Whispers In The Dark

Confused

Sam is confused, because he doesn't know very well what happened, he wants to know how it was that, from one moment to the next, he ended up stuck in his aunt's house by the time he had counted down the arrival time; He still had a long way to go on a motorcycle trip to have arrived like this out of nowhere.

Furthermore, there was no cell phone signal on that stretch of road for him to have made a call for help to his aunt and not have immediately remembered that this was how things had happened.

"That? Are you aunt? What am I doing here? I was supposedly traveling on a motorcycle on the way here... the motorcycle stopped working, and from then on, I didn't know anything else, I don't know how I managed to get to your house..." Sam said to his aunt, when little by little, He began to regain consciousness, and so did his vision, because since he woke up, Sam noticed how his vision had become very cloudy, as if around him, he was submerged in a wave of fog that did not allow him to see everything that he could see accompanied him.

“Honey, you did call me, you were scared, you fainted by the time I spoke to you, luckily, you had your cell phone locator on, and I was able to go look for you, don't worry about your motorcycle, it is being checked in the workshop, before At six in the afternoon you can go pick it up for tomorrow when you return home, very carefully,” said his aunt, placing a cloth damp with warm water on Sam's forehead so that he would feel better.

"As you say? But, I don't remember calling you at any time to come look for me,” Sam said, feeling more confused than ever.

“Now, honey, what I'm telling you is true, you called me, so I could come look for you, you were upset, and when I found you, you were passed out, I already told you, that's why you don't remember anything,” his aunt insisted.

Sam decided to leave the topic aside so as not to argue with his aunt, since he knew very well that he was telling the whole truth about what happened.

“It doesn't matter, aunt, it's okay, the most important thing is that here I am, and I was on my way here without having told you because I wanted us to talk about something that happened to me yesterday at work, and I know very well that you are the only one who can help me”

Sam tried to change the topic of conversation with his aunt, not feeling at all afraid of what he was about to say.

“I know, I know, son, I could feel it when I found you being alone in the forest, and if we have to talk, because I'm going to help you, you alone won't be able to handle all this, no one but me can help you get out of this.” problem that your work caused you, but first, go take a bath, you need it, I will prepare something to eat to regain strength, you have lost a lot of energy and that is not good for you, go to your room, I will wait for you in the dining room ”

Sam nodded, he tried to stand up from the couch by himself, but he couldn't do it, his aunt had to help him by holding his arms to let him lean his weight on her body, and they walked together until they got inside his room. .

Once there, his aunt went to the kitchen, closing the door to Sam's room, Sam walked with difficulty, he felt as if everything hurt too much to move of his own will, as if suddenly, he had fallen down a ravine into a void, lying on the ground and spinning around until he fell against the ground, injuring his body as a result.

Sam went into the bathroom, undressed, and got into the shower, letting the cold water fall over his body.

When he undressed, Sam realized the reason why his aunt had asked him to go take a bath, because his body was all covered in mud, full of dirt, as if he had been dragged along the floor of a forest-like terrain.

While showering and rubbing the soap over his body, Sam noticed that marks had been left on both of his arms, marks from fingers that had grabbed his arms tightly as if wanting to hurt him.

But when touched, they didn't hurt.

They were simply marks that remained there until later, who knows, they would disappear.

After showering, Sam put on a sweatshirt, a t-shirt, and went out wearing a pair of sandals that he always kept in his room at his aunt's house for when he intended to go sleep there. .

Sam left his room, in the kitchen, he felt the delicious aroma of hot chocolate that his aunt always prepared for him when he went to see her, and on the table, the chocolate bread that he had bought for her was served his aunt for a snack, and likewise, a plate with a freshly prepared sandwich was served.

His aunt beat the chocolate on the stove, and then poured it into two coffee cups.

“I'll help you, auntie,” Sam said, instead of sitting at the table, he walked over to the kitchen.

"No honey, you can go sit down, I'll serve you," said his aunt, leaving the kitchen with the cups of chocolate in her hands.

Sam approached the table, and sat in the same place where his aunt had served him the sandwich and the chocolate bread.

“Thank you, aunt, I feel a little better now, the bath helped me a lot, and coming here was what I needed,” Sam said to his aunt when she came over to serve him his cup of chocolate.

She walked around the table, and sat in her place with her cup of chocolate held in her hands, and drawing a calm smile in her eyes for Sam.