Through the Darkness (Part 8)

How many times do I have to tell you that you can’t come here at night?” he said as he grabbed my arm from behind. I turned around and opened my eyes slowly. “It’s dangerous, son.” “Father!?” I dropped my teddy bear. He was carrying a lantern. “What’s wrong with you, John? You know your mother is worried, don’t you? A cornfield is not a safe place to be during the night.” “I’m sorry, dad. I was looking for my teddy bear and I found it but then... I got lost when the sun went down.” “No pretexts excuses. Let’s go now.”

We arrived home quickly. As soon as we got inside the house we saw a lot of blood drops (drops of blood) all over the floor. My dad got desperate. So did I. He took his gun out from his pants. "You go and hide in the bathroom. Lock the door and don't get out until I come back" I was frightened. Tears came streaming down my face. He held me tight. "You gotta be strong son. Go now" I did what he said.

He went upstairs. I was able to hear everything from the bathroom. "Rachel, where are you?" he shouted. "Samuel Collins, I've been waiting for you," someone said finally. "What are you doing in my house, Mr. Campbell?" Mr. Campbell was the person who had sold the farm to my father five months before I was born. He always carried a fancy cane wherever he went. He liked to boast of about it by saying that he'd bought it from Switzerland. "You meant my house, Collins. It's not yours yet. Remember?" he said. "I know it Mr. Campbell and I'm telling you; I'll have sold my very first corn production by the end of the month. I'll be able to pay you my debt by then."

My head was against the bathroom door. I had never felt so much adrenalin in my short life, not even when uncle Jeffrey told us a terrifying story about killer scarecrows that came to life when the moon rose. At that moment I realized that Morgan was not with me. “I must’ve dropped it in the cornfield, again,” I thought. Then I heard something I couldn't understand so I opened the door quietly despite my father’s order. “...are broken. I’ve waited for you six months already. Life doesn’t wait one so much. I need the money, Samuel. We all need it.” “You don’t have to do this, Campbell. Please, I beg you. One month is all I need. You know, there’s always a way to solve prob..” Bang! My world stopped for a second but it felt like it had been a hopeless eternity, then I heard; “Too much words and no actions. I’m done.”

TO BE CONTINUED.

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