Chapter 97

"...that day, I never got lost like I claimed.. I ran away from home after witnessing the most brutal event in my life!" He started. He ran away?? But why?? What did he see that made him runa way from home?? He didn't say anything anymore. Rather, his eyes became teary and the veins in his forehead popped out like he was in great pain. Is he reliving that moment again?? Oh no.. I need to stop him from talking more because it seems like it was doing more harm to him than I had expected. "Marcus.. you don't have to.." My words were caught up in my throat when I felt his warm palm on mine as if assuring me that he was alright. Then, he continued; "That rainy night, I saw something that I should have never seen. It was so graphic that it got engraved in my head forever. My mother..." His voice shook as a lone tear slipped down his eyes. "...I watched my mother draw her last breath with her mouth wide opened like she had been screaming and her brown eyes staring at nothing in particular." W