The Artist and the Twins

Chapter 10
Moving On

The doctors came rushing in after I told Yumi what we were gonna do with Rin and Len. They asked me what was wrong, and I said.

"Everything is fine now." I smiled. I gave them the syringe that was on the floor and had them test the drug that was inside of it. The drug was cocaine, and it was mixed with strong alcohol. It would've killed me instantly if it was injected. I couldn't believe how lucky I was to be alive.

After I was released from the hospital, me and Yumi took Rin and Len and locked them in a small toy chest, and locked it with every single lock we could install into it. I took out a permanent marker and wrote 'Never open again.' on it. We put the toy chest in the way back of the attic upstairs in my house. Yumi asked me why I wanted it to be in my attic. I said to her

"I never go up there anyway. Once I put something in my attic, it's nothing more than a dust collector now, and eventually I will forget that its even up there." I think she understood what I was trying to tell her. But she still thought it was crazy that the toy chest was in my attic. But I didn't care. Rin and Len will never get out of it, and they will never bother me again. Though, sometimes at night, when I'm about to go to sleep, I hear them saying

"We will get out of here!" or "We'll play together forever." But I would ignore it and go to sleep. I still get nightmares, but I don't get them as much anymore. My other friends, Tom and Kiana heard what happened from Mike, and they were glad that I was safe. After a while, things got back to normal. As if nothing ever happened. But I didn't forget what did happen. Every time me and my friends walk by that forest, all those memories come back to me. Then Kiana would pat me on the shoulder and say

"You don't have to worry about those two anymore." and I would say.

"You're right. You're very right." and we would continue walking to a party or a hang out.