Memories of You
Chapter Five – Four Years Old
"Mom...Mom, I love you. What happened? According to the security system, no one broke in. What happened? Who hit you on the head? I need to know." Dib clutched the photograph he carried of his mother everywhere he went. He was sitting on a swing, alone, when Gaz approached him.
"Dib, I have something to tell you about Mom."
"What? Gaz, do you know who did it?"
"Yes. Sit down."
"I already am."
"On the ground. You'll pass out when I tell you this. That was the night you told Dad you believed the paranormal. He was mad. They had an argument when you were asleep. I heard a vase crash and Mom shriek. I heard a thump, like someone falling. Dib, I think Dad killed her."
"No! He'd never do that! He couldn't! No! Why are you even saying this?!"
"He didn't mean to. Just an accident."
"But...if it was an accident, why'd he not say something?"
"Because, he hit her on the head with a vase. That's against the law."
"No! It can't be true! I won't believe it!"
"You tell me I'm closed-minded because I don't believe in the paranormal, but you're the one being closed-minded."
"NO! You must've dreamed it! It's impossible! It's wrong! It's not true! Mom! Mom! Mom, please answer me! Tell me the truth! Tell me how you died! I love you Mom!" Dib shouted out into the sky and then fell down onto the ground. Lying out in the grass, he sobbed and kept crying out, "Mom! Mom, I love you! Don't go! I love you...." Gaz left him and went to her room.
Chapter Five – Four Years Old
"Mom...Mom, I love you. What happened? According to the security system, no one broke in. What happened? Who hit you on the head? I need to know." Dib clutched the photograph he carried of his mother everywhere he went. He was sitting on a swing, alone, when Gaz approached him.
"Dib, I have something to tell you about Mom."
"What? Gaz, do you know who did it?"
"Yes. Sit down."
"I already am."
"On the ground. You'll pass out when I tell you this. That was the night you told Dad you believed the paranormal. He was mad. They had an argument when you were asleep. I heard a vase crash and Mom shriek. I heard a thump, like someone falling. Dib, I think Dad killed her."
"No! He'd never do that! He couldn't! No! Why are you even saying this?!"
"He didn't mean to. Just an accident."
"But...if it was an accident, why'd he not say something?"
"Because, he hit her on the head with a vase. That's against the law."
"No! It can't be true! I won't believe it!"
"You tell me I'm closed-minded because I don't believe in the paranormal, but you're the one being closed-minded."
"NO! You must've dreamed it! It's impossible! It's wrong! It's not true! Mom! Mom! Mom, please answer me! Tell me the truth! Tell me how you died! I love you Mom!" Dib shouted out into the sky and then fell down onto the ground. Lying out in the grass, he sobbed and kept crying out, "Mom! Mom, I love you! Don't go! I love you...." Gaz left him and went to her room.