There was a storm brewing outside and I was all alone at home. Suddenly the lights went out…
I decided to light a candle. The candle lit one half of the room nice and bright. I screamed in horror when I saw my mother. She had died in a car crash years ago! At least that’s what everybody thought it was!
I jumped in fright when I heard her actually speaking to me!
“Why, darling? How could you have been so greedy? You killed me just to get all my property. Moreover, you made it look like a car crash.”
The lights came back and she disappeared. I knew this couldn’t have been real. I blew off the candle and my mother disappeared. I grabbed my coat, even though it was raining heavily. I went to see my best friend who happened to be a psychiatrist. She was surprised to hear the whole story. She diagnosed me of schizophrenia and Cotard’s syndrome.
I stood up and decided to leave because I couldn’t believe it. I was diagnosed of two mental disorders in one night. While leaving, I saw my mother again. This time she asked me to confess to what I had done. A jolt of guilt hit my throat! I had lived with a lie for years but not anymore. I confessed to everything I had done to her, but now I have to rot in prison.
Even now, every night I see my mother, and she asks me “Why?”
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About the Author:
Ms Tweesha Nagpal studies in class IX in Bal Bharati Public School, Brij Vihar. She enjoys dancing to pop music and in her free time work to develop an expertise in beauty and skin products. In her free time, she obsesses over crime fiction series, and is inspired by the dark wizard Draco Malfoy.