9: Persuade Me

Michael Summers likes to play safe. Even before when we were in primary school and decided to play hide and seek. He always hides behind my back and whenever I finished counting to a hundred, we’ll switch and he’ll be the seeker.

But as I read his expression right now, I can’t help but judge him. “You followed me?”

The words I spouted were full of spite, I can’t even feel I’m me right now, all I could sense was the color black and red. Back when I was a child, I was humming while walking and holding a white plastic bag in

both hands, the road to our house was solemn, even though it was just nearing evening.

There were funeral homes on the west road before I took a swerve to the right, I don’t like walking home alone but it can’t be helped, Ashton and Andrea were still small and need attention always.

"What are you doing Harriet?! You should've searched for your real father, not gone into the woods and disappeared like that!"

Michael was mad, and moments like how I handle this was