Chapter 2
- What happened? Why do you seem frightened?
- "It's nothing." I said, hugging her tight. I think I'm hallucinating.
- Hallucinating? What are you saying
- Yes hallucinating. So what do you hallucinate?
- It's nothing second mom.
- Are you set for today's lesson?
- Yes I am. I'll come downstairs straight away. I need to adjust myself.
- Okay, alright.
- ******
- So what did I teach you yesterday? She asked and I told her.
- She smiled at me. "I thought you won't remember."
- Bring out your chemistry textbook we are starting from there.
- Okay.
- Throughout the lesson I kept thinking about the guy.
- Firstly, his image came to mind and I can't help but think about him now I can't get him off my mind.
- Kathy what are you thinking? What's in your mind you're distracted.
- It's nothing.
- ****
- Mum.
- What is a child?
- I saw a guy and the look he gave me was scary.
- A guy? What does he look like? Did he have this kind of green eyes.? "She said, having this worried look on her face.
- Yes mum, do you know him?
- Kathy we have to leave here! It's not safe for us anymore. "She said with this scary look on her face."
- Mum, mum. Wait, calm down.
- Mum! "I yelled when she wouldn't calm down and wouldn't stop running around like a chicken."
- Kathy, you know what.. we have to pack and leave here okay?
- "I blinked." But why mom?
- Where are we going?
- We have to live in the city. It's going to be safe for us there.
- Living here is dangerous.
- Mum, we have been living here for the past 18 years!
- And all of a sudden you want us to Leave just like that?
- I was supposed to be happy, happy that I am going to see the outer world. "But I am not."
- But I can't find a bit of happiness within me. This place is part of me.
- Am afraid of what the world there is going to look like.
- I don't have friends. I know nothing about the world there except what I see in movies.
- How am I going to cope?
- You know what? Mum is not leaving.
- Kathy! We must leave!
- "She yelled angrily at me with this scared look."
- "Ok mum" I said feeling so down.
- But what about dad? Where are we going?
- "I said, picking up my clothes inside a bag."
- "No reply"
- Mum, does this even make sense to you? Where are we even going to!
- Me and your dad have a plan okay?
- Mum, do you have something you are not telling me? "We are going to tell you later when it is the right time for it."
- Mum is this not the right time to tell me?
- Kathy, let's focus on how to pack quickly okay?
- Mum, is it true I have powers.? "I asked on our way out the house if I would stop when I see outside for the first time".
- I close my eyes, open it back, close it again, open back. I did it for like 14 times.
- I laughed foolishly. "Mum I'm dreaming right? Pour me water please."
- Huh, mum please.
- This is not a dream Kathy! And come in the car!
- Kathy! She called me but when she saw that I was not moving from where I was standing she came out of the car and pulled me inside it.
- Kathy's mom pov
- When Kathy told me about him.
- I was shaken and afraid.
- That guy name was Khalid
- Khalid was his name but we did something terrible to him.
- We were framed for what we did to him but we were also guilty of what we did.
- Someone had salt to it and he vowed to avenge.
- By killing Kathy!
- And Kathy must not die, she must save us.
- The person Kathy called Dad is not her real dad.
- But I can't tell her now because of her powers. She must not get angry and hurt because of the circumstances.
- I don't want to tell her.
- Thank goodness I have things prepared. "I know this is coming one day."
- Mum! The world is so beautiful to see that!
- "I jolted." What? Kathy?.
- Kathy pov
- Freedom! At last.
- I open the car windows to enjoy the breeze.
- I finally got to come out of that hole after eighteen years of my life.
- This is a dream.
- Everything looks so new to me. How am I going to cope with this type of environment?
- Mum, see that!
- "I screamed out in excitement"
- What is that?
- I point to the two kids holding this kind of thing. The thing looked like foam and they were licking it.
- Jeez.. Kathy, that's ice cream.
- really mom?
- Yes, baby.
- ****
- We get to our new house and mum settles everything.
- She called dad and I used that time to sneak out.
- Our new home was more beautiful than the other one.
- "I was so happy, I have never felt this type of happiness within me."
- I bumped into a person. "Sorry." I said slowly.
- Wow...Are you a star or a model? I love the way you dyed your hair.
- No, I did not dye it, it's my real hair.
- Eeww.. you are lying, who is gonna believe that you, you are a bad liar.
- I'm serious and I'm not joking.
- She touched my hair. Seriously? "She asked."
- "Yes" I nod at her.
- Come here. "She pulled me."
- This is my house, stay here okay?
- Huh, what is she doing?
- Then boom, soapy water was on my hair.
- What the hell! And boom, soapy water went into my mouth.
- *****
- Wow.. it's really your hair. "She said touching it".
- I'm Kira by name and this is my house.
- Who are you?
- I was amazed. "She didn't scream in fright like others."
- I quickly told her about me.
- You saw me at the front of my house.
- "Can we be friends?." She asked.
- "Really?." I said smiling."
- This is the first time I will be having a friend.
- Yes.
- Ok no problem. I said, shaking her.
- But Kira I don't remember the way to our house.
- Ok ..I will take you back home
- Tbc