章 73: My Valentine

Every year on Valentine's Day, my best friend would often give me a teddy bear. I never really open it from the plastic. I'm trying to collect it for... I don't know, maybe to treasure our memories together? I just didn't open it. It's inside a transparent bag anyway. That's not really that problem here. That's actually the good part, you see? Because just before Valentine's Day comes, my pets would often disappear without a trace. First it was my dog, then there's my cat... I don't really know if it's just a coincidence or a curse but they happened just before the Valentine's Day. The good thing is that my friend was always there to comfort me with teddy bears. I always feel relieved after. Today is February 14 and my mother still haven't came home. I feel bad because we had a fight just before she left two days ago. My friend called me saying he would give me something. I wasn't really in the mood today so I told him what was bothering me. But he was persistent in giving me the gift saying it was what I was looking for. I can't hold my grief and shouted at him to act normal. What could be more important now than finding my mother? I cried. I heard the doorbell rang. I opened it and found him outside, smiling while wearing a clown suit. Not the colorful one, it was close enough to be like the joker, but not entirely. His make up was drenched in the rain but it didn't stopped him from smiling wide whem I open the door. I told him to come in and gave him a towel to dry himself. He didn't really take it but instead, gave me a human size bear. I told him I didn't need it because I need to find my mother. He brushed off what I said and insisted on giving it to me. I burst into anger but he tried to explain. He told me that was my mother, and those other bears were my pets. I was furious but he continued to explain... "I hate it when someone or something is making you angry, remember when you told me that your dog ripped your assignments all the time and that it's making you fail? Or that time when your cat ate your lunch so you weren't able to eat anything? I killed them so that they won't bother you anymore. I put their bodies on those teddy bears so that you won't miss him. Same goes for your mother, that's why I told you that this is what you were looking for. She was here the whole time." he said eyes glimmering. I didn't know what to feel. I was sick to my stomach and I wanted to cry over my mother's death. "Aren't you proud of me?" he asked. "No! your crazy. " I bursted. He snapped and pointed a knife at me asking again "You're proud of me aren't you?". I cried continuously begging for someone's help. The next you know, a man wearing a clown suit that is almost similar to that of the joker, can be seen admiring a beautiful mannequin figure with a human like flesh stitch to its body.