Red Car Accident
1178 Words
"Why - - no - - mom," Cassandra stuttered, looking behind her shoulder at her barking puppy which was running after her.
"Let me take Tom, mom." Cassandra tried to release herself from her mother's tight grip but the petite woman kept walking, increasing her pace instead.
"Mom!" Cassandra screamed to get her mother's attention and only then did the woman stop.
"What?" She growled and Cassandra cowered before her mother's intense glare.
"Are you okay, mom?" She asked again.
"We don't have time for this. We gotta leave." Her mother resumed her walk and in no time, they had left the mansion and were standing by the road as they flagged down a cab.
"We can't leave Tom behind. I gotta take him home." Cassandra whimpered, looking back at the huge black gate as the barks of Tom filled the air.
But her mother ignored her, pushing her into the backseat of the cab before getting in herself and the cab drove past Mr. King's house.
They arrived home in no time and her mother pulled her out of the car and into their small apartment, paying no attention to her daughter's sobs.
"Go pack your bags, we're leaving." She informed, pushing her closet door open and pulling her clothes off the hanger. She stuffed them into a big bag, not bothering to arrange them.
Cassandra stared at her mother.
"Mom, what are you doing? Where are we going?" She asked, her large blue eyes glassy with unshed tears.
"Damn it! Stop asking so many questions, will you? Just do as you're told for Christ's sake." Her mother yelled at her, moving around the room and throwing things into the big bag.
With tears falling down her eyes, Cassandra quietly packed her bags, stuffing the picture she had taken with Tom into the bag. The whining of the dog was still ever fresh in her mind and Cassandra couldn't help but feel guilty for leaving the dog behind. She wondered how it was feeling back at the mansion.
"Tom," she whimpered but soon wiped her eyes when her mother, who had disappeared into the kitchen, walked back into the room.
"You're done, right?" She asked and Cassandra nodded, earning a sigh from her mother's lips as she stooped to her eye level.
"Listen to me, Cass. I'm sorry we are leaving this soon but you gotta understand that this is for your good as well as mine. We aren't safe here anymore. I'll get you a new puppy when we arrive at our destination. You have to forget Tom now."
"No." Cassandra shook her head vehemently. "I don't want another puppy. I want Tom."
"Listen to me, Goddamnit!" Her mother snapped, shaking Cassandra's small frame ferociously. "We can't take Tom along and that's it. Now, let's go."
With that, they exited the room, and outside the building, a black car was waiting for them. They got into the back seat after placing their loads into the boot of the car and immediately began their journey.
The road was surprisingly lonely as only a few cars could be seen and Cassandra wondered why. It didn't even help that the drive was quiet, except for the rock music playing from the radio and though Cassandra had a lot of questions to ask, she kept mute, afraid she would offend her mother who already looked offended.
Struggling to keep her eyes open halfway through the boring drive, Cassandra shifted her gaze to the window, staring at the full moon which cast shadows on everything.
The black sky was decorated with stars of different sizes and Cassandra felt it was beautiful, too beautiful to be ignored, so she turned to her mother, asking her to take a look at the beautiful sky but her mother remained mute, her eyes fixated on something else instead.
Cassandra followed her mother's line of sight as she squinted her eyes to see what had captured her mother's attention.
There was an oncoming vehicle which was driving towards them and from the way the car was moving, it was clear its driver was either drunk or insane: no one in his right senses would drive that recklessly.
"What wrong with that asshole?" Cassandra heard her mother ask but before anyone could answer, the red car ran into them, hitting their car violently.
Trying to control the car, their driver turned the steering to the side but the red car stroke again, knocking them off balance.
Screams filled the air and Cassandra watched with wide eyes as her mother unfastened her seat belt, throwing herself over her daughter's body to shield her from the shards of glasses flying around as the car skidded off the road.
"Mom, what's going on?" Cassandra asked in fear but her mother kept screaming, her arms tightening around her daughter's body. She could feel the shards of glass poking into various parts of her body as the car kept moving, but she remained still, enduring the pain as she held her daughter to her chest.
The car finally hit a tree and overturned, the inner wheel lifting off the ground, sending her mother's body in the air as her head connected with the roof of the car.
The woman landed on Cassandra with a heavy thud and Cassandra felt her mother go still in her arms.
Trying to ignore the ache in her head and the intense pain she could feel all over her body, Cassandra held her mother's lifeless body, shaking it to get some form of reaction but getting none. She felt some wetness at the back of her mother's head and her eyes widened when she brought her hands to her face to see them stained with blood.
Her eyes welled up immediately and she glanced at the window, hoping someone would help out. She tried to speak but it felt like a lump had blocked her throat, preventing words from coming out.
Someone save us, please.
She prayed wordlessly, feeling blood trickle down the side of her face. She struggled to move her body but it suddenly felt like it had gone stiff. Was she going to die? Was she never going to see Mr. King, Hunter, and Tom again? Was her mother dead?
A sigh of relief escaped Cassandra's lips when she heard footsteps approaching the car and she prayed whosoever it was would come to her rescue, but she froze when she heard a voice say,
"The deed is done, boss. They are all dead."
With that, the retreating steps of the man filled Cassandra's ear and her heart sank with each step he made. He was leaving. . .he was leaving them alone.
Completely drained of energy, Cassandra felt her body give way and her eyes fluttered shut as her breathing slowed.
Suddenly, a stinging pain shot through her arm as she felt pairs of sharp teeth sinking into her flesh. Her eyes flew open at the pain and when she saw a pair of pale yellow eyes staring icily at her, she blacked out.
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