"No! Please, don't do this!"
"Please, don't touch her!"
"Aaaaarrgggghhh!"
"Tandrie, what's wrong?" I woke up so quickly that my head was dizzy. Cold sweat made my body wet in the middle of the night. Mama, without asking me to hold me tight I closed my eyes in my mother's arms while normalizing the roar of my breath that was panting violently.
"Just a nightmare, Ma." I said after a few minutes to calm down. Out there I am a civil engineer, looks strong and powerful, in charge of many people and is seen as a great person. But right now, at midnight, I seem to be back as an eighteen year old Tandrie. Fragile, hopeless, like a pile of garbage ready to be thrown away by his master. "Papa, Nana? How come here?" I wonder, is that loud my scream?
"Yes, Bro. Your voice is really loud." Nana tilted her head towards the door, "FYI, Papa broke down the bedroom door."
"Huh? How come?"