Listen With Your Heart Chapter 9

The remainder of the weekend was a tireless one for Phoebe.

She's always had bad dreams ever since she was tiny. She'd wake up screaming in her cot as if the world had ended. But her world hadn't even started to end until a stranger came into her home throwing everything upside down. Upending everything she knew and held dear. Then the nightmares weren't make believe anymore. They became real.

Up until then Phoebe had a perfect childhood. Not a worry in the world. Not a care in her heart, not a stain in sight. She does remember. Phoebe remembers what it felt like. She and her father were so happy with Phoebe being the beloved daughter.

Until that moment…on the day when everything changed forever. When Papa's voice began to tremble as he realized he couldn't keep the past hidden for any longer.

That was the end of Phoebe's perfect childhood.

It's funny how the grief and turmoil is just making Phoebe stronger at a point where it would usually make others weak.

The monsters hidden in the shadows have waited so long. But the time is close now. The time for them to come.

Phoebe's entire world will unravel one delicate little thread at a time with nothing she can do to stop it.

The happy life Phoebe led will disappear and no one will know it.

Authors Note:

Next chapter she confronts Peter about what she heard. Wonder how that is going to go out.