It was midnight. I was at the home, watching my favorite movie. I grabbed a slice of the chocolate cake I had made yesterday from the fridge and a can of cold drink, like my companions, during my movie night.

Well, I was not alone at home. My mommy was there upstairs, in her room, sleeping peacefully. All day I die out working so hard, all on my own, and she is asleep. How can a person sleep so much? She doesn't even come downstairs to even see if I am okay or if I needed anything. It's rare that I hear random noises from her room, like knocking or screaming or crying. And often, the sound of falling...

THUD!

I was interrupted by that falling sound again. Where did it come from now? Mommy's room?

I sighed, and shouted, above the movie's volume, 'Mommy, is that you?'

No response. No more sounds. There was again silence in the atmosphere. But doubtfully, I thought to check her out once.

I paused my movie and keeping aside my almost finished cake chocolate-filling spilled plate, I stepped down the sofa. I walked towards the dark staircase which might look scary for others but I was used to it, so it was just simple stairs for me. 

I was passing the kitchen on my way upstairs. I peeped in once, switching on the lights to make sure that mommy's not kidding around with me.

'If she does that again, I'll see her...' I scoffed under my breath.

Walking up the stairs, I called out once more, 'What was that sound, Mommy?'

No reply. 'Fuck!'

'MOMMY, IS THAT YOU??' I yelled angrily now.

When I reached the upper floor, I walked through the dark passage with a number of locked rooms on each side. The passage smelled awful but I am afraid her room would smell even worse.

Finally getting to her room, which is at the end of the hallway, I slammed open the door and realized the reason for the 'Thud'.

'Not again!' I bewailed, as I saw mommy had again fallen from her bed. I sighed.

Covering my nose to avoid the toxic smell in the room, I took a step inside the room. I had to put her back on her bed. 'This room is so stinking! I can't even imagine living here...'

When I was about to hold her, those small thin creepy insects started crawling up my legs from her body. 'Shit! Get the fuck down of my legs!' I yelled, stomping my foot hard on the ground. I have to get out of here. I bent down to hold her but her skin was so sleeky that my fingers were getting in. Fuck!

'Mommy! You are so dirty! Ewww...' I felt like vomiting the cake I just ate when I was putting her back. I hated doing this every time.

As I stared at her blank face for some time, I complained, 'You look so horrible, Mommy!'

Her mouth was open all the time with nothing but blackness inside it. Her eyes, eww! There were two empty pitch-dark sockets where her eyeballs should have been. I wish I hadn't taken her eyeballs, then at least she would have looked better. But how could I have been able to see, if I hadn't taken them that time?

I sighed deeply and turned to leave the room dark and Mommy alone.

Before closing the door, I took a last look at her rotten lifeless body, laying peacefully there.

'Goodnight Mommy!'

I walked away, closing the door behind me.

~~THE END~~

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