It was close to midnight and I was sitting on the porch drinking some water. Nightmares had woken me for the third time that week and I knew if I stayed in bed, I'd wake Lisa up. I heard footsteps behind me, I looked round expecting Lisa but it was Mom. She was wearing her robe.
"You know, if you just sat in the kitchen, I wouldn't know you're out here. Your Dad has the doors set to send him an alert when they're opened. He figured it was you again," she said as she sat next to me.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake anyone else," I replied.
"Nightmares again?"
"Yes. I can never get back to sleep after them."
"Are you still feeling guilty about what happened?"
"Not what happened, Mom, what I did. I killed 3, maybe more, human beings. I know you all say I didn't have a choice but it doesn't
