His wife’s cool hands on his shoulders halted Sanders from further destruction as he took another swing at the sculpture with his club.
He couldn’t count the number of times the sculpture taunted him, taking on fiendish proportions in a nightmare until he smashed it to pieces and then made a new one from scratch, once again resembling his tomboyish, young sister with her sweet looking face.
No matter what everyone said, no matter that his mother never openly expressed her blame, he held himself responsible.
What if he always wondered?
What if he had accompanied her to the cinema that fateful night many years ago as their mother had suggested?
Would she be alive now? Would that have deterred the monster who kidnapped her, that by the time her body was found, she was desecrated in ways beyond words?
Sanders was perpetually haunted by these thoughts and it was worse that the monster was still out there.
Unknown and roaming free.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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She is amazing at describing love and life in her poems. She creates such beautiful images with her words. Truly, she is a talented writer and I’m so excited to have her poetry book and to continue reading through it.
You’ve gone and done it again, Jacqueline! You’ve touched my heart in the space of those first few words.
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Aww, you make me feel good with your words Brenda, thank you 🙂
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Wow! The poor man!
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so heavy is the price of regret….good story J.
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Poor guy. It’s an awful way to lose his sister,made all the worse that the driver who hit her was never caught. Made worse by the brother’s perceived guilt. Perhaps, smashing the statue will give him a bit of relief. I would say, it’s never right for someone to die like that, but then, when it’s your time to leave earth, it’s your time. its confusing but, it’s how it is.
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Wow! Great story, Jacqueline! What a horror story with the kidnapping and death of his sister that is haunting him and torturing him to this day!
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Fewer words, more meaning indeed! Excellent post, Jacqueline. Great work!
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Thank you Roo 🙂
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oh. this is… haunting and sad. I hope Sanders will free and forgive himself.
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Thanks dear. I hope he does too…in my mind.
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i hope so too. ❤
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Wow! That’s a great story! Feel so bad for the poor guy…!
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Thanks Rashmi. I don’t envy him
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You’re good at these !
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Thanks Raili 🙂
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If he’s doing that to his own sister’s sculpture…I’d hate to see what he’d do to her actual kidnapper. Great story Jackie!
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He would probably tear him apart piece by piece.
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Thanks lady T. Good to see your systems back up again.
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