Whispers In The Wind

Chapter 3

"What do you think you're doing to yourself, huh? Different boyfriends almost every week. What are you? A p********e?" Mrs. Sheila Marco said to Antoinette in an angry voice.

"As if you care. Mom, do both of us a favor, and stop. You're not a mother, okay? You never have." Instead of explaining herself to her mother, she turned around and left the house.

Ever since her dad died, her relationship with her mother has never been the same. Antoinette always blamed her mom for her father's death. Mrs. Marco's infidelity drove her husband to take his own life. Oscar Marco was a loving husband, and a great provider. He used to own a small but successful business that allowed them to live a good life.

Her mother doesn't have any experience in managing a business. Three months after her dad died, they were forced to sell the business. Now, they're living off her mother's inheritance, and financial assistance from her grandmother.

"Hey, what's wrong? Are you okay? I've been sitting here in front of you for the last five minutes." Bronson, Antoinette's current boyfriend asked. They've only been together for five days, yet she's already getting tired of him.

"Huh? Nothing. What are you doing here?" She decided to go to the pub, and grab a few drinks.

"A life texted me that you're here. I just want to make sure you're okay." The one thing that Antoinette hates is a clingy boyfriend.

"Oh." She exclaimed disinterestedly.

"Uh-babe, can I ask you a question?"

"Yeah?"

"Is its true that Ben is flirting with you?"

"Uh-huh."

"And you're entertaining him?"

"Uh-huh."

"What the hell! Are you serious?"

"Listen, I don't have time for teenage dramas. If you want, you can stay the hell away from me. Okay? Bye."

Relationship is nothing but a game for Antoinette. She doesn't do emotional connection aside from her friends. Probably, because of how her father was devastated when her mother cheated on him. The pain that drove her father into taking his own life is something that she can't go through. That's why she made a promise to herself that she will never love anyone else aside from herself, and her friends.

"Hey, Lina. You awake?" Instead of going home, she thought of calling Lina, the one that lives six block away from her house.

[Yeah, wanna come?]

Among her friends, Lina is the one person who always gives unbiased advices. Most of her friends are hopeless romantic, the others don't even have experience when it comes to romantic relationship. She doesn't want to talk about her relationships, just a friend who could be there for her.

"You had a fight with your mother again, didn't you?" Lina while after placing a box of pizza on the bed.

"Yeah, I just need to lay low for awhile."

"Well, if you want, you can stay for the night. We're the same size, so you can use my clothes tomorrow."

"I think that's a great idea."

Lina's parents travels a lot because of their business. She's the richest among of all of them, and they have a huge house. Her parents always allows them to sleepover whenever they want as long as it pleases Lina. They know that they're not always around, think that letting thei daughter off the leash makes them suck any less. What they don't know is that Lina is a sad teenage girl, who misses her parents so much.

"You know, I envy you." Lina said out of nowhere.

"Envy me? My mother is living off her inheritance from her father's side and financial assistance from my grandma. What is enviable with that?"

"At least, she's always around."

"Oh, trust me. If she's your mom,, you wouldn't be happy being around her either. The b*th is a hypocrite."

"Why? Because, she doesn't you making the same mistake that she did?"

"Can we not talk about my mother? Why don't you just put on some horror movies on that big ass flat screen tv?"

Lina did what Antoinette asked. They watched four horror movies before falling asleep. Antoinette didn't even think of texting or calling her mother to tell her where she is. What she don't know is her mother cries every night. That she wants to fix things between them, but she doesn't know where to start.

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Instead of sleeping, Keisha turned on her computer. She needed to know what is really happening to her. She's not even sure about what she wants to find out. That she's hallucinating, and she going crazy? Or, that there's really a spirit trying to communicate with her. What's even the worst between the two?

It's obvious that her parents wanted to talk to her about what the other night. Having a doctor as a father, their family always look at things logically. Her religious mother always told her, and her sister that anything connected to the paranormal is a work of the devil. If you have enough faith, the devil can't get to you.

"What is this?" She asked herself when she saw a personal message coming from someone she doesn't know

-Chat Conversation-

SixthSense: I know what is happening to you.

Keisha: What are you talking about?

SixthSense: I dreamed about you last night. You're hearing whispers, you can feel that you're not alone.

Keisha: Screw you! I don't have time for your nonsense!

-Chat Ended-

Even though what the person said was true, it terrified Keisha. She can't even think about any plausible reason why that person knows what's happening to her, and it scares the hell out of her. From what she thought she believes, there is no way for anyone to know the exact thing happening to someone. That is just humanly impossible.

She received another message from the username SixthSense, telling her that if she will not do what needs to be done, things will only get worst. Instead of sending another reply, Keisha blocked the user's profile, and closed her laptop.Tears immediately fell from her eyes because of frustration. A few months ago, she's just a normal teenager trying to maintain her good grades. Now, her mind is about to explode because of how complicated things turns out, and she doesn't know what to do.