back.
“Wake up, please.” I shook her again. “I can’t do this alone. Please.”
She didn’t respond and I knew we were so screwed. Who knew what sort of animals were going to wake up when the sun went down and see us as an easy meal.
I didn’t even know how to make a fire or anything. How was I going to defend us from anything? I grabbed my mother’s bag.
These don’t work with bullets you idiot.
I tried to make my sand emerge again, but nothing happened. I was really scared and it had worked yesterday. Why didn’t it work now?
I shook my mom again. “Please wake up.” I felt like crying, like that day I’d lost my mom in the shops. It was so scary and although I was really small, I still remember that. Tim found me and it was how the two of them met.
The incident from yesterday came next. It seemed so far away now, but it wasn’t. It was real and those men had erased my best ex-friend’s mind to think that she was still my best friend. What did a complete mind sweep looked like? Would it have worked on mom, since she was one of them?
My backpack was much softer than my mother’s and I placed it gently underneath her head and sat down with my back resting against the nearest tree.
What the hell happened to her? I tried to see if I couldn’t see the magnetic field that caused her to be in the state she was, but there was absolutely nothing. No buzzing noise, nothing.
Then my biological father made his way into my thoughts too. I knew absolutely nothing about the man. The only thing I did know was that he was Asian. Mom didn’t like speaking about how they met, but they made one hell of a stunning looking kid. One that had mom’s blue eyes and dad’s raven black hair with slightly narrowed eyes.
I pulled my hoody closer as a breeze brushed through the trees. I could be glad that it wasn’t winter, because if it was, we would’ve frozen to death right here on this spot.
What my mother had said made me wonder about a lot of things. She said that Dad was the saint, she wasn’t. Mom was always the one who wanted to keep peace between me and Tim. She’d never say a bad word or gossip about someone. How could she not have been a saint? What was her past like and how did my real Dad fit into all of this?
To be honest, I used to think the other way around. Like dad was some sort of Chinese drug lord and that mom desperately tried to hide from him. It was one of the reasons that explained why she never wanted to answer my Daddy questions.
Did we have money stashed somewhere? I shook my head. I didn’t know why I’d even thought about that. But it saddened me that I really didn’t know anything. It was unfair. My entire life had been a lie, my mother should’ve said something.
My mind wandered back to last night’s dream. I remembered what Leigh said. He’d told me that I could choose. Choose what? Not to be on the run, this life. Nothing made any sense. Mom couldn’t die right now.
Suddenly, she grunted and started to stir. I crawled back to her side.
Then finally her eyes flung open. They looked bewildered and she jumped up with protective hands over me as she realized what had happened. Shock and surprised reflected back as she noticed the trees again.
“We’re alone.” I said.
Mom still looked around. “What happened?”
“One minute we were still walking and the next you somersaulted back in the air and landed right here. You were out for two hours.”
“Two hours?”
I nodded. “I was scared mom.”
She grabbed me tight and held me against her chest. “I’m okay for now. I think I found the cabin.”
I pushed her gently back to see her face. “What, where?”
A smile appeared on her face, and she pointed into the direction we were heading a couple of hours ago. “Right there.”
I looked. Squinted, and shook my head. “Mom, there’s nothing there.”
A heartfelt laughter left her mouth, and she got up, and crouched down next to her bag. “There is nothing
“Wake up, please.” I shook her again. “I can’t do this alone. Please.”
She didn’t respond and I knew we were so screwed. Who knew what sort of animals were going to wake up when the sun went down and see us as an easy meal.
I didn’t even know how to make a fire or anything. How was I going to defend us from anything? I grabbed my mother’s bag.
These don’t work with bullets you idiot.
I tried to make my sand emerge again, but nothing happened. I was really scared and it had worked yesterday. Why didn’t it work now?
I shook my mom again. “Please wake up.” I felt like crying, like that day I’d lost my mom in the shops. It was so scary and although I was really small, I still remember that. Tim found me and it was how the two of them met.
The incident from yesterday came next. It seemed so far away now, but it wasn’t. It was real and those men had erased my best ex-friend’s mind to think that she was still my best friend. What did a complete mind sweep looked like? Would it have worked on mom, since she was one of them?
My backpack was much softer than my mother’s and I placed it gently underneath her head and sat down with my back resting against the nearest tree.
What the hell happened to her? I tried to see if I couldn’t see the magnetic field that caused her to be in the state she was, but there was absolutely nothing. No buzzing noise, nothing.
Then my biological father made his way into my thoughts too. I knew absolutely nothing about the man. The only thing I did know was that he was Asian. Mom didn’t like speaking about how they met, but they made one hell of a stunning looking kid. One that had mom’s blue eyes and dad’s raven black hair with slightly narrowed eyes.
I pulled my hoody closer as a breeze brushed through the trees. I could be glad that it wasn’t winter, because if it was, we would’ve frozen to death right here on this spot.
What my mother had said made me wonder about a lot of things. She said that Dad was the saint, she wasn’t. Mom was always the one who wanted to keep peace between me and Tim. She’d never say a bad word or gossip about someone. How could she not have been a saint? What was her past like and how did my real Dad fit into all of this?
To be honest, I used to think the other way around. Like dad was some sort of Chinese drug lord and that mom desperately tried to hide from him. It was one of the reasons that explained why she never wanted to answer my Daddy questions.
Did we have money stashed somewhere? I shook my head. I didn’t know why I’d even thought about that. But it saddened me that I really didn’t know anything. It was unfair. My entire life had been a lie, my mother should’ve said something.
My mind wandered back to last night’s dream. I remembered what Leigh said. He’d told me that I could choose. Choose what? Not to be on the run, this life. Nothing made any sense. Mom couldn’t die right now.
Suddenly, she grunted and started to stir. I crawled back to her side.
Then finally her eyes flung open. They looked bewildered and she jumped up with protective hands over me as she realized what had happened. Shock and surprised reflected back as she noticed the trees again.
“We’re alone.” I said.
Mom still looked around. “What happened?”
“One minute we were still walking and the next you somersaulted back in the air and landed right here. You were out for two hours.”
“Two hours?”
I nodded. “I was scared mom.”
She grabbed me tight and held me against her chest. “I’m okay for now. I think I found the cabin.”
I pushed her gently back to see her face. “What, where?”
A smile appeared on her face, and she pointed into the direction we were heading a couple of hours ago. “Right there.”
I looked. Squinted, and shook my head. “Mom, there’s nothing there.”
A heartfelt laughter left her mouth, and she got up, and crouched down next to her bag. “There is nothing
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