Complicity

 

Every night, it was the same. When the clock said time to go to bed, there were no arguments capable of removing this idea from Daddy’s mind. Time to go to bed was time to go to bed.

On my long way there, I had so many things to get done. Brushing my teeth and my hair; wearing my pajamas; making sure that my backpack would be organized for the next day; and grabbing Malu, my little cow, were just some of them. But, there was one thing for which I would never be responsible.

“Emily, look at this mess in your bed. How can someone sleep in here? ,” Daddy said it every single day, as though he wasn’t accustomed to it yet.

Still complaining, Daddy ordered me to lay down in my bed, so he could tidy it up. I obeyed and remained there, immobile. Then, Daddy stretched the edge of the sheet, covering my head, to fold it over the blanket later. For a little while, I disappeared. For a little while, I was invisible. No one, besides Daddy, could see me there. I was hidden under my sheet, and Daddy was the only one who could inform against me. He could be my traitor, but I had no doubts that, instead of it, he would be my accomplice and wouldn’t tell anyone that I was just right there.

One day, Meg, my older sister, came into my room when Daddy had just hid me. She was crying because she had, once again, lost her pacifier. I remember her pampered crying, just like a baby who is falling asleep, coming closer and closer. She would discover me. And, if she discovered me, no longer I would have my hideout. All of my body was petrified. One movement could have turned me in. However, Daddy was there to protect me. Therefore, he grabbed Meg in his arms and took her away from there, keeping safe our secret.

From that moment, our complicity had been signed, and our bond, deepened. And I? I had learned that, no matter how angry Daddy is at me, and even if I had led my bed a mess, he would always be willing to protect me.   

MaVi

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