"Shh, listen to the sound of my voice…. Don't be scared, I'm here"
"Where are you taking me" Mia asked,
"You'll see, just follow the sound of my voice…. Why'd you stop? Keep walking" the voice asked when she noticed Mia stopped walking,
"But it's pitch black ahead" Mia responded as she got in front of a corridor which led to complete darkness,
"Shh, follow the sound of my voice and you'll be fine" comforted the voice,
"But…."
"Don't you trust me?" the voice cut in,
"I do"
"Then just follow the sound of my voice" Mia hesitated for two more minutes before walking into the dark corridor, she had no idea what was in it or what could come at her at any moment but she decided to trust the voice,
"That's it, you're almost there…. Just a little more…. Yes…. Yes…. We're here" the voice said and laughed loudly,
"But I can't see anything, where is here, where have you brought me?" Mia asked panicked next thing, she was falling, she screamed at the top of her lungs because she still couldn't see anything, suddenly the whole place became bright, so bright the light almost blinded her even when she closed her eyes and shielded it with her hands, the light became calm and Mia's sight was now stable, she looked around to observe her surrounding and found she was falling from the sky into the ocean. A big fish then appeared with it's mouth wide opened, waiting for her to fall right in, Mia screamed so hard, her heart pounding in her chest then she felt a sudden sharp pain in her chest, she could feel get ripped out her chest and it began to fall, she watched her heart fall into the fishes' mouth, her head began to throb, I was like her brain was enlarging, blood poured out of her chest as her sight became blurry, she heard a sinister laugh and passed out. Mia jerked out of bed breathing heavily and sweating, she went into the bathroom to wash her face and looked at her reflection for some time before she went back to her room, it 2am in the morning but she was too scared to go back to bed, she drank a cup of water then decided to go out to the balcony for a while, she began to recall the dream and tried to make sense of it,
"(shakes head violently) it was just a nightmare Mia, nothing more, I'll go back to bed now" she said heading back to her room.
*****
"I'm sorry mom I didn't mean for things to end up like this, please forgive me" Kenzie said on knees,
"Get out of my face Kenzie, I don't want to see you"
"But I'm sorry"
"You're sorry?" Mrs. Penny asked as she slapped Kenzie,
"Mrs. Emily told me but I didn't listen, I thought I raised a sensible child, I thought I had a reasonable and decent child but I was wrong, I doubted her ad worst part of it all, you humiliated me Kenzie, my name is all over the news, you've dragged my name into the mud, I can't go outside because of the shame you've brought upon me. You knew you were guilty yet you went ahead and filed a report, I trusted you with everything thing in me Kenzie, I thought you were a victim but…. But I was wrong. Just get out of my sight, I don't want to hear you or see you or even smell you just get lost, out of my sight but make sure you don't leave this house cuss you're grounded" Mrs. penny said then dashed out of the sitting room, Kenzie sat on the floor crying and regretting her actions but it was too late now, the events can't be undone,
"And just so you'd know, you're keeping that thing growing inside of you, today marks the end of your education cuss I won't let you into my school, if you still want to go to school then work for it, since you're old enough to be a mother then you're old enough to make your own money" Mrs. Penny said then walked out,
"What have I done?" Kenzie said sobbing.
Mrs. Penny locked herself in her room, she was frustrated,
"Why mother, why!" she yelled crying,
"Why did you do this to me (sobs) she's my only child, making me barren was enough you didn't have to go as far as cursing my generation (sobs harder) the only child I have, no this must end here, this curse cannot continue" she got up from the floor and went back to the sitting room,
"Get up and follow me" she said as she grabbed her car keys from the table, Kenzie listened to her mother and followed her, Mrs. Penny drove to the hospital,
"What are we doing here mom?"
"You'll find out soon enough" Mrs. Penny replied, Kenzie became scared cuss she had a feeling she was going to lose the child, they went up to the top floor where their family doctor's office is located,
Knock Knock
"Come in" said Dr. Browne,
"Mrs. Penny, I wasn't expecting you till next week" the doctor said scanning through his file,
"I know but this is urgent" she said pushing Kenzie to the floor,
"I need you to remove that thing that's growing inside her"
"What!" both Kenzie and the doctor exclaimed,
"You heard me"
"But it's risky, she might lose her womb or her life"
"Exactly what I want, kill both of them" Kenzie stared at the woman she called her mother in disbelief,
"Mom I'm Kenzie your daughter" Kenzie said crying,
"And I am Penny, your mother" Mrs. Penny responded,
"Do your job Dr. Browne or else" Mrs. Penny threatened glaring at Dr. Browne,
"I will definitely do it, I just wanted to be sure you knew what you wanted" Dr. Browne replied as she got up from her seat,
"Good, Kenzie getup and follow her" Mrs. Penny ordered,
"Mom I'm sorry please don't do this" Kenzie pleaded as Dr. Browne began to drag her out her office,
"I've already done it, going against my mother and getting pregnant for you did it all, I can't let the curse my mother placed on us to go on through our generation" Mrs. Penny said, Kenzie became calm and willingly followed Dr. Browne, her mind was clouded with thoughts and tried to make sense of what her mother said but couldn't.
Dr. Browne returned to her office after an hour of struggle with Kenzie, she wanted to inform Mrs. Penny that Kenzie died while they were getting rid of the fetus but was terrified by what she saw, Mrs. Penny's head was laying on her table with her lifeless body lay on the ground with a knife beside it,
"Ahhhhhhh".