THE EVIL FOREST
Idris Musungu
my mom stroked her arm that she realized was in a dilemma and she looked at Matendechere, her eyes bright and wet.
"I saw it.” she whispered and she furrowed her brows.
“What? Saw what Nina?" She was warned, never dare go outside, it is still there, it will eat you, don't go out into the woods.
She didn’t feel her stroke her face as his words processed in her head. The pain was there, hazy, but there, and so was the sense of reality; the smell of dead rotting creature, the sound of an erratic heart beating uncoordinated, the darkness, and their cold breeze. Tears escaped from her eyes and she gripped the woman, she got hold of her.
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