Lunatic

Chapter 30

EPILOGUE

SHEANNE

They say experiences make a human. They are life-long and will affect the succeeding years someone will live. Experiences shape the human to become better or worse. I chose to become better.

I never thought I could break away from that man who abducted me.

I remember how made up my mind was when I shattered the mirror and picked up a piece of it. The feeling of the sharp edge cutting through my skin, the hot water burning it as I dropped my hands, the relief I felt when I finally found myself losing consciousness, I can still feel them.

Only one thing was in my mind that moment, 'I was finally free.'

But imagine how shocked I have been when I found myself in a white room, laid down a comfortable bed with needles buried down my skin.

I didn't believe I was alive that time, until a doctor came and informed me of what I went through.

I was abducted by a man.

I witnessed how that man torture innocent people and put an end to sinful individuals.

I almost killed myself by slitting my wrist.

I was brought to the hospital by the same man who made me do it to myself. I was saved by the person I least expected to do so.

Then the man who abducted me was finally caught by the police and he was put behind bars with a sentence of a lifetime to pay for his sins.

I remember how hard I cried that day. I was hysterical. I couldn't believe the happenings were even real.

Doctors, nurses, police and media went in and out of my room. They visited me everyday for the whole duration I was being treated in the hospital. Doctors and nurses checked my state and even made sure I was still sane. Police came to verify the events that happened while Tyler Ross had me captive. Media interviewed me about the whole abduction thing.

It was a mess.

And after several months, the topic died down. I was finally able to rest and let realization sink into me, that Tyler will never be able to hurt me again.

I managed to move on from that disastrous experience. I managed to finish my studies and settle for a job. I managed to find someone who would accept me and my past, and I was then married.

Now, after 5 years, I can finally say that it was all in the past and it didn't bother me anymore. My husband and I will welcome our second baby four months from now and I could never be happier.

I managed to regain the smile I lost since Sally died.

I smiled as I stared at my baby bump in front of the mirror. I caressed it softly and sighed happily.

I was brought back from my thoughts when my phone rang outside. I remember I left it in the kitchen table so I walked my way downstairs. I passed by the living room and found that the tv was still on, my husband sleeping in front of it.

I shook my head and went to my phone first.

I swiped to answer it.

"Hello?" I asked.

I furrowed my eyebrows when no one answered from the other end of the call.

I checked the caller ID but it wasn't registered.

"Hello?" I repeated as I made my way to the living room and look for the remote.

".. escaped while serving his sentence in the psychiatric ward. Police are still searching--"

I turned off the tv to concentrate on the caller.

"Who's this?" I asked for the third time.

"If you're not going to answer then I'm ending this call," I said just as a knock came to the door.

I rolled my eyes and went to it, still clutching the phone beside my ear.

I looked at the screen and saw my friend, Julie in front of my door. What's she doing here this late at night?

I unlocked the door, one by one because we had three locks for safety, and opened it. I was met by Julie's stare.

"Julie?" I smiled at her as I roamed my eyes on her face.

Then I noticed. She didn't even blink since I saw her from the screen and her face was pale, her lips were dry. Just as I was about to ask her what's wrong, she dropped down the ground to reveal me someone from behind her.

I was frozen in my place. My mouth hung agape. After five years, I felt this unique fear surge though my whole body again.

I gulped and tried to close the door but he managed to block it with his hands.

He stared at my eyes and smirked,

"I missed your smile, my Sheanne."

-END-

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