It’s just beyond me… Part VII

"Susy?"- she asked, looking for her big sister. The bed next to hers was empty. She ran down the wooden corridor, that crackled under her small feet.
"Mummy! Daddy!"- she cried in alarm, jumping onto their flowery bed.
“What's wrong, my darling?"-her mother yawned, barely opening her eyes.
"Go to bed. It's early and Christmas is still months away."- her father grumbled from under the sheets.
"Mummy, Susy's gone!"
“What?”
“Mummy, Susy has left… she told me I was dreaming.”

When her parents suddenly realised what their little girl was saying, they jumped out of bed and ran towards their daughters' bedroom. Her bed was made and there was a post-it lying on top of it. I couldn't read back then, you know, but the words that were written on that pink piece of paper made my mother cry for years.

My father tried to keep calm, he picked up the phone and constantly redialed.
"She's not picking up her phone."- he said very gravelly.
"She's with Simon. I told you this would happen, Thomas, I told you and you didn't want to believe me!"- My mother shouted hysterically at my father. "I told you that we couldn't hold her back forever, that you've always been to hard on her!"
"We should have sent her to boarding school… but oh no! As if she was going to be traumatized by some decent education!"
"It would have been worse…"
"What are you saying, woman! Don't you realise with whom your daughter has run of with?"
"Oh my gawd, Thomas, my little girl… we're never going to…·
"I'm going to call the police."- My father stroked my head and said-"Look after your mum."
I sat next to my mother slowly. She was siting on my sister's bed, crying her eyes out. She took me in her arms and just cried.
“Mummy, why are you so sad?" – I sobbed.
She couldn't answer, she just hugged me harder and cried.
"Mummy…"- I said after a while. My dad was bellowing downstairs- "Where is Susy?"
"I don't know, dear."-she sobbed-"I don't know."

And that was the last time I saw my big sister. Her name was never mentioned again because if anyone mentioned Susy, my mother burst into tears and my father started smoking. I lost my sister overnight. My big sister, my guardian, my role model, she was out of my life forever. I was only five years old when my sister was just a silly fifteen year old that had run away from excessively strict parents
My sister disappeared on this very day, so many years ago… I never heard from her since. Well, that's not completely true. A few years back, when I was waiting for my boyfriend at the station, I could have sworn I saw a sickly thin woman that looked just like Susy. She gave me a sad look while she plaited her red mop of hair. I was curious to find out who that strange woman was, so I walked through to the next platform to find out but by the time I had climbed up the steep steps she was gone.

Maybe it was just a daydream… The only thing I do know is that Simon was on the news when I was about fifteen. I can't remember what he had done wrong, but I remember he was given a lifelong sentence in prison.

Anyway doctor, I really must go now. I can see it in your eyes that you have had quite enough of my stories for one day. I don't really know what happened to Susy or why she left. But one thing is quite certain, my family was never the same again…

See you next week. Thank you for your kind help, I hope you have a very nice weekend and I also hope you meet nice young girls. Oh, come on, you must have noticed how they stare at you! Don't laugh, I may be old but I'm not stupid. You're young and handsome, don't be silly and make the most of it!
See you on Friday.
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