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Inside of a man's heart

September 12, 2022
By Anonymous

           It is now three years after Julix’s death. Julie always crossed her arms and stood straight with her eyes closed, in front of a picture hanging on the wall. This beautiful artwork was painted by Madison.S. It was painted about the two happy beautiful ladies dancing in a cave next to the waterfall.

           Everyday at 7 A.M in the morning, Johnson is the first one in the house to wake up to get ready for work. The alarm in his phone rings and shows up on his lockscreen, a sweet couple hugging each other on the mountain. It was him and Julie on their first date at the age of 20 during the Fall season. Johnson is usually on his phone a few minutes before he gets out of bed to check for the news and his notifications, but today he is not. He went straight to the bathroom and started rushing. Later Julie got up, she was in shock when she walked to the bathroom. The bathroom was not very much different from a newly built one. The mirrors shine as the river faces, and the room smells like a field of lavender. Julie went up stairs to wake up her son, Peter, but she couldn’t find him anywhere in his room. The smells of bacon and eggs forces Julie down to the kitchen. There are three plates of food and three cups of orange juice that was made by Johnson. Peter was already sitting there for his parents to serve the food first.

           Julie still can’t get rid of her shock, Johnson points his finger to the calendar and asks Julie if she remembers about their most important special day. Julie looked at her husband with a sweet smile and tears in her eyes. The breakfast that Johnson made for her was his apology because he knew that he wouldn't be able to get home early to celebrate an anniversary with his wife. Julie was in depression, but she still gave him a tight hug before he left the house. Julie and Peter continue their breakfast together and talk about how strange this man was. Julie looking out the window noticed Johnson’s car turned right instead of turns left like he usually does. She knows that Johnson was acting weird today, but she doesn’t care very much.

           Although she knew Johnson would be back home late, she was still waiting for him until 2 A.M in the next morning. This was the first time Johnson got home this late. Julie one more time noticed that his shirt had a little stain of eyeshadow with glitter on it. She secretly goes through his phone while Johnson is asleep. There is nothing strange she could find until a message pops up, “I need you to provide me a reason why you quit this job”. She called the boss right away and found out Johnson did not go to work yesterday.

           On Sunday morning, Peter gave Julie a list of school supplies that he needed for school. Julie’s car got broken down, so she took Johnson’s car without his permission. It was normal until she got distracted by the car beeping behind her. She looked at the rearview mirror and there was an object that appeared out, hanging behind it. Julie has no idea how a cell phone got hanged and camouflaged the rearview mirror. She goes through the phone without the password. Both the lockscreen and homescreen are black. The first thing she did on the phone was see what is in the camera roll. Julie was extremely shocked because all she saw were Johnson and a young woman's photos. She goes through their message and finds out they have been talking since she impregnated Peter. Julie texts a short simple message to invite this anonymous woman to Johnson’s house. Within less than 2 minutes, a reply was received. The anonymous woman agreed to come to Johnson’s house, she wants to meet him tonight at 9 P.M.

           The two males are at home playing their video games. Peter asked his dad if he can have a baby brother, so he won’t be lonely as an only child. He was jealous of his mom because she had a sister. Johnson was surprised, he never knew that Julie had a sibling. Peter continues to tell his dad that the art was painted by Julie. The two beautiful ladies in the art were Julie and Julix, her dead sister.

           The house has been quiet since Julie got home. The air of deep silence around the house won’t stop until the clock turns to 8:59 P.M. A heavy sound of the doorbell rang and Julie ran to the door as fast as she could to see who her family’s distractor was. A gun shot straight through Julie’s forehead. The cries of Peter, the unanswered questions of Johnson. Julix runs to Johnson and Peter, hugs them tight. She gave Johnson his last kiss and shot him from the back of his head. Julix grabbed Peter to her car and tried to explain to him she was his auntie, Julix.

           In the Fall of 2018 back then, Julix and the couple went on a vacation together. Julie and Julix got lost in a cave, Julix accidentally fell down the trenches and got buried with red leaves and was ignored by her sister. Luckily, Julix was rescued by an old lady that lives near the cave. Julix face surgeries were successful to accomplish her goal of revenge.


The author's comments:

This story is about a couple lying to each other about their own secrets. Johnson is cheating on his wife for 5 years straight, and Julia lying to her husband that she is an only child. Julia sister got rescued and took Julia's husband.


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