Forever haunted

Chapter 4

Jackson’s pov

(Jackson is in his final year , still having the affair with Felicity and has not gone home since his freshman year)

It’s 12pm noon and I’m bored . No one is at home , they went on a couples weekend which unfortunately started this morning .

I’ve played all the games and there’s nothing more to do .

I pick up my keys and go for a drive round the neighborhood.

Hyde park has always been a great place to live , it’s super close to school and has the academic feeling .

People , at first glance assume I am a bad student , on the contrary I’m on a first class .

Architecture and design has always fascinated me , ever since I found out in the 9th grade that the Eiffel Tower was structured after a p***s .

My phone rings and my mom’s face lights up my screen , I park the car to pick up the phone ,it’s not like I was going anywhere .

“Hey jack , how are you ?” She says beaming with excitement,

“I’m good ma , I’m good . Just going for a drive round the neighborhood, was bored “

“, why don’t you come home and have fun with your old mother, I’m not getting any younger and I haven’t seen you since you moved from London”

The thought of the word home frightened me , all that’s there is abuse , there’s nothing homey about that .

“You wouldn’t call that place a home now mother , it’s more of a one man brothel “ I say and I see her face fill with regret and woe .

“Jack, I’m sorry I couldn’t speak up for you those years. You know your father , he’s an arrogant man that can do no wrong “ she says

“Mhm “ was all I said in response.

“I’ll chat you later mom “ and before she can say anything I end the call .

I throw my head back against the head rest , allowing thoughts of the past run free in my mind ,

“Would I be such a horrible kid if that didn’t happen to me or do I really deserve it ?”

Mother tried taking me to therapy , they would always say it’s never the victims fault but always the abuser . They could never speak freely because my father’s position in the army as Major made it even more difficult for anyone to hold him accountable.

I sat in silence , then I started hearing a man scream .

It was an odd thing to hear so I rolled down my window , the sight before me was beyond flabbergasting.