23 Crashing my Heart

I can sense my mother was terrified, I even felt her trembling. At first, I thought it was because of her uncontrollable sobs but when I hold her arm, I felt the voluntary movement of her flesh. She's trembling. It hurts to see my delicate mother being horrified by that monster. That woman of Richard looks beautiful outside but a stingy monster inside. I hate her that if the gravity of how i feel now can cause thunder and lightning to directly hit her, it would be strong enough to burn her to ashes right away.

I tried to calm her as much as I could. She continuously said in a whisper between sobs "promise me... promise me....please be safe for me.... I will die if something bad happens to you". Her words are crashing my heart.

Just then, my father and my two siblings hurriedly went down from their respective rooms when they saw us in embrace.