DREAM

I WENT BACK IN TIME SORT OF, I THINK.
I WAS BACK AT MY FATHERS OTHER HOUSE JUST OF TOWN.
DAD WAS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND BUT THERE WAS THIS CURIOUS SLIGHTLY SINISTER WOMAN LIVING WITH ME IN THE HOUSE. I SEEMED TO BE IN THE FRONT YARD HIGH UP ALMOST LIKE I MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE TREES, BUT SOMEHOW IT ALSO FELT LIKE I WAS ON SOME SORT OF STAIR CASE.
I SAW A BOMB OF A CAR PULL INTO THE DRIVE WAY WITH THREE PEOPLE IN IT AND WHEN THEY STOPPED NEAR THE HOUSE AND GOT OUT A FEELING WITHIN ME SAID SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
I WATCHED THE LADY LIVING WITH ME APPROACH THE CAR AND SPEAK WITH THE 3 MEN AND MY SENSES WERE TROUBLED BUT BEING UNABLE TO TALK TO HER, I JUST WATCHED.
SHE TURNED TO MY DIRECTION AND STARTED WALKING TOWARD MY PLACE IN THE FRONT YARD. AT THIS TIME IT DID SEEM THAT SHE WAS WALKING UP STAIRS TO REACH ME. SHE WAS SORT OF SMILING BUT TURNING HER HEAD AS TO CONCEAL IT FROM THE MEN. WHEN SHE REACHED ME SHE GINGERLY TOLD ME WITH CONTROLLED EXCITEMENT THAT THEY MIGHT TAKE ONE OF THE ROOMS AND IT DAWNED ON ME THAT WE MUST HAVE BEEN IN NEED OF MONEY.
IN A SPLIT SECOND I WAS IN THE LAUNDRY OF THE HOUSE WITH THE WOMAN AND THE 3 MEN. A SENSE OF FORBOADING FILLED ME WITH DRED AND THE MEN COULD SEE THAT I WAS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THEIR PRESENCE. AS I WENT TO TELL THE WOMAN OF MY FEARS, THE MEN TO MY HORROR PULLED OUT A GUN AND SHOT THE WOMAN DEAD.
I RAN AS FAST AS I COULD OUT OF THE HOUSE AND MADE IT UNHARMED TO THE BLOCK OF LAND NEXT DOOR. I HID IN THE GRASS AND LOOKED BACK AT THE HOUSE AND SLOWLY WHILE CROUCHED DOWN MADE MY WAY TOWARD THE ROAD . WHEN I TURNED TOWARD THE DIRECTION OF THE HOUSE, I SAW THE MEN WALKING TOWARD ME AND BEFORE I COULD TURN TO RUN THEY STARTED SHOOTING AT ME. I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A MACHINE GUN AND COULD SENSE I MAY NOT GET AWAY THIS TIME. I FELT NO PAIN AS I FELL TO THE GROUND, BUT MY MIND WAS AWASH WITH THOUGHTS OF ALL THE OTHER PLACES I COULD HAVE EMERGED FROM THE BUSHES AND THE LOST CHOICES I WISHED I HAD.
(C) Copyright . Robyn Whittaker 2007