“Erelah.” I turned to the person who called me. Damon. He smiled at me beautifully while holding a small tray filled with medicines.
“Time to take medicine,” Damon said to me so I smiled and nodded in agreement to what he said, he smiled and came to me then handed me a medicine capsule, I smiled and took it from him then he handed me a glass of water, again I took it at him while smiling and not taking off my eyes on him.
I showed him how I take the medicine and even opened my mouth to prove that I had taken the medicine he gave me, I couldn’t take my eyes off him, I felt like when I took my eyes off him he will be gone forever and it will be a long time before he returns.
I don’t want to miss him again so I don’t even blink.
“Get some rest Erelah.” He said so I immediately shook my head.
“I don’t want to,” I said quickly while looking at him.
“Erelah, you need to rest, go ahead and grow your eyebags.” He said that’s why I pouted causing him to laugh.
“I don’t want to, you’ll leave me again when I sleep,” I said, the smile slowly disappearing from his lips as he looked at me.
“Erelah–” I didn’t listen to him anymore and immediately hugged him.
“Now you’re showing me again and then you’re going to tell me to sleep? I don’t want it, Damon, I don’t want it.” I said while hugging him, he didn’t answer so I smiled and closed my eyes for a moment.
“Where did you go, Damon? How long did it take you to come back?” I asked while hugging him, he didn’t answer so I hugged him even tighter.
“You know, there’s a man who always tells me that you’re gone and you’re never coming back. You know I don’t believe him, I know you’ll come back and you’re not gone, maybe that man is crazy and someone likes me that’s why he’s paying attention to that.” I said then smiled.
“You know no matter what damage that man does to you, I won’t believe it. I know it’s not true. Isn’t it Damon?” I asked but he didn’t answer. I took a deep breath and smiled again.
“I remember what you said to me before, can you say it again Damon?” I asked while hugging him.
“Erelah.” He says. “Damon is gone.” And in an instant, his voice suddenly changed, I slowly pulled away from hugging him and looked to see who he was. His face also changed.
“Who are you? You’re not Damon.” I said and pushed the man in front of me. I immediately looked around to look for Damon but I didn’t see Damon causing my heart to ache and my tears to fall one after the other. Where is Damon again? Just now I was hugging him, why did he suddenly disappear again? He left me again. I’m alone again. He’s gone, He’s gone.
“Erelah, Damon has been dead for a long time, you have to accept that.” The man in front of me said, I shook my head and then walked away from him.
“No, he’s not dead yet, what are you talking about? You’re going crazy.” I said while crying. That’s what that man always says when Damon goes missing, he always says that Damon is dead and I have to accept it, he’s not dead yet, I see Damon, I’m with Damon so how can a Damon be dead if he’s with him?
“Erelah, two years without Damon, you have to accept that.” He said so I looked at him, he was also crying like me, but I don’t know why he was crying, I saw the sadness in his eyes, I also saw the longing in his eyes, but I couldn’t understand why he sad, who is he? Why is he hurt like me?
“Erelah, You need someone to heal because your mother already misses you.” I was suddenly stunned by what he said, I stared at him and studied his expression, does my mother miss me?
“Why should I get better if I’m not sick?” I asked him laughing, he looked at me sadly.
I just laughed then turned my attention to a corner, my laughter slowly disappeared until my laughter was replaced by crying. I’m not happy about what’s happening, again and again, Every time Damon is gone, this guy I’m with now always says that Damon is gone and I have to accept that.
I want to be mad at Damon because he always leaves me for this man. But every time I see Damon I long to hug him and hold him.
“Erelah.” The man I was with called me. “Get some rest.” He said and that’s when I realized that he had come close to me and that something had been injected into my arm causing me to weaken and faint.
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Gazer POV
“How is she?” Havacco asked me when I left Erelah’s room, I shook my head as an answer, he knew that it meant that Erelah was still not well and he still can’t be taken out of here mentally.
A few weeks after the execution of the Death penalty on Damon 2 years ago, we saw Erelah on the sidewalk, she was very dirty and out of her mind, she even had an enemy child when Havacco and I saw her. That’s the only time Erelah and I met again after executing the death penalty on Damon. We would not have known that he was in such a condition if we had not looked for him before.
The doctor diagnosed him with trauma and stress at the time we took him to the hospital because we were worried about his condition, he was very thin. After that, we took her to a psychiatrist to examine Erelah and we found out that she was traumatized because she saw how Damon lost his life. It wasn’t until Erelah’s situation got worse and worse, 2 weeks after we saw her that she was diagnosed with mental PTSD or better known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder where the psychiatrist always saw her symptoms. Until it was one month since we saw him, his illness got worse and worse.
He has disappeared, hallucinates, and eats only once. It was only then that I saw how Erelah would miss Damon, I didn’t know that she had feelings for our friend, and we did the same for Damon, we also didn’t know that Damon had feelings for Erelah because when we met Damon is an emotionless and cold-hearted person.
Until two years have passed, nothing has changed Erelah, she is still always disappearing and hallucinating, the worst thing is that she sees Damon with us every time we give her medicine, Erelah’s mother came to us, worried It was for his son, he asked what happened to him and why he did that, we couldn’t answer him, the only thing we can say is that we saw Erelah in that condition. Because if we say Damon’s name I’m sure his mother will be angry, his mother knows about what happened to Damon.
Everyone in the country knows what happened and what Damon’s case is, many people criticized the death penalty but many say that the death penalty is fine and that Damon was punished then, and at least Damon has paid for his sins he said, something that annoys us every time we hear such words.
Until now, what happened to Damon has been difficult for us, but as time goes on, Havacco and I are slowly accepting what happened and we just think that we have to help Erelah because Damon might be angry with us if we just let the girl who is the most he will love
After he disappeared, Atty’s opponent’s lawyer gave us a letter. Mielda in Damon’s case, we found out that that lawyer is Damon’s younger brother, Shawn, since Shawn ran away because of Damon’s fear, I haven’t heard from him, that was the last time we saw him each other. Shawn’s two.
In the letter that Shawn gave us, it contained my name and Havacco’s.
Gazer, Havacco. I know by the time you read this I will be gone, I gave it to Shawn because he is the only one I can trust, before the trial started I told Shawn the whole truth, a fact that I did not mention to Mielda because I know that if I tell him the truth he will find a way to get me out of this prison, and by the time I get out Draco will kill me so it’s better to die confessing my sins than to die and my soul will burn in hell.
I want you to watch over Erelah even to your last breath, I don’t know if you can do it but I know you can be counted on. If you can do it thank you, if not thank you. Gazer, since childhood you believed in me, you believed in everything I said and didn’t get scared every time Chai and Achaz came out, because of you I felt like I had a brother, a brother that I should have felt in Draco.
Havacco, since you met us and joined us on a mission before, you couldn’t be removed from Gazer’s side, so you pestered me too, but thank you because Gazer and I felt that Shawn was with us again.
There are no words to thank you both, every time I was in trouble, you always backed me up to get through it all. Shawn and I have talked about the things I will leave behind, all of them are named after you so I hope you will have a new life, AHHAAHAH.
Erelah, I want you to pester her and trouble her and protect her because like you two, she is also important to me. I will wait for you two at the door of hell so you can be new. See you again brothers.
~Damon.
Except for the letter that Damon left for Havacco and me, Shawn also gave us some letters for Erelah that he still hasn’t read due to his condition.
Havacco and I hope and wait for the day when Erelah recovers and reads the letters Damon left for her.
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Third Person POV
“Erelah.” Erelah looked at the mirror where she could see her reflection, she smiled and grabbed the comb that was close to her.
“When can you come out?” A voice asked her, she just smiled as she continued to comb her long black hair.
“Soon,” Erelah answered with a smile.
“Really?” A voice asked him. “Or maybe you won’t be able to go out again because of your guards.” A voice said laughing at him, causing the smile on his lips to disappear little by little.
“You know to get out right away, you do this.” Another voice whispered to him.
“Kill them and grab the key from the guard so you can get out, Damon is waiting outside.”
“Yes Erelah, you are waiting for Damon outside.”
“Alright, Damon is leaving again.”
“Didn’t you say you didn’t want him to leave?”
“Or maybe he can’t because he’s a coward?”
“Are you a coward Erelah?”
“You’re a coward.”
“GAHAHAHAHA Erelah is a coward.”
“AHAHAHAH I can’t.”
“What the hell have you stopped!” Erelah cried out in tears while covering her ears.
“You don’t have Erelah, Coward.”
“Stop!” cried Erelah and threw the comb she was holding at the opposite mirror causing the mirror in front of her to break.
“What’s going on Erelah?” Erelah turned to the door when a woman entered her room, she was wearing a white uniform, Erelah gulped then retreated.
“When you get this chance Erelah, the door is open.” A voice whispered to him.
“Erelah, stay away or you’ll get drowned.” The woman said and immediately took a broom and dustpan, Erelah immediately took a sharp knife close to her and hid it behind her.
” Erelah, can you hear them again?” The woman asked Erelah and then came to Erelah to sweep the bruises that were scattered on the floor.
“Kill him Erelah then run out the door quickly!” A voice whispered to Erelah.
“Yes, Damon is outside waiting for you.”
“Damon…”Erelah mentioned Damon’s name causing the woman to stop sweeping and turned to Erelah who now had a scary smile.
“Damon will be waiting outside,” Erelah said then took out the sharp knife she was holding causing the nurse to be afraid of her.
“Erelah put that down–” The nurse couldn’t finish what she was going to say when Erelah stabbed the woman’s neck with the sharp knife she was holding and blood splattered on the white gown Erelah was wearing and on the floor.
“Run Erelah, Damon is out!” A voice whispered so Erelah came out of her room with a smile and took the elevator.
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‘Breaking news, a patient from a mental institution escaped this morning. Last night, a dead body of a nurse was found in his room and outside the facility, several dead bodies of patients and guards were scattered, more than four or three. the body found inside St. Joseph Mental Institution. and The culprit is identified as Auerelah Donovan or better known as Erelah, if you see the woman in the photo immediately call the authorities and provide information on where the suspect was last seen.’
Erelah continued to enter a public CR and immediately locked the door and put her stolen clothes in a bag.
“Erelah, they’re looking for you.” a voice whispered to him, so he immediately approached the CR mirror and then looked at the bloody reflection in the mirror.
“They shouldn’t catch me, Damon is waiting for me,” Erelah said casually then took out the blood-stained scissors from her pocket, she immediately cut her hair a little bit by little and then looked in the mirror again.
“Damon and I will make money.” He said as he sang then entered a cubicle and took off his blood-stained clothes and bathed his bloody body.
“Damon and I will make money again.” He sang while taking a bath.
After he showered, he changed his clothes and looked in the mirror again, he smiled when he saw that he was clean.
“Damon and I will make money again.” He said while looking in the mirror.
He came out of the CR with a grin and then continued walking as if nothing had murder happened
“Damon, I’m on my way.”
~The End~