Maribelle's Dilemma: A Struggle with Guilt

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Maribelle sat next to the river, looking out at the green grass. Her hands shook from the nerves tearing her up from within. The words kept spinning around inside of her head. She felt nauseous at the idea that she was like her mother. Her entire life was devoted to treating people like she would like to be treated. She was nice to everyone. Her mother was never nice to anyone. Maribelle had one bad moment that she let her anger speak for her, and that led to her mother’s death. Does that mean that Maribelle caused that? Her mother was going to die any day now. Maribelle did not purposely hold a pillow over her mother’s face, feed her poison, or stab her. Maribelle was simply confessing to her mother that she had lied, and she wanted her …show more content…

Have you really gone insane? “No, I am a good person…” A person that has killed another person. “I am a terrible person. I deserve to be killed.” Harry could never love you. He is probably looking down at you with disgust. “No, he loves me.” Maribelle was an absolute wreck at this very moment. She could imagine her father finding out about the last words her mother spoke, and searching for Maribelle. He would find Maribelle and kill her without a single word. He wouldn’t feel anything for the mistake that was his daughter. She would go to hell for killing her mother. Harry would never love her, and she would be stuck in an eternity without her true love. She was doomed. Off in the distance Maribelle watched leaves fall from the willow trees. The leaves were blowing with the wind. Maribelle tried to calm herself down, but she saw the leaves start to spell things out. She almost shrieked at how insane she had become over the past few weeks. That was until she heard Harry’s soft hum. Maribelle looked at the leaves, and read the words aloud. “Will you calm down?” Maribelle chuckled lightly, brushing a few tears away from her red puffy eyes. Her stuttering words relaxed at Harry’s soft hum. Every time she would read to him, he would hum to her. His hum was enough to calm Maribelle from her …show more content…

Your mother was doomed to die today.” Harry knew exactly what Maribelle was thinking, and he needed to stop that. “I’m sorry, I just feel guilty. I need to tell Niall about the killer. He has agreed to help me.” Harry felt good that Niall was taking care of his girl. Niall was the perfect gentleman to Maribelle. “You don’t need to feel guilty. I love you.” The leaves started to spiral down to the ground. Maribelle wanted to pray that Harry wasn’t about to leave, but she knew by now that he was going. Once she was for sure that she was alone, she gave a silent prayer to Harry. She stood with a rush going through her veins. She was so close to the killer. She now knew that it was her father, and she had to tell Niall. Maribelle ran toward her house. Maribelle needed to explain this new information to Niall. She hoped that Niall was still willing to help her with everything. The minute she stepped back into her house, she heard his obnoxious voice. Her eyes about rolled into the back of her head. Zayn was in her living room, talking with the maidens. Her father must be with her mother, so Maribelle took this time to see what Zayn was babbling about. She turned the corner to find Zayn hunched over with a handkerchief held up to his mouth. His brown soulless eyes were red, his nose was running, and his hair was a

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