Eric clocked a month in the new house we bought after relocating to Ohio. We adjusted to our new community and started a new life, leaving the awful past behind us.
My family would always try their best not to make me think about what had happened, they didn't need to say it, but I knew, and that encouraged me to live my life daily more enthusiastically, so they would also be happy.
And a Night, Four Men raided our house, tied both my parents and my grandfather around the legs of the dining table, and left them there whimpering and begging to take whatever they wanted and leave us alone, but apparently, they weren't petty thieves. They came for my baby.
"Please. I will do anything you ask me. Just don't take him away from me. I beg you..."
I pleaded endlessly as the rough-looking Man collected Eric from my embrace. I crawled after him, cried and begged, but when he had enough of me, he grabbed my shoulders and stabbed me in the tummy, and I felt a sharp excruciating pain afterward, he then gave a hard punch to my face and held my hair roughly, and for the first time, he spoke through his mask.
"You could have done something when there was still time. Just know. we didn't kill your family. You did"
He flung my head off, and I felt the warmth of the blood oozing out of my head after it hit the floor.
The rough-looking Man gave Eric to another Man who went out immediately with the other two Men who had poured petrol around the interiors of the house.
He then got on top of my sister, and no matter how she struggled to kick him off, he knocked her down easily and started raping her violently, the painful scream of Ivy filled my ears. I tried mustering up the strength to push the Man off her, but the whole of my body was paralyzed from the Stab. I was unable to help my sister in her desperate moment, and It shattered my heart watching the man force himself into her. I will never forgive myself for this. I did this to her.
When he had finished, he tied I and Ivy to the other side of the table, and he got out of the house.
A few minutes after they all left, the house was set on fire, we all struggled to wriggle our hands out of the strong grip of the ropes, but before we could accomplish it, we all choked from the gas of the fire, there was no escape, the fire already filled the whole house. There were only screams and tears as we observed our last moment.
"Eric. I am so sorry. Mother wasn't able to protect you." I said as I gave up my life to the flames.
*BACK TO THE PRESENT*
I feel hot liquid crawl down my eyes as the painful memories all flood back.
The painful emotions I felt at the last moment all followed me back to reality, and it triggered my whole body to start acting up uncontrollably.
"Prepare the CPR! NOW!!!" A voice shouted.
My heart starts pounding so fast, and I feel life slipping out of me.
All of a sudden, I feel a hot sensation press down my chest, causing me to jolt up.
And right there, at the foot of the bed, I see a man dressed in black. He is the only person I can make out clearly in the room"
"Your time is up, don't fight it," The Man in black says
"No!...No.." I screamed in my head
"If I must go, then they shall all come with me. They must all pay for what they did to me and my family "
Again, I felt something hot pressed on my chest and I bumped up once more.
"You have to go. Your time is up" The voice commanded.
"Please give me one last chance, Please. I just need more time, and I promise when the time comes, I won't hesitate to go with you."
And suddenly, the shaking stops. No more voices, and no more struggle as I submit my body to rest.