Cleaning; the first day (Hope)
- Aleaya Wijaya
- Apr 10, 2019
- 7 min read
Slowly i opened my eyes i was just waking up ..I looked out side it was a sunny morning...i sit up in my bed and looking out the window wen i see my sister Savanah sitting on her knees with her hands on her face crying..i walked to the window in a far distance i see a man walking he stopped and looked back before he vanished ...It was Jackson i ran down stairs into the yard running to my sister...I sit right beside her i put my hands across her and asked her what has happened..Between sobs and tears she told me that Jackson decided to end the relationship ..Cause he didn't want to put her in any danger...I pulled her close and told her that it was for the best ..Savanah listing our parents would never have approved this...And we could all be in trouble if this would continue...I know you love him and i know he loves you to very much...But my sweet sister you know this could never be something he is black..While i was saying that my heart just fell apart ..I knew my sister was madly in love with him and it broke my heart to see her in pain like this.
In the weeks after Jackson left my sister was down ...She hardly eat and the smile she always had was gone...She didn't talk anymore and just sobbed her days away...While i was sitting in the chair our mom called me to help her in the kitchen to prepare dinner...Hope what is wrong with Savanah she is not herself lately...I wanted to be honest but i didn't want my sister to get in to trouble and told her thats she is just going through stuff and we should give her some time..It was time to prepare for bed...i was about to fall a sleep wen i hear a sound i opened my eyes and see that Savanah was packing her bag..Savanah what are you doing??..Sttt Hope go back to sleep .. no what are you doing where do you think your going...She sit on the end of my bed and said Hope i cant life without him i know in my heart that we are meant to be together.. I am going to find him..For a minute i was speechless this is not something my sister would do...For a couple minutes we where just looking at each other and i said Savanah do you have any idea how dangerous it is out there..There are robbers out there don't even get me started about the wild animals and do you know where he is going...you wont survive out there all by yourself...Savanah looked at me and said i don't care Hope i have to try..You where always the one that said if you want something go for it ..She took my hand while she was crying and said Hope this is what i want..I have to go..I had to think quick cause wen Savanah has something on her mind she will stick with it ...
I looked at her and said ok but just for tonight go back to bed and we will think of something in the morning ...Promise me ..She looked ad me and said ok but please Hope don't try to stop me this is what i want...Savanah went back to bed..
The sun was coming through the windows i hadn't slept at all that night....I looked at Savanah while she was still sleeping and thinking to myself how can i keep her here..But deep in my heart i knew i couldn't stop her....In a far distance i hear our mom calling us for breakfast...Savanah wake up mom is calling us...We got dressed and wen downstairs ...After breakfast she went back to our room...I followed her upstairs thinking i have to try to stop her...But wen i came in to the room she was already to go... i had no choose but to go with her i couldn't let her go all alone...I started to pack my bag wen Savanah looked at me and said what are you doing... I said well am going with you am not gonna let you go alone its not safe..i took al the money i had and we walked downstairs...our mom was in the kitchen doing the dishes ...Mom me and Savanah are going for a walk we will be back in a hour...Ok sweethearts be careful love you...we said we loved her to and there we went.
We didn't had much money but enough to get food and a save place to sleep..one night wen we where having dinner in this small saloon Savanah was talking about Jackson and her life with him...Wen i stopped her and said Savanah this is crazy we have no idea where he is and our money is almost gone...She got mad at me and said i thought you where behind me while she threw her napkin in her plate and walked upstairs to our room....I finished my dinner wen i went upstairs Savanah was packing again i said where do you think your going ...Hope i love you your my sister but i have to do this and i will go further by myself you go back home...I said are you crazy your not going out there all by yourself ...It was quite for a couple minutes wen she looked at me and said please Hope don't leave me all by myself...I said of course not i was just angry i mean Savanah we are 100 of miles away from home...mom and dad are worried sick by now..and we don't even know where Jackson went to..Savanah stopped me and said i do know where he is going ...i was talking to a farmer this afternoon and he told me he give him shelter a couple days ago he was heading west...We have to go West Hope...
In the morning we went west we bought our ticket for the carriage..we had to wait a little cause he just left..we had to spent one more night in the saloon...Savanah and i where planning our further trip to the west...The next morning we packed our backs and went our way to the carriage wen we stepped in we where not alone there was this old lady in the carriage as well...wen we start the ride Savanah was happy she finally had that smile again...I looked at the old woman and give her a smile and introduced myself and Savanah....She introduced her self as Miss Isayah...We started talking it was such a nice lady ...she told us she wanted to see her son one last time cause her age wouldn't let her traveling long distance anymore...it was so heart breaking to hear a mom wanted to see her son one last time ...Cause i was thinking about our parents...we drove along way the sun was about to pas down ...All of a sudden the carriage started to slow down...Savanah looked out the window to see why ....wen she made a little scream ...Hope there are 2 men in front of the carriage with guns ...We hurt men screaming at the man that was driving the carriage...and he was begging for his life and then we hurt a gunshot...Savanah screamed they shot him...as soon as she sad that the door of the carriage opened..one man screamed that we had to get out ....I walked out first then Savanah the old lady had difficulty to get out i wanted to help her...but one of the man smashed me to the ground and yelled at me to stay there...The pulled the old lady out of the carriage and smashed her against the ground ...i pulled myself up and went to the old lady ...are you ok mam...she was crying and bleeding out of her head....please help me she said but there wasn't much i could do....the other man went in side and took everything in the carriage...He asked if we had anything on us and i said that everything we had is in our bags..He didn't believe me and he slapped us till they had everything..
the man where going through our stuff and i looked at my sister and whispered we have to get out of here they are going ot kill us...Savanah nodded but what about miss Isayah ....As i wanted to answers one of the man turned around and ordered us to stay quite...Miss Isayah was moaning she was in pain he walked up to her and told her to be quite but she was in so much pain she kept moaning ....I screamed to the man to let us go that miss Isayah was in pain...he looked at me with these evil eyes keep her quite he said to me ...i crawled over to her and trying to keep her calm and quite ...and trying ot stop the bleeding on her head....one of the man said to the other one we need to get rid of them ...go kill them ...he walked up to us and smiled you have any last wishes....he pulled the gun to miss Isayah face wen she made a scream ....the man looked at her and said whats the matter your scared....all of a sudden with her hand she craped her chest i cant breath she said ....and she passed out ...i screamed for mercy and was trying to get to miss Isayah but they wouldn't let me ...I don't know what happened then but the men looked at us and they just went in front of the carriage and drove away..
Wen they where out of side i rushed to miss Isayah ...i checkt her pulse while i was looking at my sister and i shook my head and said she is gone...Savanah we cant stay here we have to go....Savanah was stuck to the ground we cant leave them here she said...So we buried them and run as fast as we could...For 2 days we ran without any water and food...I thought we where gonna die ...but then i saw a roadsign saying Tombstone...
Hope Hope wake up its time we have to go to work we have to clean the judges court...i opened my eyes water was poring down my neck...I looked at Savanah and said i had the craziest dream and i told her my dream...Then she looked at me and took my hand my dear Sister its not a dream its for real.
































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