Chapter 10

     When Claire woke up later that day, she yawned and stretch her body and you could hear her bones pop and she sigh feeling relief. She then heard that somebody opened a cell and but it wasn't hers. Standing up she walked towards the door of her cell with her arms stretched out to help her to know whether or not something was at her front. When she felt the cell door, she noticed that it was cold and she shivered. Putting her ear at the small bars located at the top of the cell door, she heard someone talking and it was Samuel " Here's your cell. Hope you'll behave" she heard Samuel tell the other person "I will" she heard the other persons voice and she froze "That voice" she thought shaking " It sounds just like that man own" she thought "Let's have fun little girl" the man voice rang in her head and she screamed "No!!!" And she used her hand to hit the door "NO!No!!" She screamed while hitting the door "Claire what's wrong?" Samuel said as he opened Claire cell door and held her hands together with his hands. Claire shook her head left and right furiously and the wrap used to bound her eyes fell off and her eyes locked with the man, Samuel was talking to. The man looked exactly like the man who killed her parents and brother. The same eye and everything. Even the eye he lost where Claire stabbed him was there. And the man when he saw Claire eyes opened, he grinned at her wickedly and licked his lips remembering Claire of what he did to her "No!!NO" Claire screamed and she fainted.

         As soon as Claire woke up that night, she sat up on her bed and  everything came back to her like a flash of lightening. That man voice and his eye. His grin and the way he licked his lip "God no. Let it just be that I was dreaming" she whispered to her self and it seems God didn't answer her prayer because she heard the man voice again "My my. Little girl you sure have grown big these past 8 years" she heard the man voice from the next cell and it seem the man was close to the door of his cell "I would love to have you right now but this damn cell door won't budge" the man said as he Bang the door of his cell with his hands " But don't worry" the man said laughing and banging the door "One day I'll see that you'll be repayed for my damaged eye" the man said as he laugh like a maniac as he hit the door over and over again causing all the insane people to wake up and start making a noise. Whilst the man said those things and BANG the door, Claire was having a mental break down, she was crying and covering her eyes, rocking back and forth "Its all a dream. Its all a dream. This is not happening" "I killed him. I killed him. He's dead. Its all a nightmare which am gonna wake up any minute now" She said as she slapped her face "Why aren't you waking up. WAKE UP!!" She shouted repeatedly as she slapped herself over and over and over again and then she stopped when she noticed the man stopped banging and stop talking "See it was all a dream. A nightmare" she convinced herself as she laugh lightly "Don't think i'm going anywhere little girl. I'm still here with you" she heard the man said and she froze on the spot and after 10 seconds she screamed "STAY AWAY!!!!!" crying as she rushed to door, not caring if something was in her front and she used her body to hit the door over and over again until she was tired and passes out on the floor with tears rolling from her eyes.

      The next day Claire woke up,she felt very weak and heavy. It was like every piece of her bone was broken. "I see you're awake" she heard a voice say to her and it was Samuel "I found you lying on the floor. What happened?" Samuel waited but Claire didn't answer. Sighing he stood up "I'll leave you on your own" with that said he left the room. Claire cried not because of what happened to herbut because she didn't say what was wrong with. She couldn't bring herself to say anything because she hated her voice. Anytime she tries to say anything her voice comes out as dead. Lifeless. She stopped crying after a while and just lay on her bed thinking nothing. Her mind was blank.
     When night came, Samuel took Claire to her cell and when she was about to enter her cell she heard that man laugh and she started shaking wanting to cry but she regain herself and step into her cell standing with her back to the door and as Samuel locked it, she sat on the floor with her back against it and she stayed like that until someone opened the door and she fell on the floor with her back against the floor.

    When Patrick opened Claire cell door, something or someone back touched his foot. Looking down he saw Claire face looking up to him "Huh?  What are you doing on the floor?" Claire heard Patrick voice and she sat up, got up from the floor and went to her bed and sat down "Here's your food" Patrick said as he placed it on top of the desk and sat on the bed. Claire smelled the aroma of the food in front of her and her mouth waters "Guess you're pretty hungry" she heard Patrick chuckled and she touched her mouth and saw that she was salivating and she wiped it and blushed lightly " So sorry I didn't cone to see you this morning. I just took my new little sister home. The little or not so little girl cause she's 15, I told you about yesterday" Claire nodded her head in understanding and this shocked Patrick "Did you just respond to me talking?" He asked surprised and he smiled "That's the first time you replied or the second time. The first you said something to me was you telling me to stop and I guess I was talking none stop and I guess that's why you told me to stop. And I would have done the same if it were you talking like that and I'm still talking, aren't i?" Patrick laughed nervously scratching his head sheepishly.
      When Claire was done eating, Patrick told her bye and she just lie on her bed not doing anything like she was doing anything before in here. She just thought about the happy time she had with her brother and her parents before all that happened and she smiled. A small smile for just a sec and she started crying " Mommy. Daddy. Big brother. I miss you so much" she cried soaking the pillow with her tears.
   
The next day, Patrick woke up very early at 6:30 because he had to prepare everything for his trip. He picked out his bag and put one week worth of clothes in his bag and his tooth brush and paste. He quickly hurried downstairs and walked to the kitchen and saw his brother eating chocolate "What's the rush? You have like two hours more" Gerald said to him looking at his brother who was rushing there and there to pick up snacks for his trip and not paying attention to him. Sighing Gerald walked out of the kitchen and as Patrick turned towards his brother to answer him, he saw that his brother was gone "Maybe it was just my imagination" he thought and walked out of the kitchen and sat in the sofa on the chair waiting for 7 to hit". When 7:00 hit, Patrick ran out of the house with his bag on his back and a small luggage in his hand " Albert tell mom I've gone and that I'll see her in a week" Patrick said leaving "Yes young master" Albert said bowing.
     "Now before I leave, I would like to see Claire first and tell her when I'll be back" Patrick thought as he sat at the back of a cab "Wait when do I need to tell Claire everything?" He asked himself "Its probably because I want to keep her company and I won't want her to think I stop coming there because she doesn't answer me and even if she doesn't, talking to her makes me happy" Patrick thought smiling as he step out of the cab and paid the man. Entering into the Asylum, Patrick saw that it was extra quiet and he looked around and saw no one "What you doing here so early?" Samuel asked him standing at his back and he screamed like a girl   which made Samuel to flinch and cover Patrick mouth before he wakes the patients "Shshhh do you want to wake them up" Samuel said " If you didn't want that then you wouldn't have startled me, ya know!!" Patrick screamed at Samuel face which made the Samuel to sweat drop "Sorry" "Yeah yeah" Patrick said "So what you doing here so early?" Samuel asked  again "Oh right. I wanted to tell that I'll be going on a school trip today for one week" "Oh okay then that means the work will be worst this week" Samuel said as dark aura of sadness surround him "I'll always be back" Patrick said patting Samuel shoulder laughing nervously "Okay" Samuel said as he sigh "So I guess you'll be going now" "No, not now. I need to talk to Claire first" Patrick answered "You know, I've been meaning to ask, do you like Claire?* Samuel asked grinning making Patrick to blush and cough furiously " No.. I mean yes but only as a friend" Patrick answered blushing "Really now?" Samuel asked again "Yes" Patrick nodded his head "Okay" Samuel said and Patrick passed him walking towards the elevator.

When Patrick opened Claire door he saw her stretching and yawning "Good morning" Patrick greeted which made Claire to raise a single eyebrow "I know what you thinking. The reason why I am here so early is to tell you that today I'll be leaving today for my school trip" Patrick said 'So that's today' Claire thought " And I'll be coming next week Sunday. I just felt like I should tell you. I don't know why but I just feel the need to tell you"   "So while am gone, I need you not to hurt yourself like you did before. If you do that I'll feel guilty because I wasn't there to protect you and I feel very hurt when my friends get hurt" Patrick said and those words rang in Claire head "Friend? He sees me as a friend?  He doesn't even know me that much. When he figure out that I've been tainted he won't want be my friend again. I know it" she thought sadly " So em" Patrick hesitated blushing before he continued  "Can I hug you?" Patrick said looking at Claire and when he saw Claire looking at him he felt awkward "You don't have to do it if you don't want but that's what friends do when they want to move away from each other" Patrick said smiling and he saw Claire nod her head saying yes "Oh" he said out loud and he move closer to her and hesitated for a while before he pulled her to his chest. Claire flinched and stop moving for a while until the sound of Patrick heart beat got to her ear *Bam dum Bam dum* "So he's the one that held me that day I lost it" she thought leaning into the chest which made Patrick to hug her tightly  and what happened next wasn't expected by Patrick and Claire herself. Claire said something and for the first time her voice sounded so sweet and at rest "So peaceful"

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