Chapter 8

Amirah

"So you mean that kid is yours?" Jackson looked at me with wide eyes. "Yes, she is mine, I said. Looking over at the others who are just staring at me, WHERE YOU EVER GOING TO FUCKING TELL US AMIRAH! Catenlena yelled. I looked at her with a straight face and said, "No, I wasn't going to tell anyone. I had a kid hiding her away; my world is what was keeping her safe, I tell them." She clearly didn't trust us with her little secret she kept hidden, even though we trusted her with our secrets, Catenlena said.

"Hay guys, stop fighting; all that matters right now is that the kid is okay, Jackson said. "Ya, he's right. Hay, Amirah, tell us about her," Briyah said with a smile. "Her name is Kelani, and she just turned 3 a couple of weeks ago. She is shy but also a ball of energy, very clingy and smart, I said, smiling, thinking about how she would pout every time I was late or laugh at her. "She sounds like a sweet little girl," Briyah said. "She is, I said, smiling but not knowing I was. "I can tell she makes you happy,Jackson said. "This is the first time we have seen you express any type of emotion before, Catenlena said. My face went blank, and I walked away from them.

KeLani (Pov)

Falling into the pit of darkness I feel like I'm floating. 'I died again,' I thought. My body drops to the ground, and I see a dark light shining on a book. "Greetings, child of darkness," I hear in my voice. Looking around, I don't see anyone or anything but the book. "Come closer, child, it is time you learn the truth," she said, walking to the book. A dark purple light surrounds me.

Looking into the book, I see my mom, Amirah, running into a dark, ancient-looking cave. "Gods and Godess of Darkness Please save and protect my child." Amirah said she was kneeling on the ground with a small baby in her arms. "You know the price of saving a dying soul," the Goddess of Darkness said. "Whatever the price is, I'm willing to pay it if that means my daughter will be okay." Amirah said.

"For these, you will live a life full of suffering, desolation, desaire and darkness forever; all the memories of the child will be gone," the goddess said. "Bring forth the child," the god said. I saw Amirah look down at the child with tears and whisper, "KeLani, I want you to live a good and happy life. Even if I'm not with you, I'll always love you," kissing the child all over. She wrapped the child in a pink and white blanket with the name Lani on it. Amirah was about to hand the sick baby to the gods and goddess. Looking down, she saw the child clinging to her shirt. "Please don't make these harder than they already are," Amirah said, crying, taking the baby's hands off her and handing her over to the gods and goddesses. They sent the child through a portal to a whole different universe.

Lani couldn't help but think about the blanket she saw Amirah wrap the child with. 'Why does that blanket look like the one I had when I was younger'. Snapping out of my thoughts, the book pages flip. "Miss, I fought these children at the front of the orphanage," a lady said. "Look and see if the child has a name," the mistress said while looking at the baby. "The blanket and card say her name is Lani; she is one month old," the lady read.

My eyes widen in shock. "That's me, and my real mom is Amirah, I said. The book pages change again. "Why do you want nobody to love and trust me?" Amirah cried. "You evil girl, how could you hurt Lenna?" a boy yelled while kicking Amirah. "I never wanted nor asked to be your friend; I love only one person," a tall, dark-haired boy said. "I swear that I didn't hurt Lenna," Amirah yelled at the group of people. "They always told us you were a heartless child growing up, "Amirah's father yelled. In the lab, "Take your time, boys; she's not going anywhere," a guard said. Watching all of my mom's past memories and life repeat over and over again every time she dies.

The book pages flip back to mom's first life and how it all started, but everyone's face is broken out except mom. "Since I can't have Lenna because of you, I'll make you regret ever messing with me," the man said with dark eyes. "I know it was you who caused Lenna's accident, putting her in a coma," the man yelled. "I had nothing to do with her car accident, Amirah cried out. "You wanted to marry me; know you have, and I'll make your life a living hell," he said to Amirah while chocking and pushing her up against the wall. "I stopped loving you the moment you told me that you loved someone else," Amirah cried. "Stop lying, Amirah. I know you wanted these since you wanted me so bad. I'll torture you every night," the man said, leaving the room and a crying Amirah on the floor. 

The pages flip again, but this time it's Amirah, months after her wedding, walking around the house with eyes that look lifeless. Amirah starts to feel dizzy and passes out in the bedroom. A maid came running.Young master, the lady passed out in the room." The maid said. "Call Dr. Rose and tell her to come to the house." The man said. "Good evening, Mrs. Carter, are you feeling alright?" Dr. Rose said. "I'm just a little dizzy and nauseous," Amirah said. "That is very normal during pregnancy," Docter Rose said. Widening her eyes and laughing, "What are you taking about? I'm not pregnant," Amirah said. "You are indeed pregnant, Mrs. Carter; you are three weeks pregnant, to be exact," Dr.Rose said. "Thank you, doctor," she said. 

"Later that night, you were fake sick to get my attention." The man said he was walking into her room. He saw her trembling and smiled. Standing in front of the man right when he was about to slam her against the wall while chocking her, "Stop, I'm pregnant," she whispered. He looked at her angrily and yelled, "You did these on purpose; you think having my child will make me love you." He said, "You and that child mean nothing to me," he said in her face. Amirah looked at him with tears running down her face.

The book flips to another page, showing Amirah being locked in a room with a baby. "Lani, it's just you, mama, against the world," Amirah said, kissing the sleeping baby. The door opens. "I son can live a happy life because you and that bastard," a lady yelled. Pushing Amirah out of the way and grabbing the child. "Wahh, wahh!" the baby cried out. "Don't hurt her, please. I'll do anything. Just please give her to me," Amirah cried. She marked the child with a soul-eating curse.

The book is closed. "My mom went through all of these to save my life," Lani cried. "It was all my fault she went through so much pain and suffering." Yelled out. 'Im the reason her pain never stops'.