North, Swords, Duplicity

Ophelia Maschera will be a happy person. She had many of the worries of a typical single mom yet she never gave up. “Never leave anything for tomorrow” She will say with a smile to her beloved daughter, Lindsay.

“If you do everything, tomorrow won't surprise you" She will say. She never believed in the future, it was an illusion.  She always lived her present and remembered her past… but she never cared for what was beyond.

She will wake up. It will be Monday soon. It was uncommon for her to have nightmares… But she will brush the disturbing dream aside. Dreams are just TV your brain remembers…

There are still hours for work, so she’ll decide to do some cleaning. Cleaning will help her clear her thoughts, as she’ll have an important event that day. The floors were dustless, the windows were clean and the furniture was in pristine condition… But she always cleaned, “just in case.” She always thought that there could be a visit or check… Her daughter will wish to see the day she will pay attention to her…

After cleaning, two hours will pass. She must be in her office in one hour. She must rush to get dressed and make breakfast, as the school bus will come in thirty minutes. She must make her way to the office; she’ll ignore Lindsay again… After a couple of streets, she will hear a loud scream. For some reason, hearing that sound will strike a chord in her.

After making sure nobody will see her, she will try to localize the source of the screaming. It will be very hard for her to find it, as the houses stretched for half a mile, so she’ll abandon her search. The best action she could do was to call the police. They could handle the situation… Whoever screamed will be helped…
 
The little disruption will cost her a huge sum of time, so she’ll take a shortcut by the intersection.  She will hurry the pace and try to make a good excuse… While on her way, she will notice a woman. The woman will hold a child by the hand and the child will look sad… Ophelia would feel hurt… Seeing the child reminded her of Lindsay. The woman was very harsh to her kid; she was literally dragging her along the street… Ophelia will notice but she shan’t know what to do…

The woman was very unsettling; Ophelia could feel familiarity with her. That poor kid was being taken against her will… Getting soaked by the unearthly rain was also upsetting her, so the mother turned to her daughter…

The utterance will traumatize Ophelia… even more than the sight of those faces

“Never look; don’t disturb the brook”