Chapter 7: New

“Mark, it’ll be okay.” Alex said, kneeling down beside him.

It’s that voice again. The voice I heard in my dream. That one night. Mom, are you here? Mark looked up, he saw Alex’s calm face, and his friends surrounding him. He saw his brothers, also kneeling next to him. He was confused, what happened. Tears streamed down his face, silently. He was in one of the most vulnerable positions he had ever been in.

“What happened?” Alex asked, placing a hand gently on his shoulder.

“I…” Mark began, but stopped. He wasn’t going to finish that sentence, he wasn’t going to tell anyone what happened that day. Ever. He didn’t change the sentence, he didn’t say anything.