I had been testing my theory for three weeks. I had started to believe I could do whatever I wanted with my life. I stopped feeding him. I know it looks horrible but I thought maybe it could make him move and come out from his room. He became angrier and angrier, and finally it happened.
I couldn’t believe it. He came out from his cave. His face was red. His steps were loud. He opened his mouth but there were no voices. There was a heavy silence as if I were 20 meters underground, being buried alive, with no air, my ears and eyes being filled by the soil. I don’t know what happened after that, I just collapsed.
When I woke up the next day, everything was extremely normal. Nothing was damaged, except for some glasses and plates. The refrigerator door was open, and I was in the middle of the living room. I felt really angry. I ran into his room. I opened the door suddenly. He was sitting and reading something. I looked at him. He was bothered with my presence. I stared at him.
“What the hell happened last night?” I cried. He said nothing. I yelled at him, I caught him and slapped him in the face. He did nothing. He was really normal and calm. He looked at me like I was crazy. Just silence and a stupid smile on his face. Was I losing my mind?
I saw it suddenly. Some of his clothes were covered with mud. I automatically bent and picked them up. They were heavy and moist. He jumped and picked them up. I looked at my hands, there was blood. My breath caught in my throat. I looked at him in terror. He was calm. That look made me uneasy. “I hurt myself” he whispered. He threw the clothes to the corner of the room and took quick steps to the bathroom.
I smelled my hands, there was a rotten smell on them. I screamed when his hand touched my shoulder. I turned in shock. He smiled, for the first time in those 3 years. “Could you make Spaghetti with meatballs for the lunch?” he said with a smile.
The Spaghetti? What the hell was going on? He never ate home-cooked food for 3 years, so what happened? Why now he looked like and acted ordinary? Now he was the exact person that I knew before. was my brother back?
That was just the beginning of the real story!
