BECOMING WHITE WITCH

CHAPTER - 2

Present time …..

ADIRA’S P.O.V.

‘One more dead . Victim to death by the hands of the same cruel murderer . The same symbol has been found craved on his back . We are reporting live from the crime sce – ‘

“Mom!!”

 I watched my mother getting startled by the loudness of my voice as I came downstairs from my room . I looked towards the television and the stout news reporter was telling of yet another murder .

 Five people killed , three days in a row . The reporter was talking about the same weird symbol that had been craved on all the dead victims’  backs . I shuddered at the thought of such cruelty . Approaching the television in four long strides , I shut it off .

“Adira , I think you should take a break from your waitress job at the club for the time being . This latest murder was just too close to your club for my liking .”

I looked at her , baffled from her sudden announcement . Where did that came from ?

 Mom’s face confronted in worry  as she told me to not go to work . Me and  mom had came to this town four months ago , after the divorce of my parents . My dad had cheated on my mother or so I had been told by mom .

 Whatever the reason was , mom never told me always brushing off the topic . The days following the divorce were not good either , dad kept coming to our house and fighting mom for no reason .Seeing him with another woman was painful too especially for mom .

  Growing up dad and I were not too close there always was a drift between us that nobody wanted to mend other than mom .

 After a few months mom got a promotion to senior editor in her company and we shifted to ‘Platonia’. A town on the outskirts of Columbia . Not small but not big either Platonia , is beautiful being surrounded by dense forests .

“Adi!! Are you even listening ?”

She suddenly got up from her position on the L- shaped sofa and started pacing on the rug in front of it . I slowly crept forward towards her as to not startle her anymore than I have done .

“Baby you have to understand this is not safe . It is very dangerous . The police has not even one clue whose doing it . It can be one of our neighbors for all we know . No-no-no…..If something were to happen to you I will……….”

I put down my hands on her shoulders , cutting off her rant and effectively stopping her from pacing the home down .  She looked down at me , her eyes brimming with tears .

“Mom!! Nothing will happen to me . I can take care of myself and then some more and you know it .”

“Bu-but its dangerous out there . There’s a criminal running around killing people for no reason . You are my only family , if something happened to you I won’t be able to live with myself .”

Tears were now falling freely down her cheeks making me tear up too . Mom had not cried in months . She never cried when dad asked to divorce , she never cried when we had to move from our hometown .

Actually thinking about it I never really saw her crying for herself . She always cried when I injured myself from falling from trees and whatnot. 

She always held me tightly whenever I cried , she was always with me . Whenever I got scared of monsters under my bed , whenever I got nightmares , at my first day of school she sat outside my class the whole day because I didn’t want to leave her . She even harassed my dance instructor when he said I am the worst dancer he ever saw .

All in all , she is the best mother one could ever ask for .

Standing on my tip toes I hugged her hard with all the might I had . She started really crying clutching me hard , sobbing on my shoulders , her tears soaking my black shirt and I let her take it all out , the frustration , the worry , the sadness , all of it came down rolling with her tears .

 My mother is a tall , beautiful independent and confident woman . Her hazel eyes and white blond hairs just adding to her beauty . She was everything I ever wanted to be in my life .  I was short compared to her and my snow white hairs

Finally calming down from her hysteric she detached herself from me and laughed slightly wiping her nose .

“I am such a bad mother , crying like a child who lost her candy . You’d think me of some snotty child . I-I-I-“

“Mom”

I called her softly , putting my finger under her chin lifting her face so that she was looking in my eyes .

“Shut up !!”

Her stunned expression bought a smile to my own lips . Sniffing a little I gave her a watery but genuine smile .

“You are the best mom one could ever ask of !! I love you and you know it , you just want to hear your compliments .”

I stuck my tongue out at her as she laughed . Pleased with making her smile again , I gave her my best and most vibrant smile .

“When did you grow up so much? It feels like yesterday when you were this small thing causing wherever you went . I love you so - so – so much !!”

She hugged me again and I smiled against her chest . But my smile faded as soon as I saw the clock on the wall . I was half hour late . Time sure flies by fast , I thought dryly .

“Mom I love you too but I’m seriously late so bye , take care .”

I was running out of the door as soon as I said that hearing a faded take care from mom . The club was not far from here not really , if I ran the whole I could get there in ten minutes .

 This is as good as it could get , I thought as I started running on the roadside . I just hope my b***h of a boss doesn’t take this chance to fire me .

I love my job , the carefree environment of the club , the happy , sad and drunk people , observing all of them always brought a smile to my face . My life in general is normal , but normal bores me . I want something thrilling  always going on .

My co-workers are nice to me too , even though it has been just three months of me working there . The only problem is the old hag for a boss . Jenny seemed pretty nice when I went to the interview but that changed soon after his niece started flirting with me . Apparently she loves her niece more than a aunt should . Talk about paedophile .

I turned into the alleyway that leads to the back entrance of the club . In my peripheral vision I saw something that caught my attention . Turning around I saw a boy standing on the other side of road right across from me . He looked around my age . He was wearing weird clothes and stood hunched almost as if he could not think of something more tiresome .

 Something really felt off about him. I debated going to him ask if he needed something . Just as I decided to over and get it over with before I got even more late , the boy looked up and straight at me as if he could sense me . His were the most unusual shade of eyes I’ve ever seen , they were red . Blood red , glowing bright . His face pale and he was staring at me , right at me not even blinking . I’ve not seen anything more creepy than that .

Is he the murderer ? Although he looked creepy and weird I don’t really think he can be capable of hurting someone . Mentally shaking the image of him gutting me I started towards him . But Justas I took one step ahead he vanished . Like poofed in thin air .

My eyes widened and my heart started beating faster . Did that really happen or was that just my imagination ? Like where did that boy went how can he just vanish like that ?

I stood there confused as to what happened just now . WOW!! Talk about boring life…