Chapter 8

That night when he slept, he dreamt of his mom. She was standing next to a tree that was next to a flowing stream. When she heard the fallen leaves rustle, she turned and looked at him. Her look was different from other times and she tried to hide it. When she saw him, she had a warm smile and her face lit up but her eyes; they told a different story. They betrayed her emotions. He could read them plainly, like a book. The words they spelt were sadness, depression, lost hope, and two of them that stood out were pain and disappointment. " Something wrong mom?" " son, sit with me. we have some things to catch up on yes?" " sure mom" "You know, I thought I wouldn't see you" "I thought you wouldn't come". He talked to her about everything that he had managed to accomplish so far. He talked about his two "good friends" and how they got along with each other. When he talked about them, he could notice a change in her facial expressions but on a closer look, it was gone like it was never there in the first place. "What's happened to Isabel? You barely talk about her anymore" "ooh Isabel... well uh... she's doing alright" "You love don't you?" It was clear that he was taken aback by her questions. He sighed and said "You know I can't afford that mom" " oooh but you've already fallen son." " Really?" " Of course you chose her over your sister if I'm correct." As she said those words, guilt overwhelmed him. He was still trying to forgive himself for that. He looked up trying to shield his emotions from pouring out. A single tear could wake him up and he couldn't afford that. But his emotions had betrayed him as he felt a tear drop. As soon as that happened there was a bright light shinning, he was falling asleep on her laps. Just before he closed his eyes completely, he said "please promise me you'll be here tomorrow" " I promise now, you be good." The next time he opened his eyes, he could see the light rays coming into his room. It was morning. Dreamworld. Completely opposite with our world. I fall asleep here and wake up there. I fall asleep there and wake up here. He thought to himself. When he woke up, Isabel wasn't by his side. He walked around, checking for her in every room he knew of. When he walked into the study room, he could see her sleeping peacefully with her head resting on the table and she used her hands as a pillow. There was candle wax everywhere showing that she might have been up for the most part of the night. On a closer inspection, he could see a piece of paper that was lightly pressed on by her hand. He slowly lifted her hands and pulled out the paper to read it's content. When he saw what was on it, there was only one thing he could think of - crazy. Whoever wrote this was crazy. What he saw on the letter was

* It rolled up to a cage. It

Is where his family stays.

Time and time again, he lays with his children

To protect them from predators that

Bring pain and possibly death to

Him.*

What is this? he thought to himself. It wasn't making any sense at all. " Maybe she was able to find something out of it" He said looking at her. Just then she was slowly starting to wake up. When she was up, she stretched and let out a cute yawn. At least that was what he thought of it. " Good morning. I doubt you had a good night sleep." "nah I didn't." " Yeah sorry about that. So did you figure anything out?" He said waving the letter up for her to see. " That?" she frowned and said " It's all Aramaic to me. It'll take time, but I'll figure something out." " Yeah sure but right now I think it's best if you rest. I'm going to the villagers and possibly, the nearest village today." " Yeah well good luck" with that he left. "How easy is it to fool you Trevor?"

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Hey guys It's Me the writer. I just wrote this to say sorry for the irregular release of chapters. My phone got stolen so.. I just got this and I can assure you that I'll be steady this time. Please read my newest book. The Fourth son.

Thank you all.