Grandma Rose Monologue

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Present White, hot, blistering pain that makes each scream for mercy unwillingly rip from my chest like a rabid animal only to turn into a raspy moan as it leaves my cracking lips. I pray for death to come quickly and find my cries ignored as if the fates were playing some cruel game with me. They have taken all semblance of hope from me until I’m left with nothing but darkness. I embrace the darkness I once feared with open arms and let it wrap me in its embrace. A Few Months Earlier… The flight attendant’s voice announces that we are landing in Seattle and I gather my things; before stepping off the plane into the arms of my warden, a.k.a. my grandma Rose. “Mia, it’s been too long” she says pulling me into a hug. I take in her appearance …show more content…

I get out of the car and sigh, the house looked like it had been around during WWI and that was a complement. I grab my bags and make my way up the steps, accepting my fate. I was hallway up the steps when I drop one of my bags and successfully send clothes flying everywhere. A sudden chill runs through me and before picking up my clothes, I stop to take a look around. I felt like someone was watching me, I freeze when I see it from the corner of my eye, a person was hiding in the bushes across the street. I was still trying to figure out what to do about being watched when Rose pokes her head out the door. “Mia, are you coming inside? It looks like it’s starting to rain and I don’t want you catching a cold.” “Yeah, just give me a minute” I say. I turn back towards the bushes to find whatever or whoever it was I was looking at gone. Maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me, it had been a long plane ride. I shrug it off before grabbing the rest of my stuff and heading inside. I place my bags down and look around at all the knickknacks and pictures Rose had scattered throughout her living room. One picture in particular caught my attention and I pick it up before realizing that I knew someone in the photo. “Hey Rose, who are these guys in this picture with my dad?” I

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