The door opened abruptly, the red hair of the owner preceding her, Alex let go of me slowly but held my hand instead.
Dahlia entered the room and smiled at me, I held eye contact with her this time, I wouldn't let her manipulate my feelings.
And yet..., she totally ignored me, upsetting me and making my entire decision useless.
"Hey I'm Dahlia, you must be Alex." She spoke grabbing the hand that I was holding in both her hands.
She was definitely here just to piss me off this time.
"I'm usually the one keeping this odd group together, but I see you've got the most problematic one under control." She said giggling.
Alex looked flustered or maybejust confused, I glared daggers at Dahlia from my seated position on the bed.
She didn't even look in my direction, "You're a really special person Alex" Dahlia said, there was no way Alex would fall for her tricks....
"Having you around would definitely make this place.... a lot more bright" Dahlia trailed off as Alex cut her off there.
"I don't think..... I wouldn't want to cause any more problems..."Alex's words made my heart drop, how could I convince her none of this was her fault?.
"Nonsense!" Dahlia burst into soft laughter, the kind that made you feel safe.
"Nothing that happened was your fault, come on let me show you around, and maybe next time you come we'll have a nice dinner party" She said dragging Alex away from my bedside.
I sat at my bed stunned, before they both left she gave me a small wink and mounted good luck.
Good luck with what?, I sat for a while thinking and replaying the past events in my head.
'Dad attacked me...., It must have been because of the man I killed'.
'It wasn't Alex because Dad wouldn't freak out about her, not because she was a stranger in our house, not even because she was with me'
I sat on my bed, the way Dad's eyes were soo black back then....., I had never seen him like that.
Eventually, after more thinking I decided to move over to my room, Alex must have gone home by now, it was getting dark and I didn't have a phone, not since the robbers.
I opened the door to see my dad on the other side, his eyes were brown again, his face was red with clear marks from 5 fingers on the side of his face.
I felt pity for him, 'mum must have slapped him, that won't heal easily' she had the ability to stop an injury from healing.
A creepy power indeed, Dad definitely wanted to talk to me, but it was obvious he didn't know how.
Sigh.... I really didn't want to deal with this, this must have been why Dahlia wished me good luck.
"Dad?".
"I'm sorry Vicas....." He said and I cut him off immediately.
"It's OK Dad, I understand what you were trying to show me" or atleast I believed I understood, the terror I felt back there knowing my life was in real danger..... It must have been what they all felt.... the victims of my power.
Being put in that situation... I understood the meaning of life, how precious it was.
I was much more calm now, somewhere deep down it felt odd to me but I shrugged the feeling aside, I couldn't let It destroy my peace.
Dad stood silent, his mouth wide open. I must look like a very different person to him at this moment.
I patted him on the shoulder, we've both got a long journey ahead of us on becoming better people.
The room I stayed in was on the bottom floor, and my room was on the fourth floor, I walked past the parlor towards heading to the stairs which was right before the dining .
The peace I had within me almost collapsed at the sound of Alex voice, I walked towards the dining cautiously, I could hear my mum and Dahlia too.
Upon reaching the dining I saw Alex was still here, and she, my mum and Dahlia gathered round on the dining table, laughing and playing a board game which I haven't seen in years.
Plates of snacks littered the table, cookies, biscuits and a tall carton of juice and Salad.
Salad, I thought, what the hell was that doing there, I took a deep breath to steady myself and continued walking.
"Ahhh yes, Vicas come join us" Dahlia who must have been the culprit behind all this called out to me.
"Yh Vicas we are playing Scrabble, and we could still have one more player" Alex said sounding excited.
"And also your mum's food is amazing... it's... it's just magical" She said, taking a bite out of the Salad.
"No need to flatter me too much, it's simply an extension of my gift..." I stood still watching as they started talking over each other.
This was definitely the kind of mind control in horror movies, I rubbed my forehead, I had to leave before I turn into one of them.
"I've got to rest"I said, running off to my room.
The second my body touched my bed all worries left my head as I immediately fell asleep.