Waking up

***POV – Melaena

Like a black-and-white movie in color, I see Kiara smile at me, holding a picture in her hands. I don’t want to look at it, but I can’t seem to look away. Her mouth moves but no words come out. A blob on the grey picture starts beating as if in rhythm with the noise in my ears. A heartbeat. A baby. My baby. Damion’s baby.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Then a car rolls, tumbles, crashes … blackness. I scream for help but it’s only in my head, no sound escapes. I look through the shattered window and a small boy stands in the shadows, like a ghost, watching … his face locked in terror, his green eyes filled with guilt. Then the darkness overwhelms him and he’s gone.