I woke up with a scream, I just had a really scary nightmare. Darrell burst into the room, probably because he heard my scream and enveloped me in a warm hug. He didn't even ask me anything, he just straight away hugged me, he's a nice guy, I love him so much 😘❤.
With Darrell's warm hug and my nightmare, I started to cry and he just cooed and rubbed my back.
"I.. I... I had this horrible nightmare. My sister... my sister... she... Susannah... Suzy... she was.. she was brutally... brutally murdered... her heart was ripped out of her chest... and my dad went into shock... she was killed... Suzy was killed by some psychopath in my dream... the police came to tell me at work... I broke down in tears... It was so horrible, and to make matters worse it felt so real. I... I need to call her and make sure she's okay, her baby too" I hiccuped.
I expected Darrell to tell me it was just a terrible dream and hand me my phone but he did nothing of the sort, he just sighed.
"Mars... It happened... It wasn't a dream" He said.
"No! No! It was just a really scary nightmare. It has to have been" I said with a shaky voice.
Darrell shaked his head and I knew it was real, he wouldn't lie to me, he was all about honesty, he never lied. He hugged me tighter as I hiccuped, the tears weren't coming, probably because I cried a lot yesterday.
"What about her baby? My sister's son, Jake, where's he?" I said having an epiphany.
"He's with his nanny, you want to take him?" Darrell said.
"Yeah, he should be with me, that's the least I can do after all Suzy has done for me" I said.
"That's fine, I'll grab him, would you like to go with me" Darrell said.
"Yeah, I'll come" I replied.
The ride to Jake's nanny was unusually quiet, Darrell would usually be cracking some jokes or playing a game with me but he knew better than to try to make me laugh or smile at the moment, I needed none of that, all I wanted was some peace and quiet which he nicely provided.
We highlighted the car and went to the house, it was a quaint house which seemed kinda homely. When the nanny got to the door and saw my face she broke into tears before ushering is in, she looked like a nice old lady.
"You're here for little Jake, right?" She said.
"Yes" I replied.
"He's sleeping, I'll be a second, let me grab him and his stuff" She said then went inside.
She reappeared in no time carrying Jake in a car seat in one hand and a bag, most likely containing his stuff, in the other. She handed the bag over to Darrell and gave me Jake. With a sigh, she bid us goodbye.
The journey back home was quiet, of course with the exception of Jake's cooes. The thought that he was just an eight month old baby and had lost both parents made me want to cry, he was so young yet was an orphan, but I couldn't I was out of tears.
His dad died when he was two months old, a stray bullet killed him. It broke Suzy's heart, they had gotten married just two weeks before he died, but she tried to move past it and give Jake the best, even though she didn't have much.
And now, at eight months, he lost his mother. He lost both parents without any memory of them both, he couldn't possibly remember his father or mother, he's too young. He would grow up with stories of them never truly knowing how his parents were. He's now stuck with an aunt who's barely holding on to herself, yes she's got a networth of ten figures but she's still barely hanging on to herself, Suzy died way too early.
"Darrell" I called.
"Yes Mars" He replied, with eyes glued on the road.
"How did Suzy die, I didn't exactly hear what the police said" I told him.
"They found her and her boyfriend dead beside his car on a highway. Her heart was ripped by her chest, was squished and placed on the floor while her boyfriend had several lacerations on his body, he bleed out. They found them after someone reported to the police. They said it was a werewolf, the way her heart was ripped out, that only a werewolf could have done that. They also mentioned that they've asked for a wolf to track the scent of the wolf who did it, it'll be out in two or three days" He said.
Wolves generally didn't mix with us humans so on what basis could that wolf have done this. Suzy had done nothing to any one, she didn't associate much with people so what reason could this wolf have had, to kill my sister, to kill a mother, none, for the thrill of killing they were savage beasts afterall.
At that point, I didn't care about the law. The moment the police catches that wolf, I'll kill it with my two hands. I don't care if I'll be sent to jail. I'll pull every string I can and kill that despicable wolf, that's a promise.
In no time we got home and I carried Jake out of the car. He was familar with me so he didn't cry or anything.
I didn't think about where I'd place him when I took him from his nanny, I couldn't have him sleep in a car seat, I'm so stupid. Why didn't I make preparations for him.
"I'll be back soon, Mars. I'm going to grab some stuff Jake'll need, see you later" Darrell said, with a kiss on my forehead, as I'm thinking of what to do.
I nodded at him with thankful eys and went inside the house with Jake.