It was on a dark Friday, I came back
from school. I called out '' Mom! Are you here?'' No answer. I called out again '' Mom?'' Still no answer. Then I suddenly remembered. My mom told me that she would come late today.
So I sneaked to the kitchen to make a sandwich.
When I reached the fridge to open it, I heard a whisper saying Maryam... close...them close...your....EYES.
I screamed then looked behind me. The only thing I saw was the lights turning off then on by itself.
Then I heard another whisper.
But that one was louder... I ran upstairs as fast as I could.
But my socks made me slip.
I fell down. But I got up fast. I ran till I could reach my bedroom door. I closed the door. But at that same moment, the doorbell rang. I was too scared... Too scared to go back downstairs.
But I still did. I opened the door and saw that it was my mom.
I hugged her very hard. She asked me what had happened. I explained her the whole story. But her only answer was '' Honey...That was only your imagination.'' ''But mom... I'm sure that I heard a whisper'' I said.
At that moment, I saw on her eyes that she was worried. So I just told her to forget about it. She cooked dinner. While eating, I heard the same whisper.
I shivered. I shivered because right behind my mom was a man. That man. I remember his face. He is the one... the one who... who...Nevermind .
I did not mind. Then I continue eating. When I finished my dinner, I went upstairs to get some sleep cause know I had school the next day.
Around 3 am, I woke up. I saw the same man I saw earlier. But this time , he was laying next to me. Then he whispered something I could not hear. I knew what he said.I knew it.
Then he just got up. Staring at me so hard that I even started having a headache. Then behind me, I heard a whisper. '' Close your eyes''. Then the man just disappeared. I turn around.I turned around. I saw...I saw my...m....my dad. He lifted his hand up and started touching my hair saying...'' close them and remember...close your EYES. I heard footsteps on the hallway. I tried to get up but I could not. And then I woke up the next morning. But that time I felt dizzy. My mom was crying sitting on a chair. She was saying'' I knew it .'' Then she just looked at me. She took a knife out of her pocket. She put it on her throat. And gently started sliding it from left to right. Until her head dropped. I tried to scream for help but something strange happened. I woke up and saw that all of that was a night mare. But what I saw convinced me that I t wasn't a nightmare. I saw my mom, my dad. My mom my dad crying and saying at the same time in a sleepy voice: close your eyes.