It was Wednesday, I had a class today. It was never my style to be absent from classes since the first month. Luckily, the class started at 15:40 and this teacher was 10 minutes late for his lessons. My brother and I had spent the night at the hospital with my father. I woke up when the nurses entered the room, and I hadn't had a good sleep all night anyway. Because every hour the nurses would check on my father and ask us for a report to see if we heard any noises in his sleep. At least my father hadn't gotten worse while he was sleeping, which was a good thing. I wasn't going to go with my mind on him.
I picked up my phone to check the time. Since I forgot to charge my phone when I went to bed, my battery was very low, I was angry with myself, but there was nothing I could do right now. It was 9:15 in the morning. My brother was sleeping, I nudged him to let him know I was going:
-Hey! Wake up.
-What happened Amelia? Is my father okay?
-He's fine, I have class today, I have to go.
-Okay, if there's a problem, I'll call you.
I got up, grabbed my bag and left the hospital. I got in the car, turned on the music in the back. I tried to choose a more cheerful song to cheer myself up a bit. I set off with Frank Sinatra's song "Something Stupid".
5.37 hours later
I got home, it was almost 3 in the afternoon. I went home and quickly changed my clothes, put on my make-up and left the house. I panicked a little when I put my phone on airplane mode last night, if Alex wanted to reach me, she couldn't. I immediately took my phone off airplane mode, yes, she had tried to reach me. 11 missed calls from Alex and 2 missed calls from Joseph. In addition to these, I had 53 new messages. I called Alex first, he answered after 2 rings:
-Amelia, are you okay? I was so worried!
-Don't worry, my dad and I are fine.
-Why didn't you answer my calls?
-I had put my phone on airplane mode towards evening, I apologize. I worried you too.
-I was worried, yes. But I'm glad you're fine. Are you coming to class today?
-Yes, I will, I came home and I'm leaving now.
-Okay, I'm glad. Why didn't you stay with your dad longer.
-He didn't want me there anyway, and I didn't want to be absent from the first month?
-Why wouldn't he want you there?
-That's a long story, the short of it is that he doesn't like me at all and doesn't see me as his child.
After saying that, I hung up. I didn't want to talk about this and get on my nerves even more. I picked up the phone again and this time I called Joseph, and he answered on the 5th ring:
-Amelia, how are you? I heard the news from Alex yesterday. I called you but I couldn't reach you.
-Yes, because my phone was on airplane mode.
-I understand, are you okay?
-I'm fine, no need to worry. Our twins are fine.
-Okay then, you probably won't be coming to school today.
-No, I'm coming, I'm at home, I'll leave now.
-Why, wouldn't it be better for both of you to spend more time with your father?
-The further away he is from me, the better it will be.
I hung up just as Joseph was about to say something. Same thing again, I really don't want to talk about this right now. I picked up the phone again, this time to check the time. It was 15:10. I figured I'd be there just in time for class. I left the house, got in my car and started driving.
32 minutes later
I had arrived at the faculty, Alex came to me as soon as I entered the classroom. After the conversations on the phone happened again, we stopped talking when the professor entered the classroom. The professor started teaching the lesson as soon as he entered. I couldn't focus, my mind kept going back to my father. While I was thinking about my father, it suddenly came to my mind that Alex and Joseph had gone shopping together yesterday. I had completely jinxed my father and I was trying hard not to lose myself in jealousy. No matter how much I loved Alex, such a situation was so serious that it would really kill me and stab my chest with pain. I wanted to kill Alex and make her regret starting her life. I wonder what would happen if I killed her in the school toilet and blamed someone else? No, it wouldn't happen, the risk of getting caught is incredibly high in this situation. It would be better to wait a little longer. I could make a more perfect plan. I needed to calm down, get to know Alex better, get a little more information about her routine life. I was so lost in thought that Alex asked, "Are you okay?" in a worried tone. What was I thinking about, I couldn't believe it for a moment. While she was worrying about me, I was making a plan to kill her. I know I'm really a psychopath, but this was too much, even for me. I smiled at Alex and said, "I'm okay, I just thought about my father."
- Naturally, I wish you had stayed with him for one more day.
- As I said, let alone wanting me with him, he hates me because I breathe the same air as him.
- I don't bite like that, he probably treats you like that, but after all, you are his child, Amelia.
-The happiest I can make him happy is by dying.
After saying that, I noticed the professor was looking at us and I made a hush sign to Alex.
2 hours later
The lesson was over, it was almost 18:00. Alex and Joseph offered to sit at a cafe and chat, I didn't accept. I wanted to go home, rest and sleep. I couldn't get a good night's sleep anyway, and I was also feeling quite exhausted from what had happened. I left them and got in my car. When I started driving home, I remembered that I had left Alex and Joseph alone again. This time I was angry with myself, if you don't want to, why don't you sit with them? But this time I held myself back and said, "No, we're not killing Alex. She's a good person." and tried to console myself.
I got home about 30 minutes later. I went home, changed my clothes, and after cleaning my make-up, I went to the kitchen and poured myself some wine. I went to the living room and turned on the news. They had just noticed that the man I killed last week was missing and had just put an ad on the news. I laughed out loud when I saw this. You really can't be a man who is considered so insignificant, I said to myself. Then I turned off the TV and put on some music. I fell asleep while sipping my wine.