Braindead

Chapter 13: my mothers side of the story

As I expected, she chases after me. I ignore her and keep walking.
"Wait! Emily!" She screams, panting. "Let me explain!"
"I gave you you're chance." I reply, still walking.
She catches up to me and grabs my shoulder, spinning me around.
"I love you." She says, a sympathetic look in her eyes. False, probably.
"Save it." I snap, turning away again.
"I'm the reason you're still not Braindead!" She screams, stopping. Stopping me, too. I turn around.
"What?" I ask.
"I found out after someone else had their operation that if it happens early, it doesn't work. But I couldn't let your father know that, or he'd find a way to change things. So, I played along. That way some people wouldn't suffer the change, and I could look after you! I would make you hate me during the day to make you a trouble maker so when you got older you would be turned early. And you wouldn't go Braindead. But I told you I was sorry and that I loved you every night when you were asleep because I felt awful." She has tears in her eyes now.
She run towards me and squeezes me until I can't breathe.
"But, I didn't hate you."
"I thought you'd hate me for giving you away."
"I thought you didn't have a choice."
"I'm sorry."
I walk up to her and look her in the eyes. "I will try to forgive you for what you did. No promises."
"Oh, Emily. How long I've been looking for you." She whispers. "But you're father would never tell me where you were. He hid you from me, for five years."
"Torturing me." I add.
"What?" She genuinely  looks surprised.
"You didn't know?"
"Know what?" She asks.
"He tortured me. He whipped me, he tied me up, he gagged me and he installed a torture device in the punishment room for me."
I see her face light up with rage at the words and sadness at my tears that now stream down my checks at the memory.
"I didn't know..." She cries. " I DIDN'T KNOW!"
She begins bawling her eyes out and I hug her.
"Don't worry Em, I'll kill him."
"What?" I shout.
"I'll kill him! I'll kill my husband! I'll kill your dad! I'll kill him for what he did to you!"
And with that, she stomps down the corridor towards my fathers office.

Sorry for the short chapter!
Peace,
A sweet,
And chickens feet.
Thanks to the moon and back!
Xxx