“Come on, darling! Do
you wanna play hide and seek?” The woman with big brown eyes asked her
daughter, and the little girl answered yes enthusiastically and with a slight
lisp.
“Am I gonna hide or
you’ll hide?” The woman asked again.
“You hide!” Shouted the
little girl.
So the little girl
faces the wall, and counted till 10.
“1…2…3”
The little girl could
hear footsteps ticking through the wooden floor.
“4…5…6”
The footsteps are now
barely audible.
“7…8…9”
There was a click on
the door.
“10! Mommy! Am gonna
find you!” The little girl’s voice echoed into the empty living room. The
little girl ran to the dining room. She crawled under the table hoping to find
her mommy hiding there but to her disappointment, she only saw pieces of
clutter underneath. As she was heading to the pantry, she heard a car’s engine
ignites.
The
little girl went to the window near the entrance door, and there she saw the
car, in which her mommy is driving, pulls away from the driveway. The little
girl stood by the window, unable to move. She watched the car until it was out
of her sight.
That
was the last time the little girl saw the woman with big brown eyes.
-Katy
O.
