Semua Bab The Brightest Shadow: Teenage Days: Bab 111 - Bab 115

The spacious hospital room was flooded and bathed in the golden beams of the afternoon sun; excited to witness the tender reunion of mother and son. Belly-deep laughter smoothly filled the atmosphere, contagious and joyful. The golden, glistening rays shamelessly landed on the bed, there where David and his forever-joyed mother sat hand in hand. The Impossible had become possible; the unthinkable, real. David’s eyes locked onto his mother’s, and just like that, his heart broke, prompting a waterfall of tears to stream down his cheeks to reveal his sadness that was intertwined with excitement that he failed to express better. His heart throbbed as his trembling, sweating hands refused to break contact from the hands of a woman who had given him life. The weight of years of struggle, of pain and uncertainty, seemed to melt away, replaced by an overwhelming sense of gratitude.The doctor had discreetly slipped out, leaving the two to their precious moment. The silence between them w

A bird chorus filled the whole room, sharply yanking Travis from his deep sleep. The first thing that greeted him was a sharp, hot, and piercing pain that pulsated in the middle of his head. There, his heart hammered itself against his wobbly chest wall as he felt the pain start to spread throughout his brain.His ears throbbed with pain as if someone had been pulling them. Standing up straight on the bed, Travis clutched at his hair while he took deep breaths. The room around him was swirling, as if on a merry-go-round.There, he tried to open his eyes, but the morning beams of the sun were just too sharp, too demanding of him to keep his eyes closed. A groan escaped his dry, chapped lips as he maneuvered to calm his wild heart, but nothing came of it.One more time, he tried to at least open his eyes, and this time he could. Nothing stayed still, walls seemed to be in the embrace of shadows that kept on dancing in his eyes. Everything he saw was either standing still or just swaying

Eyelids tremble as sleep starts fading into thin air. With a jolt, Travis woke up, feeling the threads of last night’s dream brush away into the back of his head, where he might have to use his energy to recall its details.For a moment, he did not know where he was. His cheek was tightly pressed against the cold floor while his hands spread in all directions. Timidly, his eyes opened and were swiftly welcomed by the glistening beams of the morning sun, which lent a hand in chasing away his sleep.Standing up straight on the floor, Travis shivered as he looked around him. Relief washed in when he realised that he was in his bedroom and nowhere else. For some reason, he felt the need to get away as soon as possible, not after last night’s dream.Yes, he did dream a lot! “Mother was warning me. She wants me not to show my weakness.” He whispered through clenched teeth from the cold. He shook his head and listened to his body; he examined every corner, if not all, of his body. No, there