Chapter 1 - Nightmares (1/2)

April Lewis woke up sweating and gasping for air. She clasped her chest as she tried to forget the nightmares she just had.

Slowly, her tears fell down on her face. No matter how many years had passed, it will always haunt her. Why?! Why does it have to be her? What did she owe the world for her to encounter such tragic experience!?

She sobbed so hard yet silently, afraid to wake up the resting folks in her house. April didn't wanna visit the hospital again. They have given her so much medicine and she went through a lot of class sessions for her so called ”Illness”.

At the age of 20, she already felt very tired. Like she have encountered all the things that a person could take. At some point, she almost took her own life. April wanted her nightmares to go away. She always woke up with terrible nightmares.

While she was crying, her bedroom door opened. A little figure came rushing.

The little figure climbed on her bed and went inside her covers. April instantly stopped crying when she noticed the little figure. It was her son, Sky Lewis.

In all her life, the most good thing that happened was Sky. Sky was barely 3 years old. He was smart and witty, just like his father. Even at a young age, he already understood his mother's situation.

He gently wiped her tears and kiss her cheeks.

”Mommy, please don't cry. I don't want you to go away again.” Sky hugged his mother. Sometimes, her mother leaves him to his grandparents for her medical sessions. At times, it would take months before she returns.

April cried some more, yet still silently. She have to hide her pain away from everyone. Her baby was her most treasured possession, she didn't want to lose him. She was able to slowly get well because of him. If not for him, she would've been already underneath the ground.

It was already passed 5am when Sky fell back to sleep in her arms. She looked at the window, the sun was about to come up. Another day, another painful day.

April got up from her bed and went to shower. She had a meeting with her psychiatrist today. From months of being confined in the hospital, now all she needed to do is meet her doctor twice a week. She was indeed getting there or so what they think. Her medical records shows that having a baby helped her mentality somehow.

April started gaining weight and had less hysterical episodes when she got pregnant. After Sky was born, he was like her ray of sunshine. It gave her a breathing room to escape her nightmares. Yet still, it didn't go away. She learned a hard lessoned not to show it to anybody.

When Sky just turned one, She had another episode. She got crazy and even tried to hurt herself. Her parents decided to sent her away for recuperation. They didn't know that it got worsened because Sky was away from her. With all so much pain and mental torture, she learned to hide her emotions. All of these, just to see her baby again.

They all thought she was getting better, they thought wrong. Deep inside her, her darkness was eating her.