by Livvy Aarons
My brows drew together trying to understand her meaning of the question. The sluggishness of my mind could not see that she meant anything malicious. “I am ready to pay for my mistakes.”
Tasha gave me brisk nod then asked the officer to come in. The reality of the situation was riding high when the police officer placed me in handcuffs and leg cuffs. I was a dangerous criminal, a murderer…a killer.
The hallway fell silent as I was dragged through, everyone staring with judgment in their eyes. Reagan was waiting for us by the elevator; she didn’t even glance at me. “We are taking her out the back. There is no need to let the media get their claws in her.”
Not even twenty minutes later, I was standing in front of a Judge. He was a pudgy old man with jowls that flapped every time he spoke. Something about him seemed off, the fogginess of my brain was starting to clear and I was beginning to question the entire situation. Where was my father? Where was Tristan who so generously supplied me with the Ice Queen lawyer?
Judge Jowl face accepted my plea agreement, sentencing me to a minimum of ten years at a maximum security psychiatric hospital, named Ashmoor in upstate New Hampshire. Some would call that generous, I would call that unfair to Aidan. The officers that shoved me into a patrol car for transport where not gentle and I welcomed the pain. That’s what I deserved, lots of pain. I wish I could’ve told my father how sorry I was for everything. Maybe even hug my brother goodbye. There was no one to tell me they loved me, even my crazy best friend Julie was absent.
Old memories flared up as we drove through town, memories that seemed so far away. Time is a unrelenting whore that takes precious moments of your life as payment. Right now, I had nothing but time to wallow in my misery.
I watched rain drops slide down the window until something caught my eye in the woods that surrounded the tiny road. A man was running along side of the car, never missing a step even as we sped down the twisting turns. No—not a man, it was Tristan. I glued myself to the window, “Tristan!”
“You better settle down missy.” One of the police officer hissed.
“No there is a man running in the woods. I think he is trying to get your attention.” It was a lie but I need them to stop. I need to talk to Tristan. I looked harder into the woods and he seemed to disappear. I slumped back into my seat, disappointed that I couldn’t see him. “He is gone.”
The cops only laughed calling me crazy. Maybe I was crazy, maybe I was only wishing to see Tristan. Either way the gwyallgi demon venom was making my brain foggy and the fog was getting thicker
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We drove for what felt like days and with every hour I felt like something was wrong. When this Ashmoor came into view, my heart sank. It was creepy with a black iron wrought fence, bars on all the windows and a perpetual gray clouds boiling around it. I didn’t want to stay here, I could feel a faint touch of evil staring back at me. Maybe I could run.
The police must have seen the wild look in my eyes when they dragged me out of the car because they didn’t take off the chains before shoving me up the stairs. I stumbled into a pair of cold arms, “Easy Ms. Cole, we would hate for you to get hurt.”
I stared at the woman, correction this was no woman….this was a demon. I jumped away from her scrambling to my feet. “This is a mistake, I can’t stay here. I know what you are!”
“No mistake my dear, you are here because you are a murdering psychopath that believes the world is full of demons, angels and other things that go bump in the night. Now my name is Claire and I would like to welcome you to Ashmoor.” The smile she gave me highlighted her pointed teeth.
I could only scream at the top of my lungs as the orderlies dragged me inside, In desperation to get away I clawed at them, the floor , the walls, anything to set me free. They were stronger than my abused body and as an angry tear slipped out I thought of nothing but revenge. I would endure this prison and I will send that demon to hell.
To be continued….
Dark Minds
The mind is the Devil’s playground….
Coming 2015
