KAYLEEN
I can’t stop crying while explaining everything to my family but they are only giving me their disappointed faces. They don’t look like believing in anything that I say.
“It’s not me! It’s Shaira!” I repeated but no one is listening anymore.
“You are a murderer. You don’t deserve this family.” A familiar voice took my attention. She is standing at the door behind my family.
“Shaira,” I uttered her name and pointed her. “How can you be here? You are the real murderer!” I shouted in anger. “Not me!”
My family looked at the door but it seems like they can’t see her. It only made my mom cry harder while my brother is hugging her. Shaira’s smirking face is very irritating and I want to pull her hair off her head leaving her bald.
“Kayleen listen.” My dad went near me trying to hold on my arms. I just let him do so while I’m staring at him. “You need a doctor,” he whispered.
“Why?” I asked with my heart shattered to pieces. “Can’t you see her? She is here. Right at the door.”
My eyes can’t help but look at Shaira at every second and then look at my family. Dad is still giving me a look that’s convincing me to go to the doctor.
“I’m not sick,” I said and pull my arms off him to ran out of the house. Their voices are loud, calling me to come back but then I covered my ears. I’m still crying hard while running to nowhere. The road looks wide and empty. The sun is brightly shining while I’m depressed as the storm. The weather is contradicting my feelings.
After running and got all worn out, my knees gave up on me as I fall to the ground. My sweat is dripping down my chin, some crawling down my neck and my shirt is a bit soaked. Some strands of my hair are like pasted on my neck and face.
I suddenly realized I’m wearing the same outfit as Shaira. I’m also wearing a hoodie, the same color of shirt and jeans. The darkness with the moon took over the day making me realize, I’m sitting there for almost the whole day. I look like some homeless woman on the side of the street waiting for someone to drop me a penny.
My eyes are swollen after crying so much but I still feel horribly depressed. I still can’t believe what’s going on.
“Kayleen!” That was mom’s voice.
Before I could go somewhere else, a pair of strong hands grabbed me and pull me inside the car. After being taken inside, I saw my brother on the driver’s seat with my mom and dad is holding me tight. They took me back home and lock me inside my room.
“I told you, I didn’t do it,” Shaira spoke from the corner slowly showing herself from the darkness.
“It’s you,” I corrected her and hug both of my knees sitting on the top of my bed. She sat on my bed too.
“No. It’s not me,” she said.
I buried my face on my knees trying not to look at her more.
“Why don’t you kill your family too? So they won’t be able to speak about the murder.”
“Shut up!” I burst out exactly on her face but she seemed unaffected at all. How can she be so heartless? Someone knocked at the door and open it making me turn my head to check who was it. It’s my parents and they are with someone, a doctor. Shaira is gone again from sight. I roamed my eyes to search for her but I can’t see her. Now I feel like there’s something wrong with me.
My parents left me with the doctor inside the room.
“I heard so much about your bestfriend, Shaira,” she broke the silence while sitting at the chair with both hands on the top of the small table my parents provided for her. I’m still on my bed sitting at the corner.
“I’m not sick and I saw her kill Carlo,” I said coldly with my eyes all fixed to the floor. I don’t want to lock eyes with her.
“Don’t worry, I believe you,” she said and it convinced me to finally lay my eyes on her.
“Now tell me about her. How did you two became best friends?” Her calm voice is soothing making me feel comfortable about talking to her. It’s making me cry knowing someone believes in me. Her face is saying it all.
“She is the only friend I have. Nobody likes me but she did,” I started telling her the story trying not to burst into tears. “She played with me, laughed with me, helps me at everything. She’s my best friend until we grew up.”
“Have you ever meet her parents?” I shake my head to say no.
“Do you know her full name?”
“She is Shaira—“ I started so sure and realized that I’m actually blank. “Shaira—“ My body started shaking unable to breath normally. “I swear I know—she’s Shaira—“ I stammered.
“It’s okay if you can’t remember. Here.” She handed me a piece of small paper and a pen. I took them from me.
“I want you to write down her favorites. And then her address, everything about her.”
I followed her instruction though my hand is still shaking a bit. After a few minutes, I gave it to her but she didn’t take it from my hand. She just looked at it and then me.
“Now, read them.”
I’m confused but I did. I read them and then stopped at the address.
“Are you okay? Why did you stopped?” she asked.
I took the pen to write another address but I can’t write anything else. Now, I can see Shaira from her back smiling wickedly at me.
“Why did I write everything about me? This is my address,” I whispered slowly tearing the paper apart. The traces of tears are visible on my lap as they we’re falling. I started sobbing. “This isn’t true.”
“Kayleen, listen.”
“I don’t understand anything.” I threw the torn paper away from me including the pen and cry even harder.
KAYLEENThese things can’t be real. The doctor is gone but I’m not taking them. I’m not going with medications and I’m never gonna believe her.“Why won’t you believe her?” she’s speaking to me again with her creepy face. Her hands touched my cheeks and she leaned closer. “You are a demon. You are a murderer.” Her whispers made me feel like my blood is on its boiling point. “See? You are angry!” she added and dodged my hand attempting to grip on her arm.“I’m not,” I said with my face still stained with tears on both cheeks. I’m tired of crying anymore. Now, I’m angry and is daggering furious gazes on her.“Yes you are.”“I’m not!”She laughed and laughed making me cover both of my ears and scream.“Kayleen!” My parents came inside my room. I saw my brother too but he is hesitating to completely get inside and just watch from the door. I can still hear S
KAYLEENThe road is busy, cars passing by without stopping. The street lights are reflecting on the puddles created by the rain. I am just walking alone at the side letting the storm soak me wet. The blood that’s splattered on me are not that visible anymore. It’s already night time and no one cared about stopping.I buried my family on the back of our house and run away with just a bag of clothes. My face is the same while ignoring Shaira trailing me. My life is completely ruined and I can’t die not getting rid of her.The next day, I woke up at the side of the road, inside an abandoned car. I tried to familiarize the place but I don’t know what place it is anymore. The horizon is wide with peaceful surroundings since there are only few cars passing by. It’s a huge rice field and I can see the sun has already risen high.I tried walking farther and saw a man working on his car’s flat tire. He glanced at
KAYLEENI’m once again all alone, walking the streets. I’m lost, I know that but I don’t care.“Are you satisfied? Escaping like this?” Shaira asked suddenly popping at my side.“I will find someone to help—“ I stopped walking realizing that Zeke could help me but I ran away from him. I’m such an idiot. Walking back to where I left, Shaira grabbed my arm.“What do you think you are doing?” she harassingly asked gripping tightly as possible. My eyes ran from her eyes to her hands. On the next blink, it’s just me holding myself. I continued walking while she is murmuring inside my head. It’s annoying but I’m trying to endure the pain that it’s giving me.A building of a private hospital took my attention. I stopped right there listening to my heartbeat. I stayed right there at the other side staring at the hospital until it gets dark and I’m starving again. Only few people are
KAYLEENThe silence went deafening as he studied me by locking our eyes together.“Sick? You are a psychopathic woman.” His voice is calm yet they are like daggers straight to me, aiming my chest. They are painful as being burned in fire. He turned his back and it made me grab on his arm stopping him from whatever he is thinking.“Please, if you are going to tell the police not now. I beg you. I need to get rid of her inside of me. She’s the real demon.”“Who are you talking about?” he asked still fixed on his position no looking at my face.“Shai—ra. Shaira!” As I say her name, I saw her smirking at the corner. I think I have worsened since I’m always seeing her. I’m afraid she’ll kill him too. Since Zeke is not changing his aura, I let go of his hand and turn my head down letting all my tears flow out from me.I just thought he could help me.“I can se
KAYLEENI woke up with some knock. My heart beats faster again making me awake. I stood as fast as I could be heading to the door. Maybe it’s the guy from last night. Maybe he came back to check if he is right about what he thinks. I can’t hear a voice but I’m nervous.“It’s me,” Zeke’s voice calmed me a bit but before I unlock the last one, a thought suddenly barged inside my head.What if he is with cops? I stepped back and opened the only window I have in the room. It’s quite small but I can pass through it with my petite body. I also checked the outside, it’s not that deep to jump.“Hey. What’s taking you so long?” He used a very low voice that only us can hear. I opened the door a bit to peak on him. He is alone as I see it. I swung it a bit wider but not exposing myself. He came in fast too.“Did anyone saw you come here?” I asked.“I think no but I found another place for you
KAYLEENIt’s been a week since the last time Shaira showed up to me. The feeling of not seeing her the best even I’m still anxious about her sudden come back. Zeke took me somewhere far. It’s to that place we first saw each other; he has an old house there. It’s where his parents live when they were still alive. It is a perfect place for me to be really isolated from people and the only person who comes visit is him.His profession is fortunately paralleled my sickness and his been helping me take medications for free. I know it’s impossible for this place to have people walking by but I’m not turning the lights on during the night. I want this house to look really abandoned and empty.When it rains, the roof leaks but I didn’t care.Another week passes and still no sign of Shaira and it’s making me feel happy. I’m now wishing that she will forever not show herself up anymore.“So
SHAIRAThat b*tch, she tied herself up to avoid me from my plans. Both my hands and feet are tightly tied to the bed and it’s difficult to move. I screamed in anger releasing all air I have inside my lungs. Well, this body is mine too. She can’t just stop me from what I want.It’s dark already as I see from the window. My wrist felt swollen now after moving so much. I gave up and calm myself a bit. I am awakened again, since she needs help. She has to get rid of Garry. How pitiful. She really thinks, she can get rid of me easily.We are one. I am her deep thoughts. She can’t get rid of me that easy.I suck some air before moving again. It hurts me too but I don’t really care. I have to escape from this tie. Pulling my right hand off successfully made me laugh. The doctor didn’t tie it that tight that I’m still able to take my hand from it. I used that free hand to untie my left hand and then my feet.
KAYLEENI opened my eyes after feeling the sun’s heat on my face. Maybe I left the window open again. It’s kinda late and my body feels tired though I already slept. I stretched my arms as I stood up. Walking towards the door, I suddenly realized something. It made me cover my mouth with my eyes widening. My hand smells funny too. Like it’s been washed with blood.When I look at it, my body trembled in fear. I look at the bed once more seeing the rope gotten to the floor. My reflection on the mirror made me scream my lungs out. Blood is all over me like I showered just pure fresh blood on me. Traces of blood is messed on my room too and on the bed.I started crying dropping my knees on the floor and sit pressing my back on the wall. That strangers dead before, it’s all me. I killed them all. I started shouting angrily and stand up to throw things. I even hurt myself by smashing the door with my bare hands.I e