Chapter 148 Interlude
Since going to the mutual aid meeting, Linda's mood is much better than before.
Even if it was just a short talk, it brought comfort to her heart.
Today, she is sitting in her studio as always, busy working on miniature models.
"Mom."
The boy's voice came from behind, Linda stopped what she was doing and turned her head.
Peter was leaning against the doorframe and looking at her.
"Today is Halloween. My classmates and I have a party and we have to go out. Can I borrow your car?"
Under Linda's gaze, the boy He couldn't help but put his hands behind his back.
Inside the trouser pocket is a pipe dedicated to some special herbal medicine.
"What are you going to do? Spend the whole night with them taking drugs, drinking, and being crazy and meaningless?"
A look of sullenness appeared on Linda's face.
"Don't be so nervous, Mom, it's just an ordinary party."
Peter looked away, still speaking harshly.
Looking at her son like this, Linda finally lowered her head.
"Take Charlie with you and take care of your sister."
"Okay."
Peter immediately turned around to look for his sister, but did not notice Linda There was a strange flash in his eyes.
For this son, she has always held a certain sense of guilt in her heart.
When she was pregnant with Peter, she tried almost every method to have an abortion.
Linda had done all the things that pregnant women should not do, even more than once.
Looking back now, she didn’t know why she did that.
But in the end Peter was miraculously born smoothly without any congenital defects.
Perhaps because she talked too much about the past yesterday, Linda once again thought of her past behavior.
With a soft heart, he agreed to Peter's request.
With Charlie here, at least he won't play too crazy.
Linda comforted herself and continued to work.
“Charlie!”
Peter called his sister around the house.
Finally found her under the attic.
"Why are you staying here? Let's go, brother, take you out to play. Today is Halloween."
Peter's tone was very excited.
In his arms, Charlie's indistinguishable androgynous face showed no expression. He just stared blankly at the attic and made a snapping sound in his mouth.
Peter drove all the way across the highway and took his sister to the large villa that his classmates had rented in advance.
As soon as I opened the door, the smell of burning special tobacco hit my face.
The men and women in the villa hall moved their bodies to the tune of the loud music from the speakers.
In the dim environment, people's instinctive lust is amplified. Normal teenagers hug each other in pairs.
Peter took his sister across the dance floor of the hall and came to the back.
Here, as expected, he met the girl he had a crush on.
"Charlie, eat cake here, be good and don't run around, brother will come back to you later."
Peter had just taken two steps and then turned back.
“Don’t eat anything with nuts, remember.”
Charlie looked at the young man in front of him and nodded, as if he agreed to his instructions.
After seeing this, Peter left here with peace of mind.
Watching his brother’s figure disappear into the surging crowd, Charlie’s eyes were on the party cake not far away.
The young people chatting cut it open, revealing the large and small nuts in the middle.
She walked forward, took the knife and fork, cut a large piece, and stuffed it into her mouth.
Chewing and swallowing.
The allergen passes through the esophagus and throat, and the flesh and blood tissue immediately reacts and begins to swell.
But she did not look for her brother immediately. Instead, she used a discarded small drink bottle to make a doll...
It wasn't until he finished the puppet that he swayed and followed the direction Peter left before.
At this time, Peter was puffing away with the girl he liked. When he turned around, he saw his sister, her face was swollen and red, she was making a "ho ho" sound in her mouth, and she had difficulty breathing.
It’s a nut allergy.
Peter immediately dropped what he was holding, stepped forward to pick up Charlie, and ran quickly outside the villa.
"Charlie, hold on. I'll take you to the hospital right now."
Putting his sister in the back seat of the car, Peter hurriedly started the car. On the dim road, only the car they were in was driving.
“Hoo…ho…”
Charlie in the back seat kept twisting his body in pain.
She opened the car window and stuck her face out of the window, as if she could breathe fresh air again.
Peter was driving, anxious.
The foot on the accelerator is getting harder and harder, as if it is about to break.
The pointer on the stopwatch gradually climbed up, and the car continued to speed up in the darkness.
The next second...
"Crack!"
Charlie stretched his upper body out of the window, his head hit a street light pole, and his head was in a different place. .
The body slid down the inside of the car door weakly...
The car speeding on the road suddenly braked.
Stop in place.
“…Charlie…”
Peter called in a low voice from the driver's seat, but there was dead silence in the car, and there was no response.
His eyes were dull and his facial muscles were trembling slightly.
Peter dare not look back, as long as he doesn't look back... As long as he doesn't look back...
As long as he doesn't look back...
Peter restarts numbly The car shuddered into gear.
The car didn’t drive very fast, but it ran through many red lights along the way.
He drove all the way home, walked up the stairs like a puppet, returned to his room, and wrapped his body and head in a blanket.
Just lying there motionless, without blinking.
Outside the door, the voices of mother and father were faintly heard.
“Are you still going out so late?”
"I need to go to the town to buy some paints. Is there anything you want me to buy back?"
"The detergent at home is not enough. Bring some. Also buy some sobering drinks. Peter should be drinking I came back drunk..."
...
Not long after, a heartbreaking cry came.
Peter, whose eyes were dull on the bed, was twitching all over as if he had been electrocuted.
He couldn't accept that he had killed his sister.
Pain, self-blame, fear, and sadness are too strong emotions and are isolated by the body's self-protection mechanism.
Peter's consciousness seemed to be separated now. He felt like he had another personality, watching everything outside through a thick layer of glass.
He got up and walked outside his parents' bedroom.
The mother cried and howled as if she wanted to vomit out her blood. She shouted "I want to die" over and over again, and the muffled sound of beating her head on the ground kept coming.
Her father was crying and reluctantly comforted her.
Obviously there is only a wall between them, but Peter can never take that step.
He is a sinner.
The sinner who killed his sister Charlie.
Peter came outside in a daze and saw a flash of blue light.
Peter followed the blue light all the way to the pool outside.
His face was reflected in the clear water.
But he showed a strange smile in the water.
Peter subconsciously raised his hand and touched the corner of his mouth.
No changes.
He stared at himself in the water, suddenly realized something, and took a few steps back in fear.
Suddenly, a voice came from a distance.
“Get out! Peter!”
In a trance, one voice seemed to turn into many.
“Get out! Peter!”
“Get out!”
With these shouts, Peter suddenly felt that his body became very light, as if he was under pressure. He will be off the ground in one second, flying towards the sky, towards an unknown place...
(End of this chapter)