Crimson - Scene 2A Chapter by ApKWritesWaltham Cross - North London She puts the shopping on the porch and reaches for the sliding door. She steps in and unlocks the wooden door, shoves an old magazine underneath as a door stop and goes back outside to fetch the shopping. The house is dark " all the curtains drawn and shutters pulled down " and even though it’s still bright outside, the living room is covered in pitch black! “Liam?” she turns the light switch on, “Liam, are you in here? Where’s your dad? Liam..?” she repeats in a soft but trembling voice and the slim figure of a child, not older than five or six years old, pokes out from underneath the big dining table at the far right corner of the room. He slowly puts his head out first, looking scared and as soon as she sees him, she runs to him and puts him in her arms and squeezes him gently “Did it happen again?” she whispers. “Don’t worry baby! Mommy’s here now…Where’s your dad?” He puts his arms around her and clutches as hard as he can. His voice shaking and words barely coming out of his mouth “He’s upstairs….sleeping and he said…he said not to wake him up” She picks him up and gently sits him on a chair, then she picks up the shopping “Does my baby want some peanut butter sandwich?” she asks smiling and he nods his head in excitement.
She knows that he feels safe when she’s around; somehow, she always made things better; she always protects him from the bad shadows and the boogies in the closet and she knows that when she’s away he is afraid of the shadows. He gets up and runs after her into the kitchen, smiling. He pulls the stool, from under the counter, in front of the sink, stands on it, grabs his plastic cup and fills it with water and then downs it. “Mommy…” he whispers “Yes, baby?” “Why is daddy’s shadow chasing me every time he goes to sleep?” he asks and his mother’s smiling facial expression changes instantly. She leaves the sandwich half-finished on the
counter, approaches her son and kneels in front of him. Her sad eyes, dark as
they can be but full of compassion and love, she forces a smile to show “I wish I knew baby…but don’t you worry! Mommy will always protect you, ok?” she gives him a kiss on the forehead and goes back to finishing the sandwich. © 2015 ApKWritesAuthor's Note
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StatsAuthorApKWritesLondon, United KingdomAboutStories popped in my mind since I was a child. Sometimes short, brief passages, sometimes just ideas of an event and some other times a full length scenario, so I started noting them down bit by bit... more..Writing
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