The mystery of the dark forest

FIVE YEARS EARLIER I sat on my bed sulking over the fact that my mom just had me grounded, over me wearing makeup to the school prom. ``Ashley’’, I heard my mom voice call from down the stairs. Hey! She said as she stepped in my room, ``look i'm sorry alright, I didn’t just think going to a party with make up on as the best thing to do.’’ OH! so you couldn’t just tell me that! you just had to get me grounded didn’t you huh? NO! I just didn’t want you growing up being like those high school bad girls or something like that. She said. For goodness sake mom.am not like that and you should have known me better than this, you know what mom? ``You make me jealous seeing other kid’s parents understand them so well. and you my mom but I don’t think I feel the presence of a mom in my life’’. You know what mom? just do me a solid and give me some space! Before you go. there’s something you need to know! Ever since dad died you changed totally. ``You can leave now’’. I said with tears muffled with words. THEN I cried myself to sleep, with nightmares that brought painful memories of the past crawling back.