When Love Turns Deadly
"Dad, why did you kill me? Dad, what did I do? Why do you want me dead?"
I reached out as if to choke him.
He woke up in terror, eyes wide, rolling away and shaking.
"It was Grandma, she's the one! Go to her!"
I expected that. I pretended to agree and ran to Grandma's room. In a flash, I swapped my clothes onto her.
Grandma had gorged on mushrooms that night, but she did not stir.
Dad's footsteps grew louder behind me.
He fumbled for the light switch in vain, the darkness stubbornly clinging to the room. Edging closer to his mother's bed, my father's breath hitched at the sight of her—clad in the same bloodied clothes my sister wore on the day she died.