I walked down the hallway of our apartment complex holding two heavy bags swollen with groceries.As I began to reflect the weird stuff that happened and so many theories have welled around.I checked the watched on my arm and darted my eyes towards the window.The sun was high in the sky and rays filtered out of it and bathe the apartment in it.I heard towards the stairs as I was in the third floor where the paint job was fresher and new with shades of silver and grey.

When I stopped in my tracks and inhaled a sharp breathe.The heaviness of the bags ran through my muscles.An hour ago,my mom gave a bill fresh from her latest job which paid her about two hundred Canadian dollars.My stomach rumbled at the thought of what my mom did.

Seducing men ,flirting with them and ringing them to our house.A sense of disgust washed over me as I cringed.Now that I was home,The sounds and noises and "dirty talk" diffused through my thin doors and let me up at night.Heat climbed up my throat as I gu;ped.with that,I ran my hands up and down my face in embarrassment.

Since my suspension till further notice,I heard everything.One time,I opened the door,just a peak ,just to see my moms shadows on top of someone and I resided re urge to scream my lungs out.And the guy below her asked if there was anyone in there and my mom said nothing then glared at me through the darkness then kissed the guy to shut him up.

The next day,my mom didn't let me out of the bag and told me to mind my business and stop judging her and I snapped saying I didn't what to see that then she grabbed my hair and forced to me look at her and she told me she did this all for me and I better get my act together since this is the reality and I should suck it up.I asked her why she didn't get a proper job then she grabbed me by the neck and pressed it hard,my eyes glossed and the memory burned onto my neck was still there.

It stung hard,red and raw.I craned my neck and rubbed it hard.

Young Girl Vanishes Causes Mass Hysteria

It echoed in my head like a broken recorder.I cracked my head to the right and breathed in.It stung.

Earlier today,I watched the News with my mom and got my hands on every media I could get my hands on from Newspapers,the most popular one Toronto Star which documented it from two dollars from the local gazette then to Yahoo News in a famous internet cafe and little blogs to the murmurs and conversations from the kids on the skateboards to the adults who drank beer.I didn't even have to bet twenty bucks that other provinces have documented this crap.

Yep,it travelled as I zipped a lemonade juice box.A day ago.All I did was shove my hands in my pockets and walked in the breathe and inhaled everything.One popular theory :People believed she was dead and others like me believed she disappered.I remembered my mom watched the nes with her brows set down and her hands on her thoughts and her brain lost in thoughts.

She bit her lip but her eyes were glossy but I watched and clenched my pants hard.I tried not to cry or lash out.I need to be strong not just for me but for her.

They believed she vanished somewhere far away,crazy I know but I had just an inkling,a feeling that was heavy in my chest and throbbed in my head.Not a place but somewhere and others believed it was a mass or shared hallucination.And others believed she was just missing or simply never existed at all even though the prove stared at them hard and judging them right in the face.

Later the authorities,they called it a "trick of the light" and then the police stepped in and made the eyewitnesses go into drug trails and physiological counselling to help them clear their head.People even believed it was something othrworthdly.Ice prickled my veins as a shudder ran through my back because the reality was absolutely true.

The police made them also go towards therapy ,individual and group even the littlest one and her billionaire father was embarrassed when she the little girl had more to say but they muted her and hid her with tall,buliky guards and labelled her a freak and the internet insulted her as a "spoilt rich girl who wanted attention"and was buried in the internet.I actually felt kind of bad since she was literally there and was traumatised as hell but they overlocked her and insulted her fathers wealth and avoided her too. It was odd for me to actually feel bad for a girl labelled as crazy even if she wasn't on my level,economically but she knew Thalia more than me.

Even if it wrench my heart a little.That Thalia built barricades around and never let them peeked through the holes.

She was a total stranger and I barely knew her.Only on the surface and all I know is that she's smart ,lives in a haunted house and her dad is a demon and her dad is evil and her neighbourhood is culty.

I felt regret for not asking for my headphones back.My moms business made me borrow my head in pillows tight.

The police only continued the investigation because of public safety and opinion.To help cleanse their shared trumaua but it was proved futile and a huge liability cause others took videos and photos and posted them on popular media sites to cause traction and others leaked that the police send money and threats to shut them up.

That caused an uproar by buying the dead again.

Hallucinations.Drugs.Hysteria.The Light.Pollution.All possible theories formed.

People spat bullshit ad upon bullishit.The logical mind couldn't comprehend the supernatural.It was a war over religion and science over the internet world.On Twitter ,it exploded on theories on her fragile, mental health and drugs.Religious people spike from demons to monsters then to Rapture.

Thalia's art was exposed to the country.The mental up and morid art of constant death made the horrified,creeped out art support two things:Drugs and poor mental health.It was a discussion on forums like Yahoo news and Reddit.Physcolgists and other health professionals or even internet professionals had things to say but even the cops were weary and warned about false news.

The officials at my school helped the investigation even further about the livelihood of Thalia from the consular and her crimes and lies were taken in by the police for further evaluation on her. The student and the school's PTA meeting also slipped off the cracks.

Religious and conservative media also had their input to preach and spread their infectious ideology in the state of panic on various theories to the end of time and man and this was only the begining by then my mom switched ff the television and tossed the remote with a scoff and called them crazy,dumb fucks and fear mongering and made others scared tp heir bones on their streams .Tin foil hat conspiracists spewed about aliens and space and UFOs and other supernatral shit like wormholes swalowing up or the time space contuimunm.

"This is the two sides of the world Nate.The logic and the illogical.Choose one."All I did was agape at the TV stunned and dug my fingers into the sheets ,hard and tight with my eyes wide open.She shook her head ,hands on the remote and blinked."Fear makes people lose their minds ,don't be like the extremists or the conspiracists.We humans live to create things,such dramatic creatures from creating a godly being to believing their ore complex creatures up above ,how stupid is man "She scoffed and pushed away her hair and huffed.

Mom,I guess I am not logical then.

"Y-Yes mom."I muttered ,voice light and throat tight."I am sane.Not crazy.£

She stared at me wide eyed and knitted bows."I worry about you Nate.Be careful okay."She rubbed my thigh as I nodded hard not shaky.

But the one that got my attention was on the news about a crisp,navy blue suit man who was broad and a dark blue tie and snowy whirte hair sooke aboyt something which cogh my ttention as my mom rolled her eyes and cossed her arms and look away.She muttered how stupid it was to blieve in thisnthings but I leaned foeward and listened intentyly.

The man Dr Piper Saual tlked about peoplws disapperence from unlikey times from USA to Korea.In 2002,a fifteen year old vabished from a cafe after leaving it and they found snow on te entrnce and she was no were to be seen.They tried to investigate but no avail ad her very close,feamale freind cried that she was abducted or killed because the camaras showe alone with no one in the cafe but her but she was gone.It sent chills up my spine and my mom ranted its false and edited and that fenale friend was her girfriend not just her friend abd i was being too hopeful.But I knew in my heart,it was true.It made a ton of sense.

All I knew things were getting from shit to hell in a few minutes.I was yanked back into reality after being in a world of thought and remebrance ,it was my reverie and now I was back on my feet where I held two heavy grocery bags to shopping after I practically lived off canned food,juice boxes and take out as a small,content smile formed on my lips when I decided to skip on the ground,hum a tune (A song by Justin Beiber)Yeah,don't judge my ass.And I swayed my arms proudly.

It was dumb to dwell on the negative shitshow known as my life so even I needed a spark positivity in my life.And hell,I needed it badly.I shook my head and the thick web of negativity away as I placed the plastic strap on my shoulder and rubbed my belly.

At least,I would finally eat some proper food.Warmness spread from all over my chest to my body and I beeamed.It wasnt fake or forced this time,It was legit.I was proud.Before I entered the apartment,I had met a broad ,tall and muscular rasta haired man who asked me about the kid and asked if I attended there,I answered with a shrug as he took a long drag of cigarette and he inhaled it and pursed his lips."Poor girl,hope they find her soon."He commented as he stared at the clouds,like pancake batter the flat carelessly as I nodded while he waved at me with a smile.

I met a ton of people ,mostly Black or African Immigrants chattering about it as they hoped and prayed they found her and brought her soundly and that brought hope and peace and warmness all over me.

But this too was yanked out because reality was a bitch and any fun and positive thing slipped off my hands like loose,watery slik.It never lasted.

A conservation between two men was taking place .A floor above me was where the voices between two men diffused and eschoed from the metal above,I darted my head then cocked my head to hear a listen,curiosity took over and my feet moved on its own accord and before I knew it ,my feet was on the metal stairs and my hand was on the cold,metal rail as I looked above.

A wave of chill passed through my body as the atoms in me vibrated when I let out a gasp and my fingers went limp.

God no.

A familiar,deep sultry voice of a man which was loud and reverted to a man with a high pitched voice of an older man.A way older man as my eyes burgled out then my feet hovered over A shiver ran through my spine as I prowled up the stairs as my fingers began to tremble and so did my bottom lip.

No,no,no,no.

It can't be him,right?

All the bright,happiness and purity I had was drained off my skin so fast,so abruptly.

I began to walk lightly across the stairs and peeked,when I truly figured out who spoke.

"Im looking for a family,"The familiar deep voice asked,I swear I could hear him smirk like a mad man.God,I wanted to punch him the face but I knew he'd use his black evil,devil like magic and break my arm instead and force me into my knees like in a middle of a prayer."You know the boy,short with dirty blonde hair and green eyes like jade right."

How on earth did he find me?

My heart hammered in my chest like a freaking sledgehammer as my body vibrated and I kept my foot flat from the stairwell.I leaned in closer as a lump formed on my throat.

"Why yes,"The familiar croaky voice of an old man with an Italian accent."It is the Williams family,right."He spoke so loud and preppy.

Mr Ohinwaa mused and responded,"Why yes,I've been looking for them.They live in this"–His voice suggested disgust as he raked his eyes around with a huff"–in this esteemed establishment right_"

The man raised his thick,silver brows with interest then arched one then she hummed instead"Yes,si,yes."He began ,his voice devoid of the initial happiness."Oh that family,the boy is very troublesome and very annoying.I do not like him at all."He clicked his tongue and shook his head ,stroking his wrinkly skin.

I went on all fours and climbed up and then pushed my back against the thick bars of the stairwell of the second floor and my heart hammered in my chest.I looked from the vertical spaces when I caught them with gasp.

Sweat peppered on my forehead as my eyes widened,"Yes,Nate's mom is such a beautiful and respectable woman unlike her son."He threw his head back and dissolved into loud,laughter and a low,dry chuckle so false slipped from Thalia's dad lips and his massive shoulders shook,back and forth.He looked left and right then leaned forward and cupped his lip to him."But she's a "working woman."

His eyes lit up with a twinkle of interest and shock."Oh really,a working woman you say,"He stroked his light stubble and his eyes widened.

He nodded his head like a bubble head that flicked countless times."Well yes,words flew around and sightings about how many different men she brings into her house countless times."Then a shadow fell on her face and he clenched his arthritis hand into a clenched fist."Yes,she's such a whore."

The two grown men had the conservation in front of the old man's door as they both discussed.The tips of my ears tinged pink as I watched with widened eyes and kept my breath low so they wouldn't hear me.

He snapped his head around then huffed as a small smile formed on his lips.My hands balled into a fist as I cocked my head.The bigger question was why?Why was he here and what was his intention to do ?

A frown formed on my lips when I recognised who Mr Ohinwaa was discussing with and his hands were in his pockets as he nodded.Attentively ,as me.He tapped his foot and darted his eyes left and right with a huff.

He was actively chatting with him.He was our landlord,the one who gave my mom there apartment we were currently living in.He was a short ,skinny man covered in wrinkles and had a severe,permanently frowned face and whenever he went,he complained and constantly insulted everyone.

He was corrupted to the core when he found out my moms "job" he hopped for the oppronity while he had a wife and young kids.The man requested that if my mom slept with him ,he would lower my moms rent and when she refused,he exploded and called her an entitled brat and shes paid to act like a slut.With that,my mom slammed the door on his face and said it is her choice to do whatever the fuck she wants and after that he increased our rent from the typical three hundred CAD to six hundred CAD after he said to her that he would gave her one last chance in a condesending tone that he would reduce our rent and still she refused.

That slimeball had no right to enjoy my moms choices even after he tried to pursue her and was rejected and he is married.

Bile climbed yo my throat when I heard his ass reaction.Then he smiled,forced smile towards Mr Ohinwaa,the bitter realisation had settled on me like flour that after all this time I had no idea what his first name was or even is.

"Thoughts on her bratty son?Could you believe that inconceivable leg spreader got her son into an elite private school?"He nodded and flashed a canine grin at him.

His bass voice shuddered my very being."Why yes,I could believe it."He rubbed his chin and mused."I believed that her dumb son wasn't that smart but you know,women like her could use their body as a leverage instead and I doubt she could even muster the funds to attend such an establishment."

No matter how much I was uncomfortable and wasn't peachy about my moms job,anger flashed within me with clenched fist and hands as I glared at the demonic,hypocrite man who constantly cheated and used his hands to get his way on his own wife.I tightened my fist tighter and my chest,rose and fell.

Even if he wasn't a cheater or an abuser,he talked with raw judgement which screamed holier than thou attitude I first assumed Thalia exhibited initially.Boy ,was I wrong to my core.He didn't know our story so he had zero to no right to say his goddamn input.

"Oh,"he gasped and watched him with a new light."have you met the boy personally then?"He ingnired as Thalia's dad nodded and sat up straight,his already long shadow lengthened now on him."Why yes,my daughter and him where ...hmm,ho could I say this"—he stepped back and brought his two long fingers and intertwined them with a frown—"like this."

"Ah,"He gasped loudly, His eyes lit with curiosity and interest,"oh really,they were friends or is it the latter?"

He twisted his fingers and pursed his lips tight and hummed deep in thought."Maybe the latter kind.I suppose but have you heard of Thalia Ohinwaa,that was my daughter now she's gone.Vanished.Vamoosh."He added on.gestured with his fingers to show signs of explosions and dramatic throwong like an amauter musician or a chef spicing their meals.

He nodded eagerly,"Well,yes.I've heard of it."He swivelled his head all over and gesticulated wildly with his hands."Well,who hasnt heard about this phenomenon,is that correct ?Well yes,Ive heard."Then he stepped forward and lowered his voice." So She's your daughter,ei?"He stood on his soles and stepped down."Well, that must be very unfortunate.So that leads me to the questWhy did you call me then for this meeting then?"

He nodded and flashed a smile with his canine evident and crimson flare formed in his eyes then he placed his hands into his heavy,black trench coat .I finally marvelled at his size and compared to the old man he was huge, broad and muscular and towered over him.He yanked out a business card and gave it him.Then he readjusted his coat and smiled.

He turned and read the card and nodded as if to say very good to impress but he then gave it to him but an apparent frown was on his face."What shall I do with this then?Are you trying to say you're rich then what?"

He cleared his throat."I'm a businessman and I have a proposition to give you sir.This family,the Williams you say,have caused me great anguish and they are affected with my daughter's disappearance and what them to pay."His eyes turned crimson and his claws enlightened than the air plummeted.The temperature decreased.Then he whirled on his feet and narrowed his eyes at my hiding place and a gulp left my lips and he grinned.He shoved his hands to his pockets and spread his loafers cladded feet.

"Yes,"He drew on and arched his silver brow.

He readjusted his trench coat and fixed his cuffs,"I want you to kick the Williams family out of this apartment—"

He shook his head and realised his breath,"I am so sorry,I cannot do such a thing regardless of my thoughts on her."He realised a breath and spread his arms wide.""They are vacants over here."

"What about money?I'll give you some."

His eyes flew open with shock as he waved his hands angrily,"No,no no.What kind of man do you take me for!"

His lips turned into a lopsided sneer at him,wrinkled temple and raised his brow then he snipped his clawed fingertips then the temperature increase.A layer of heat pressed onto my back as a fine layer of sweat trickled down my forehead and skin reddened and my shirt clung to my body and my curly,blonde hair plastered on my head.I inhaled a sharp breathe.Then the tunnel of the hallway suddenly rippled with rings and the room blurred then sharpen.

I blinked multiple times then he leaned forward towards the man and spoke in the lowest tone.His eyes was pure red,in silts now while pointed ears at him.A plume of smoke trickled out his lips as the man's hands fell to his sides and his head lolled down.The bluish light diffused through and he paced around.The old guy closed his eyes and balanced on his soles to him.The bluish air curled around his neck again and his eyes snapped open,it was eerie blue shade and a groan escaped his lips.

He then flashed his card at him then his lips stretched into a smile."Remember what I said initially?I want you to kick the Willams family out and you do not need to owe them any explanation ,okay."He replied,his eyes wide and glowing and his works slow and easy to understand.It was as if he spoke to a child,not an adult man.

My eyes widened and I clenched my hands around the bars then I got up then grabbed my stuff and slowly went down the stairs but before I caught his last action.He tapped the man's cheek lightly.

Then he spun on his heels and outstretched his arms."Natey boy,"He yelled ,his "Come out ,come out.Wherever you are."

A shiver ran through my spine and my blood turned to ice in my veins as I stood up and realised a breathe,in quick short breaths.I snapped my gaze to him and blubbered like the dumbass I am."H-How on earth did you find me?"I forced out,my breathe laboured but the world tilted sideways then I slipped on my foot.Then a loud scream slipped off my lips and his loud,demonic laughter rippled throughout the bitter chill of the room.Frosted air slipped off my lips as my ears tinged red ,my lips chapped and my fingertips tinged black.My feet

"You can run but you can't hide."He mused,his cackling reverberate and his loud footsteps echoed throughout.

Again,the temperature plummeted even lower,a layer of frost and ice formed on me as my eyes widened into saucers but with my bluish tinged fingers,I clamped it around my lips to swallow my cries.My breathes came out in forced,heavy pants from my lips and his footsteps smacked on the ground.His icy,breath fanned my neck which made goosebumps form on my back like mosquito bites and I squealed.

His laughter bounced around."Why are you asking me such a stupid question,Nathenial Willams?"He cocked his thick neck webbed with veins and drummed his claws on the walls like a spider crawling and with a quick blink,he is in another part of the wall.

Just the thought,cause a shiver to run down my spine."I know you Nathaniel.I have eyes.I Have my sources and I have the money and the means to get answers."His voice ricocheted and I stopped,breathing hard and my body coated in sweat.

Then I heard his voice embedded deep inside my mind a horribly tuned violin.It was low and bone chilling."I've been inside your rain.I can see your thoughts.I know your nightmares and your desires so I put two and two together and I found out."

My blood ran cold and hammered in my chest louder than a drum.

His shoes slapped onto the ground,getting heavier and heavily and slammed on the ground.With a hiss and whistle, it vanished briefly then I heard rumbling and growling and whistling.Something swished and collided on the walls and the breathing got heavier and gruffer.It was as if his soles did not touch the grind at all,like a ghost or a wandering spirit.

Then I saw him break way from the hallway,a tunnel in his dark form.From his feet was clawed and curved to his obsidian skin which swelled with muscles to his broad neck where the familiar thick pendant decorated his englongthened wings of his collar.To his thick ,wide neck to his head the face of a jackal with his array of canine teeth which spilt his thick face.

"Hello,Nathaniel."His voice reverberate in the corner of my mind.My breath hitched then I snapped my head.Like a ripple of white and gold rings and a flash of heat,like lightning he appeared in front of me with a slash of claws and snap of jaws to my face.The impact slammed my frail,body onto the ground and my head went fuzzy as I slid on the tiled floor with a hiss.

In my narrowed vision,my chest heaved and I spotted him.He was like a spider who clawed all over.His hot breath with fanned my breathe,my lips which parted with a groan to the sharp pain on my elbow.His clawed tail rocked like a pendulum, back and forth then he slammed it on then he stomped on my chest,his golden talons dug on chest and yanked it hard.

Then he lowered his gaze on my head and grinned broad.He laid back and got out with a huff,then he grinned again.

"Bye for now,Nathaniel."Then he went off with gruff laughter.My eyes snapped open and I got on my feet,the sweat that soaked me was dry as I patted myself and looked down on my jeans.I swivelled my gaze, and got on my feet.

My feet flew on the stairs,my heart hammering on my chest and no matter how much I forced in a sharp breathe and placed my palm on my chest to stop it.My head throbbed and sweat trickled down my forehead,tanned somehow and as I ascended.I flicked my bracelet with a snap and hoped who ever was out there believed and understood that.

I,Nathaniel James Williams, wasn't insane, just yet?

Deep within me,I really wished that this damn apartment had a freaking elevator, but hey,beggars couldn't be choosers at all.

Within minutes,I finally reached my apartment floor and my blood ran cold as my steps faltered as I stopped in front of my door.The door was ajar and the groceries my mom made me buy were long forgotten.

Spilled across the stairs while I was eavesdropping long ago but with a clenched fist,and a gritted teeth and I stepped towards the door and opened the door.I cocked my head out,"Hello,"I called and entered the room.

My mom stood on her back turned and she was quiet,my eyes widened a bit as I stepped in slowly ,hoping that my mom wasn't a demon in my mom's skin or in the state of shock as I called my mom again.My feet landed softly on the ground as I tiptoed slowly towards her."Hello,mom."

The air was pressed onto my back ,it felt small and suffocating on me.

My mom whirled towards me,her head in her arms.Then she looked at me with a large grin and her eyes her milk white and she was laughing, grinning and laughing.

She snapped her head towards the sky.

My eyes snapped open, and I was at the door,my hands on the knob as I took in a sharp breath then kicked the door open.

"Nate,where on earth were you?Do you not know how long I've been looking for you?"My mother screamed at me,her fists clenched then realised a breathe.She arched a brow and stared at me then my empty hands,she pointed."Where are the groceries I told you to buy?"My mother's voice rose to an octave as a grin formed on my lips.

I'm at least glad that was my mom legitimately and that was a messed up ,magic induced hallucination.

Magic was such a normal world for me now.

I hugged myself tight and cocked my head with an awkward smile.I hummed.

"Nate!?"

I raised my arms,heart hammering and breathe forced out."That's not important mom now---'"

"Important, Nate what-----"

"I saw the landlord earlier."

Her eyes widened then she propped her finger under her chin.

"What,but we won't be paying right till next October towards November."

I nodded then waved my hands frantically, like a crazy bird"but that's not the point now!"

I clenched my fist."That son of a bitch."

My mom gave me a dry,withering look and I gulped.

A sharp knock tapped on the door.Then there was shuffling of loafers from under the bar.

I cursed loudly.

My mom raised a brow then shouldered me with another glare and peeked at the eye hole then she opened the door and let up a gasp.

"God,is you.You're him."he nodded and smiled.

The devil stood before me all broad and dressed in that heavy trench coat and navy turtleneck and a pair of black jeans.He was still as wide and towering as ever and my mom shamelessly gasped at the sight of him.

His lips curved into a lopsided smile."May I come in ?"He asked,his eyes flared crimson and his canine teeth glinted.

I arched my brow as my mom exchanged a look to me and shrugged but she put her hands on her hips and as she stared at him,I shook my head but he grinned even harder.

He's asking but he knocked already?

I shrugged and dimissed but as I got older,I knew why he asked.

"I have a few things to discuss with the both of you?"He asked politely.

My mom nodded ,stood up straighter and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Sure,"she nodded but her voice was thick with confusion and anger while she stepped back, but I waved my arms again and he smirked at me and stepped inside. 

His eyes swivelled throughout the whole apartment as I hid childishly behind my mother the whole time and watched him with wide ,scared eyes but whenever it landed on me,I diverted my gaze elsewhere.

He hummed and his eyes landed on something disapproving.A low rumble would echo from his throat,his eyes were set and he pursed his lips.

My mom cleared her throat and stared at him with a flicker of confusion on her face.Her hands went to waist and lifted her head.

"Sir,are you done observing my home?"She asked,her tone surprisingly annoyed and slightly raised.

He shook his head and rubbed his stubble."So this is where you live Nate?"

My blood ran cold when his deep voice sent shivers down my spine.

She stepped in front of me while her black heels clicked and outstretched her arms and gritted her teeth."If you're here to criticise us then you should politely leave and if you're here to discuss, then proceed."

A warm feeling spread throughout my body and a burst of pride swelled from within me.

My mom protected my sorry ass but as positive as it was,it was drained as soon as Mr Ohinawaa passive gaze landed on me.I smiled a bit too hard.

I knew why he was here but how on earth was I going to explain to my mom that he used magic and hypnosis against the man we both loathed to death.

As much as I hated that man for being sexist and demeaning, I was a bit happy that he couldn't be bought or easily swayed even though he was a crap human.

The bribe would make sense but everything else would be an issue.I needed to use my bubble brain to think but I couldn't.

My body was in panic mode:Heart hammering, jittery and nervous and I couldn't stay at one place without the need to run away or whimper.

All because I stood in front of a serial,otherworldly threat that loomed in front of us both.But my mom,unfortunately, wouldn't see it at all.

I knew.But she.

He glared at the moaning fridge,made a sound of disgust towards the whiskey and bit his teeth at the love couch that had a layer then his gaze finally landed on the trash ,swollen with trash.

Shitholes.

He stepped again and dugged his hands into his jacket and pulled out a business card as my mom read it and arched a brow.

"What shall I do with this?"

He clapped,"Well,I have a preposition to make."

My mom nodded as he walked inside and his eyes trailed my mom,bile climbed up my throat and resisted the urge to hurl.

He stared at her from her black heels,to her slim legs to her slender figure and her tight black dresses that hugged her wide hips to the hem that had lace.It landed at her slim neck and her slim pink lips and her hair which fell in waves down her back,dark chocolate hair.Then it rested at her chest,a bit longer and his tongue touched his lip.

It was a mystery why my hair was blonde but I guess it was from my father,my mom hid away from me.

To her dark eyes that watched him with confusion.

He stretched out a hand and grinned.

My face turned green.

Did he just check my mom?

I clenched my fist and glared at him so hard and if my mom noticed then she ignored it,she was accustomed to it which saddened me.

"I want the both of you to leave this apartment and move to another province and leave the school."He replied ,as if it was a walk in a park and he dropped the weight on my mom's already heavy shoulders.

"Excuse me what?"My mother exclaimed and stared wide eyed at him.

He raised his hands in a measly shrug and grinned,his teeth wilder and feral."That's it.Very simple."

"Why?"My mother asked, hands on hips.Her eyes wide and her tone angry."Who are you to tell us to leave our home ?Is it because you're rich or you're a man, you think you have the authority."

He snorted and tapped his foot on the hardwood floor as he rolled both his shoulders and eyes in annoyance which flared my mom's anger even more.

She pointed an accusing hand towards him,"Who do you think you are to come to my house?Why?"

He snapped,"I'm doing this because I don't like your family."He turned his gaze to me, his face livid and contorted with an ugly sneer.Behind him loomed his demonic figure he stood up tall and proud with its sinister smile.

My blood ran cold and my breath came in my pants.My hands began to tremble as I gaped at the monsterity, above seven feet high as his pendulum tail swung and his breathing was hot and heavy.

I choked on air as my eyes trailed the demon of a beast.My language paused which caused me to stammer.

My mom whirled to me with a gasp and muttered my name but all I did was stare at me with widened eyes and hands fisted towards my chest tight.

My mom turned her back away from him and even in my shocked state,he still had the audacity to stare at my mom's ass with wide eyes and interest.Wasn't this man married ?Didn't he have a ring? My mom placed her palms on her shoulders and gripped me tight,her eyes wide with fear and she called my name multiple times but all I did was gape and mutter half sentences.

From my peripheral vision,he bit his lip and wrapped his hands around his mouth to swallow his laughter.

He found my pain amusing as his hands wrapped around his stomach and his shoulders convulsed with laughter.My eyes burgled further when in a swift flash, his demonic counterpart stood in the middle of my mom and I, still as a statue and grinning like a mad man.He spilt his mouth open and his array of shark like teeth was exposed to the long spiked tongue which coiled out.

My blood pressure spiked,my body weakened and my breath hitched and came out in spikes.A painful shudder ran through my spine as my mom's cries got higher and louder.

The laughter he tried contained slipped off his lips like a crazy waterfall as he convulsed and shook with laughter like the mad man he was.

My mom cried and me as my body went sluggish and my eyes closed,my heart was literally a boxing ring in my chest and the world blurred.

I wanted to die.

I wanted the ground to collapse beneath me and give way.

My mom said soothing words and stroked my back and gave a cold glare towards him then she let me settle down slowly on her couch and she ran towards him,tears raked down her eyes.

"What the fuck is wrong with you,you inconsiderate bastard?My son is scared shitless over something and you're here just laughing your fucking ass of.Is this a mother fucking joke to you?You son of a bitch."My mom threw her arms around him and bunched at his jacket,dug her ling nails onto his jacket, teeth bared and forced him to look af her and even his eyes widened then she shoved him hard.

She curled her fingers,eyes bloodshot and her face wet with tears."Are you insane?Do you lack empathy for anyone other than your own?"She wiped her nose and pointed at me.

I was frozen in position on the couch,my limbs frozen.My hands balled into fists at my chest,my limbs curved down and joints tensed.My chest heavy with cotton balls and my breath laboured.

"Can you see the state of my son?He's having a fucking panic attack.Anxiety attack. Whatever the fuck is called."Her eyes were wild and her voice was fierce.

Unknown to my mother,in front of me loomed the demonic figure crouched in front of me,eyeing me like I'm some specimen and scrutinising me.Its aura bounced on my flesh ,trapping me in rings and Bounded me in fear, wrapped it around me like a cacoon.

He was locked in my mom's presence and her eyes were wild and bloodshot and mad,she was a rabid animal with acrylic nails and she wasn't afraid to use them against the demon.

The man's eyes flared and he pointed accusing fingers at me,his eyes equally as wild but his was animalistic and primal.

"Your son is the reason why my daughter has disappeared and even possibly died all because of him.He filled her head with nonsense about running away and I'm convinced they were seeing each other."

"And so,that does not give you the right to dictate what we should do or not do!"

"Nathaniel is a suspect because he was the last person to see my daughter."

"He is a child."

He scoffed and threw his head backwards with a chuckle."Child,my foot. He's a fourteen year old boy and in the middle ages he's a grown lad.Never estimate children."

My mom threw her head and shrieked,"You're psychologically and mentally insane aren't you."

He bowed his head and smirked,"Well is that what you think. Says the "working woman" right?"He grinned,teeth bared.

"How dare you judge me for my way of making money."My mom questioned,"huh,you think you're better than me then?"

He shook his head and hummed loudly,"As much as I don't like your son,doing this kind of job when you live with a minor is terrible to their budding mind and you're corrupting them to the core."

"Fuck You."

He leaned forward and glared at her.Every step he took ,a giant shadow fell on my mom and he seemed to get taller and broader as he hid.

My mom stepped back and shrunk under his intimidating size.Canine teeth out and eyes glowed and swirled like fire and rubies in the darkness,it was as if he sucked all the light in our house and blocked the sun with his tall form.

But she would not submit,her face contorted and she clenched her fist.She leaned forward and tried to meet his steel gaze."I would never let a man intimidate me ever again,unless in the bedroom but you,I would never let you."My mom screamed at him loudly.

Laughter slipped off his lips as he shook his head.Then he gestured to me and grinned,"See what kind of mom she is.This is your mom."he shook his head and scoffed."You poor,poor soul."

She straightened her spine and pointed a finger at him."Don't you listen to him Nathaniel.He'll wrapped your brain."She lifted her head and placed her hands on her hips."I've observed you,Mr Ohinawaa.Your daughter ran away.Twice.Your daughter called the cops on you.Twice."Her grin was feral and her eyes were wide.A victorious grin."Too bad isn't it?Your own daughter was sick and tired of you so she ran away.Haven't you see the damn news?Of course it is right,so you have no right to act so high and mighty, don't you?"

He began to convulse with laughter and hugged himself so tight and grinned like a mad man.Then he bolted towards her and sneered."Why you inconsiderate son of a bitch."

My mom yelled insults at him and shoved him away and muttered words like I hope you enjoyed your stay and led him away towards the doorstep and as he went the cage of magic unravelled from me.My limbs began to thaw and my breathing came more freely and easily and I placed my feet on the ground.

"I hope you still understand what I proposed to you, right?"He nodded with a smile.

"Nada,"my mom responded with a smirk.And curved her body at him.

His gaze landed on me and my blood ran cold when his demonic figure darted his pointed face at us as blood trickled down his jaw.

Whose blood?

A gulp formed on my throat and all I did was still fixated.

"Your house is really bad and a hazard to your son.I'm doing you a favour to you,ma'am."

She took in a sharp breathe then slammed the door at his face with the fakest smile ever."Thank you and fuck off."

Her shoulders relaxed and she let out a large sigh.Then she whirled towards me and grinned."Are you okay,Nate."

I nodded and sweat trickled down my neck but anything that is positive doesn't last.

A few minutes later,the doorbell rang as I got up from the couch as my mom muttered words of exhaustion and asked if anyone was there.

I padded towards our phone attached to the wall and muttered a greeting and twirled my fingers around the cord.

My heart hammered in my chest loudly and my mom stood beside me and opened the door and there stood the landlord and he was furious with bushy eyebrows raised and gritted teeth.

He pulled out a lease sheet and waved it at our faces then he tapped his soles.

"I want you out by the end of the month, and if you don't pay, I'll kick you out myself,eiii?"

I gasped and gaped at him, but my mom shouldered me and stood in front of me stunned,"What, but we would pay rent next month, not now."My mother spluttered, shocked and surprised.

He brought a finger out,waved it and shook his head."I'm kicking you guys out and if you don't leave,I'll get the authorities."

"But we paid last month,you can't kick us out."

"Watch me.I'll kick you both out."

"We have a contract signed."And she breathed out and rubbed her temples hard."Wait,did he bribe you?Was it him?The man who just came over here.Do you think I'm so stupid?Did he give you money ?"

He shook his head."Does it even matter ?Client's have been complaining about how many people you've brought into your house ,the sounds and stuff.Is too much.Can't you see?"Then he directed towards me,"your poor son is a victim."

My mom's voice rose an octave,"You can't do this. Canada is a free country!!Everyone has sex!You can't be acting prudish eiii."

He shook his head and tutted,"Nope,this is about to be finalized.Pay now,or get get."

He whirled slowly and shook his head."You are a fucking hypocrite.You lying bastard.Asshole and dipshit."

After he left,my mother slammed the and cradled her head in her arms and shook with tears.

My body shuddered like a leaf and my lips trembled loudly.

I stared at my mom then the door then my mom then my mom.I took a deep breath then opened the door and took off.My mother's cries drowned to my deaf ears and loud shrieks.

I thundered down the stairs,eyes narrowed and hands clenched and determined as my feet flew on the steps and I flew into the pavement.I darted down and untied a bike as a guy insulted me in créole and I muttered an apology.

I cycled downtown Toronto,the world blurred and streaked by ,as I increased in pain and puffed.

I stopped and clicked on a doorbell hard of tall, white apartment complex and let out a sigh of relief.