened that I could move, but tormented by the fact that she had left me yet again. I sobbed for what felt like hours, but when I quieted I gathered up my dignity, wiped off the dirt from the road and started on my way home. I was only a yard away from where I started when someone spun me around abruptly.
Her gentle features and small figure screamed nurturer. She held her arms open, daring me to trust her. “Mom, you came back for me.” I fell into her embrace, but instead of being warm and comfortable like any mothers' hugs should be it felt cold and hard; a brick wall. I pulled away, my eyebrows scrunching in confusion.
“What’s wrong Asha?” She cackled maniacally. “You were never worthy of my love. I didn’t love you or your brother.” She said gesturing toward the babies on the hospital step. “You were a burden on my life. I’m glad I abandoned you.”
She grabbed my arms and shook me back and forth with otherworldly strength as she continued to laugh. I cried out in pain when my head snapped forward then back again, and my hair lashed my face leaving throbbing welts in its wake. An earth-shattering screech clawed its way out of my mouth when she slammed me on the ground; small rocks embedding themselves in my flesh. I whimpered when she left again, begging for her, not caring that she didn’t love me and never had. I shrieked when I shot up in bed a thin layer of sweat covering my body.
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