“See you later, Brother Mike”, I whispered to him. He is still unconscious. I know that Brother Mike will not escape because, aside from Echo, who is guarding him. His legs are broken too. I kissed Echo goodbye and told him that I wouldn’t take long. I left Brother Mike with Echo because I need to do an important thing since I can’t sleep and I can’t take the red car anymore. I need to get rid of it. I felt mixed emotions, making the fuse of my brain spark, and I couldn’t think straight anymore. That is why I need to get rid of the red car, and I will do it right now.
I went to South St. and saw the red car parked at the front of the house of the family who shouted at me. It’s past midnight, and the surrounding is so quiet. The neighbor living three vacant lots away from them is already sleeping. I looked around to check if there was someone the
They found Helena dead inside her room. The blanket was tied to her neck and she is lying on the floor. She has bruises and wounds on her arms, legs, and face. Which is they didn’t know how or where Helena got it. They checked the record of the CCTV but they didn’t find anything and they didn’t see anyone get inside her room. Her body and her room are full of fingerprints from different people. Which the investigator didn’t know from whom are those fingerprints.Her death is a mystery because the last record that they watched about Helena seems like she is talking to different people even though she is all alone inside her room. She is talking as if there is someone inside her room. She looks so distressed, scared, hopeless, and disturb. There is a record also that she is just standing alone, sitting alone, facing the camera alone and she looks like she is not herself.
I began to remember when the police were taking them out one by one. My parents, the girls, John, Carmen, Brother Mike, Belinda, and Arvin. They are all in a decomposition stage. They are all rotten and stink. The fat, healthy worms that look so full by eating their flesh are going out from their mouths, eyes, ears, and nose. They are the ones that I am talking to that I thought were talking to me too and they want to be with me. I thought they wanted to eat the food that I cooked, I thought they wanted to stay with me but that is all in my head. I just thought about all of it. I just thought about all of it because of the sadness that I felt, because of the feeling that I am unwanted. I thought they need help but I am the one who needs help. “You are crazy, Helena” Echo said. while staring at me. Wants me to realize everything.
I didn’t notice that I fell asleep and another day has passed and I am still here inside the hospital. It is so quiet that I can almost hear my own heartbeat. I feel pity for myself because I feel like I am a lab rat used for experimentation. While on my bed facing the wall I heard the door slowly opening. I turned around to see who it was. I stood up when I saw the man go inside holding a tray of food again with my medicines. He put it beside me and told me to eat it and take my medicine before going out.I stare at the food. One pale macaroni soup, egg sandwich, water in a plastic bottle, and medicines that I don’t want to take. I eat the egg sandwich and the macaroni soup even though I don’t like the taste because I am already hungry but there is no chance that I will take the medicines that they gave me. Like what I did to the first batch of medicines that they gave me.
I heard the door open and there’s a man who is wearing white like me who went inside and wore a straight jacket. We went to the other room near my room and I saw Doctor Castelo sitting and waiting for me. I sat in front of her. Like before she had her pen and paper and a camera beside her. I know she is recording me like before. She looked at me and took a deep breath.“How are you, Helena?” She asked me. With her sweet and calm voice. I know that she is hiding a demon behind her sweet and calm voice. So I ignored her question.“You want to go out from here?” She asked and that made me look at her.“You need to work for it, you need to show me that you are okay,” She said while looking at me. Waiting for my reaction
I heard the door open again and I felt nervous because of the crime that I committed. I tried to wipe the blood on my hand but it is already dry and I can wipe it. So I hide it behind me. The man wearing white with a tray of food went inside and put the tray on my bed beside me. He looked at me because I was looking at him and then he looked under the bed to where I was looking.“No… no… no” I whispered while I am still nervous and scared that he might discover the dead body that I hide under my bed. He looked at the floor where I was looking. I hope he will not see the bloodstains left on the floor. I looked away when he looked at me for a second and he said “Eat your food now and take your medicine” And he was about to leave and close the door when I told him to wait. He looked at me again but I couldn't look back at him.
I turned around when I heard the door slowly opening to see who it is. The bright light dazzled me. I cannot see the face of the one who opened the door. I know he is a man and he is standing in front of me.“Babe,” He said and his voice sounded familiar. He walked near me and he closed the door and my eyes opened wide when I saw Echo. My heartbeat fast because I can’t believe that he is here now. Standing in front of me.“I knew it,” I said and I ran and jumped to him with excitement because he is here now.“I knew that you were going to come and rescue me,” I said with a smile while kissing him because of excitement that finally my prince charming is here and he is going to rescue me.