C100 Familiar Face

Carlos

“Just let him be. He is just having one of his grumpy days as usual…”

Nica's words hit my eardrums just as I crossed to the other side of the road. I scoffed in anger and then broke into a sprint, a scream escaping my lips.

As I ran, the memory from the previous day replayed in my head.

FLASHBACKS – A DAY AGO

We were eating dinner in the dining room of my home, my mother