Night Terrors: 16 Horror Stories by Valentine King

Author:Valentine King [Valentine King]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror, Short Stories
Amazon: B00O5K8HT2
Publisher: Valentine King
Published: 2014-10-01T23:00:00+00:00

4

Andrew Boyle was laid on the leather sofa with his arm over his eyes, blocking out the light whilst wishing he could block out his therapist’s questions at the same time.

“How’ve you been this week Andrew? How are things at home?”

Andrew sighed, wondering what would happen if he gave an honest answer. It’s funny Doc but I can’t get the kid’s face out of my mind. That surprised look is tattooed forever on the inside of my eyelids, like a watermark on reality itself. He’s there now, not looking shocked, just surprised, as if I’d somehow disappointed him. What else? Someone dropped a bottle of wine in the supermarket yesterday and the noise of it shattering sent me diving for cover amongst the tins of beans before I even knew what was happening. Oh and best of all, I nearly killed my wife after my last session here. Went to bed and woke up with my hands round her throat in the middle of another screaming nightmare. My life is an endless living hell and nobody seems to care. Instead I just come here and watch you yawn behind your hand and glance at the clock to see how long until you can go to lunch. I despise you but not nearly as much as I despise myself.

“Andrew?”

“I’m doing okay,” he said, glancing across at Dr Trent sitting so smugly in his armchair, arms folded across his pastel blue cardigan.

“How’s your sleep? Are the new pills helping at all?”

He saw Caroline’s face looking up at him in his mind, the panic in her eyes as she tried to prise his fingers off her throat.

“Not really.”

“Well keep taking them. These things take time. Have you thought anymore about the holiday I suggested?”

“I’m not sure it would do any good.”

Dr Trent removed his glasses and began polishing them with a yellow cloth. “Andrew, I’ve been treating you for three months now and I think I’m getting to know you a little bit, would you agree?”

He continued talking but Andrew had stopped listening, thinking to himself: I could reach over and kill you in under a second. Just snap your neck and then sit back down without even breaking into a sweat. I kind of want to as well. That’s the worst part. It’d wipe that smug condescending look off your face, that’s for sure.

“Still with me Andrew? Not fallen asleep on there?”

“I’m awake.”

“I really think a holiday would do you some good. Have you mentioned it to Caroline yet?”

“We…we’re no longer together.” The sound of her desperate gasps filled his ears. God, he needed some sleep. He’d been on the single bed in the spare room since that night, unable to apologise, unable to explain, just wishing that terrified look wasn’t there every time she looked at him, wishing he could take it back, take it all back.

“I’m sorry to hear that,” Trent said, scrawling something on his notepad. “How do you feel about breaking up?”

He wasn’t thinking about that. He was

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