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21 years later

June 3, 2006

Emma screamed in fear as she came out of her nightmare. Emma was covered in sweat.

Emma puts her head down in her hands and sobbed for a minute. She sighed heavily and threw the covers off her and walked to the bathroom.

She stared at herself in the mirror then proceeds to wash her face with cold water to calm her down. She could still see the man with yellow eyes in her mind. The nightmares were recurring often with him in it.

The nightmares started when she was eighteen years old and it got so bad to the point where she had to be prescribed for her anxiety. It didn't help though so she quit taking pills and learned to deal with her nightmares for the past few years.

But for the past couple of months, her nightmares were getting worse and more frequent. She started having nightmares in the daytime and realized that some of her visions came true by reading the newspaper or watched the news about people getting murdered. It frightened her.

She couldn't tell her friends or her parents about what was going on with her. She was afraid that people would think that she was crazy and feared that they would put her in an asylum.

Emma was lost in her thoughts that her cell phone started ringing and it made her jump. She chuckled at herself for being scared by her phone and picks it up.

"Hello?" Emma says, turning on her coffee maker.

"Hi sweetie!"

"Oh, hi Mom."

Emma takes her breakfast out and grabbed her empty coffee mug.

"Emma, I need to know if you are coming home today. We miss you so much and we haven't seen you in two months!"

Emma nodded her head. "Yes, Mom. I know. I don't know if I am coming home today because I have to run some errands then I got to check with my job to make sure that I can come home sometime this week," Emma quickly lied.

She heard her mom sigh in sadness. It made her feel guilty.

"Okay, Mom. You win. I'll come home today. But I have to go back on Wednesday. Is that fair?"

"Yay! I am so happy! Your dad is going to be happy too! I can't wait to see you soon. Oh honey, here's the doorbell. I got to go. Love you, honey! Bye!"

Emma didn't get a chance to say bye to her mother because she had already hung up on her.

"Great…" Emma muttered to herself and turned her phone off.

She sipped her coffee quickly and sat it down in the sink. She ran into her room and picked out her outfit for today.

Emma got dressed quickly and threw her dark hair in a pony tail. She applied her favorite mascara on then applied lip gloss on her lips.

She grabs her suitcase and packed most of her clothes and essentials inside.

After she packed everything, she takes her car keys out and locked her apartment.

Emma wasn't ready to come home to see her parents because of her nightmares and her mom will know that something is up.

She hopes that her mom won't say anything at all.


Emma's childhood home in Chicago

Emma arrived in her car and she saw her mom running out to greet her while her dad stood back.

"My baby is home!" Amanda says as she hugged Emma. Emma smiled and squeezed her back.

"Hi, Mom." Emma smiled at Amanda. Amanda gently grasped Emma's face and looked at her in concern.

"You look like you haven't slept well lately, have you?" Amanda asked and Emma avoided her question by taking her suitcase out of the trunk.

"Emma, answer my question, please…" Amanda whispered before realizing her husband was behind her.

"What question?" Matt asked, beaming at his wife and daughter.

Emma gave Matt a quick hug and smiled back at him. "It doesn't matter, Dad. I'm glad to be home. Now, let's go in the house." Matt gave her his arm and Emma took it. They walked together inside the house.

As Amanda watched her daughter and husband walking together, she realizes that her daughter has been suffering from the nightmares again. She knew it inside. Emma didn't have to say a word.

Emma walked in her old bedroom and plopped down on her bed. There was a knock on her door.

"Come in." Emma called out and Amanda walks in. "Honey… you didn't answer my question earlier," Amanda says, closing the door behind her.

Emma huffed in frustration and gave up on keeping the secret from her. "Yes, Mom. My nightmares are back if that is what you wanted to know," Emma says and pulled the pillow on her lap.

Amanda sat down next to her. "How long?"

"Well… the nightmares started getting more and more frequent about 6 months ago and it was always the same. The yellow-eye man is what I like to call him. He is always there in my dreams," Emma says, squeezing her pillow.

She chose to leave out about getting nightmares in daytime and people dying.

"Well, are you taking the medicine, sweetie? Because they can help you with your anxiety and the nightmares."

Emma snapped. "Mom! The medicine doesn't work anymore. I stopped taking them… it didn't help and don't you dare suggest that I need to go back to the doctor! I know I am not crazy and I am dealing with this. Just… please don't tell Dad. I don't want to worry him more than he has to."

Mom looked sad. Emma mentally slapped her forehead and took a deep breath.

"I'm sorry, Mom… I didn't mean to snap at you. It's just… well, I'm just tired and frustrated and I know you are trying to help me. Thank you though."

They hugged each other. "I know, baby girl. I just don't want you to get sick or afraid is all," Amanda says, caress her daughter's cheek.

Emma nodded.

"I love you infinity," Amanda says and stood up.

"I love you infinity too, Mom." Emma replied back. They both smiled at each other.


What did you think of Emma's conversation with Amanda (Mother)? Interesting, no? Anyway, I have decided to add part two of this chapter and I will probably put the part two sometimes today since I am still working on it. Thanks... make sure to leave a review... please?