She asked me, or I should say urged me to go to sleep. I am an early sleeper, so mom knew I would sleep quickly. Then she switched off the lights and walked from my room and slightly pulled and close my bedroom door.
Ok, I thought. I didn’t sleep because I was a little confused by my mom’s behavior. I didn’t give it much thought for 2 minutes. But then I continued with my confusion. 5 minutes passed by, then 10 minutes, then 15 minutes passed by.
Then 30 and 45 minutes passed by. But I couldn’t sleep, as my thoughts were running a little wild. As I was thinking, I saw my bedroom door opening slowly and I noticed the light was coming inside my darkroom slowly. Then I saw mom.
I immediately closed my eyes partially, to put an impression on my mom, that I was fast asleep. Then she inspected me and slowly closed my room’s door. I was puzzled by this. Moreover, I thought-
Me(thinking): Hasn’t my uncle eaten food till now? What is he doing there this late? Is he going to stay the night here?
As I thought these things, suddenly the hall room’s light went off. I knew this because I had an airhole in my room. I could see that while laying on my bed. Now I was looking at the airhole that if the other room’s lights were on or off.
This was followed by the closing of the door near the hall and that was my parent’s room. I was shocked because I know that my fraud uncle never left the house. If so, I would have heard the dog bark at him and the gate’s screeching noise when opened and closed.
I was shocked by these happenings. And to my horror, my parent’s room’s lights went off immediately. Now it all came to make sense in my head. I was sad and shocked. The image of my mom in my mind was shattering. Thoughts barged into my mind about my mom with that fraud.
I couldn’t take it anymore. So I slowly went from my bed, opened my door lightly without making a sound. Then I walked through the way that leads to the hall. I could make out that none was in the hall, with the help of the digital clock’s light, illuminating the hall room mildly.
Then I stayed there for a minute or so sadly. I looked at the parent’s room’s door to my right. It was locked as I guessed. I was disappointed by this. My mom was behind that door with that fraud. Then I cried silently, as I heard low noises from the room.
In that state of mind, I switched on the hall lights. Then immediately the noises from the room stopped and there was a sudden silence. Even in my sadness, I adjusted my voice to sound normal and asked her, knowing that she was awake by saying-
Me: Mom, are you awake? Please wake me up at 5:45 in the morning to revise for exams.
She quickly, but with a broken voice replied-
Mom: Ok, ok son, go to sleep quickly dear. You have exams tomorrow.
I switched off the hall lights crying and went back to my room. Now I was feeling heaviness with each step I took. Then I closed the door behind me, lay on the bed and cried silently for some minutes.
My image of my mom broke out completely. I was angry and sad now. I wanted to punch that rascal, my fraud uncle, by breaking into the room. But I didn’t dare to see my mom in that state with him to do it.