Hello
World.
I
apologize for my absence…I wasn’t expecting to take this long to write to you
but a lot of shit has gone down since I last wrote to you. The day Riley let me stay home ‘sick’ I
simply bummed around the apartment. I
studied the driver’s ed books that Riley picked up for me a while back to study
so I could go get my license to drive sometime soon. Justine ran around the apartment for an hour
or so before she took a huge nap on my lap while I was reading the books and
watching cartoons. Riley came home right
on time and I smiled a hello at him from the couch. He returned the smile and asked me how my day
was. He seemed to be acting pretty
normal and like his old self until I asked him what he wanted to talk to me
about. His body tensed and he licked his
lips nervously before sitting down next to me on the couch. He wouldn’t look at me at first but when he
was ready to talk, he made eye contact with me.
I have NEVER liked making eye contact with anyone ever for any
reason. I don’t know why, it just….makes
me extremely uncomfortable. Anyway, he
made eye contact with me and at first I wanted to look away, naturally, but I
didn’t because Riley is the only one on earth whom I can hold eye contact with
for more than half a second.
“Willow I want you to know that I believe everything you’ve told me about this…’tall man’, I do.”
I breathed a sigh of relief then. I was so afraid that he was going to tell me that he was going to admit me to a hospital or something.
“I believe you because I’ve seen him too, a very long time ago when you and I were little. Remember the time you pulled a knife on mom? Well, before I grabbed you I saw the tall man in the hallway outside of mom and dad’s room.”
I stared at him for a moment in shock. I thought I was the only one who could see this man. I was under the impression that there was a good chance he really was part of my imagination.
“I want to help you because you’re my sister, but we shouldn’t talk about him. Ever. The more you talk or think about him the more he appears. For weeks after I saw him all those years ago I couldn’t stop thinking about it and I started to see him on my way home from school. Seeing him again only made me think about him more and the more I thought about him the closer he would come. I forced him out of my mind and eventually he went away. You didn’t try to hurt anyone after he went away, but…I saw him the day you pinned me in the kitchen. I saw him on my way to work that day. At first I thought I was seeing things but I saw him again on my way home. I couldn’t mistake him twice…and then you told me everything yesterday and I couldn’t believe that this was happening again.”
He stopped talking for a moment, his voice had started to quiver and he was shaking lightly. I put my hand on his shoulder and he seemed to calm down a little bit.
“You weren’t always the person you think you are Willow…”
I was about to ask him what he meant by that when his eyes widened and he was looking at something behind me. I turned and saw him immediately. Standing right behind me reaching out an abnormally long arm to grab me. I couldn’t even scream but….I’d be lying if I said I even felt the need to scream. I didn’t feel like I was in danger but I did feel danger for Riley. I turned back to Riley and then all of a sudden he was gone. He just disappeared right before me. I turned back around and the tall man wasn’t there anymore. I sat on the couch wondering what the fuck had just happened before I noticed Justine running out of the kitchen towards me. She climbed up my leg and right into my lap sniffing my fingers and licking them. I got up, grabbed her and put her into the hood of the jacket I was wearing and I raced into the hallway towards Riley’s bedroom. Before I could even open the door my phone started to ring. I looked at the caller ID and it was mom. I answered the call and found myself being screamed at by my extremely worried mother. She kept asking me where I have been and if I know where Riley is. I told her that I’ve been at the apartment and that I didn’t know where Riley was. She called me a liar and kept telling me that it’s impossible that I’ve been at the apartment for the past two weeks. She told me that she had come to the apartment several times to check on us when we didn’t call and said that neither of us where anywhere to be found in that time. I was so very confused at this point and told her it was still only the 17th. She was quiet for a moment before telling me that it was actually October the 2nd. She asked me again, very nervously this time, where Riley was and I had to tell her again that I had no idea. After I answered her she just hung up the phone and I got a little scared. Knowing my mother she might actually call the police on me. She thinks that I know where Riley is and I have a history of hostility towards people….I bet you more than anything she thinks that I’ve hurt him or even killed him.
“Willow I want you to know that I believe everything you’ve told me about this…’tall man’, I do.”
I breathed a sigh of relief then. I was so afraid that he was going to tell me that he was going to admit me to a hospital or something.
“I believe you because I’ve seen him too, a very long time ago when you and I were little. Remember the time you pulled a knife on mom? Well, before I grabbed you I saw the tall man in the hallway outside of mom and dad’s room.”
I stared at him for a moment in shock. I thought I was the only one who could see this man. I was under the impression that there was a good chance he really was part of my imagination.
“I want to help you because you’re my sister, but we shouldn’t talk about him. Ever. The more you talk or think about him the more he appears. For weeks after I saw him all those years ago I couldn’t stop thinking about it and I started to see him on my way home from school. Seeing him again only made me think about him more and the more I thought about him the closer he would come. I forced him out of my mind and eventually he went away. You didn’t try to hurt anyone after he went away, but…I saw him the day you pinned me in the kitchen. I saw him on my way to work that day. At first I thought I was seeing things but I saw him again on my way home. I couldn’t mistake him twice…and then you told me everything yesterday and I couldn’t believe that this was happening again.”
He stopped talking for a moment, his voice had started to quiver and he was shaking lightly. I put my hand on his shoulder and he seemed to calm down a little bit.
“You weren’t always the person you think you are Willow…”
I was about to ask him what he meant by that when his eyes widened and he was looking at something behind me. I turned and saw him immediately. Standing right behind me reaching out an abnormally long arm to grab me. I couldn’t even scream but….I’d be lying if I said I even felt the need to scream. I didn’t feel like I was in danger but I did feel danger for Riley. I turned back to Riley and then all of a sudden he was gone. He just disappeared right before me. I turned back around and the tall man wasn’t there anymore. I sat on the couch wondering what the fuck had just happened before I noticed Justine running out of the kitchen towards me. She climbed up my leg and right into my lap sniffing my fingers and licking them. I got up, grabbed her and put her into the hood of the jacket I was wearing and I raced into the hallway towards Riley’s bedroom. Before I could even open the door my phone started to ring. I looked at the caller ID and it was mom. I answered the call and found myself being screamed at by my extremely worried mother. She kept asking me where I have been and if I know where Riley is. I told her that I’ve been at the apartment and that I didn’t know where Riley was. She called me a liar and kept telling me that it’s impossible that I’ve been at the apartment for the past two weeks. She told me that she had come to the apartment several times to check on us when we didn’t call and said that neither of us where anywhere to be found in that time. I was so very confused at this point and told her it was still only the 17th. She was quiet for a moment before telling me that it was actually October the 2nd. She asked me again, very nervously this time, where Riley was and I had to tell her again that I had no idea. After I answered her she just hung up the phone and I got a little scared. Knowing my mother she might actually call the police on me. She thinks that I know where Riley is and I have a history of hostility towards people….I bet you more than anything she thinks that I’ve hurt him or even killed him.
I can’t
talk anymore, I don’t want to wait around here for the police who may or may
not show up and I have to find Riley. I
have no idea where to start looking but I have to try to find him before all of
this gets worse than it already is.
I really
hope that he’s okay...I'm really afraid at this point, nothing is making sense anymore...
~Willow
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