The Only Child

Steve was the only child of a rich family.His parents loved him very much because he was a clever good boy and he did well at school. Steve loved his father more than his mother and he liked playing with him in his free time. They were more like best friends than father and son.
But everything changed a lot when his father died in a car accident. Steve became a sad quite boy. He spent most of his time alone in his room, crying and looking at his watch that his father had given to him a few weeks before he died.
Then one night, he woke up suddenly. He heard something. It was the voice of his father calling him. "Dad." He whispered. Then the voice disappeared. "Dad," he shouted. "Come back." Still there was no more sound of his father, He looked at the watch. It was 12:00AM. He hold it tightly, put it on his chest and started to cry with sorrow in his heart until he fainted.

RINGggg... He woke up again by the sound of the alarm clock. He looked at his watch. It was 7:00AM. “Was it a dream?” He asked himself. Every night was the same, he heard his father calling him at midnight. He cried all night and found it was difficult to sleep. Steve couldn’t eat well because of sadness. Soon, he became weak and thin. His mother was very worried. She wanted him to have warmth from a father as before so she remarried to a neighbour. But Steve didn’t understand that. He began to hate his mother who forgot about his father and remarried with a younger man next door. He didn’t like his step-father at all. He knew that he married with his mother only because of her money.

A few months later, Steve stopped crying and began to make new friends. They made him a happier teen as before. They had parties together and they even asked him to go to clubs for dancing. Steve got close with them by didn’t know they were gangsters, His behavior changed completely when he was 15. He played truant, drank a lot and stayed out all night. He hated his mother more than before because she didn’t care for him.

For a while, he took drugs. He bullied his mother for a lot of money and argued with her when she didn’t gave him enough money. Sometimes, Steve stole money from his parents or friends for drugs. His mother became poorer because of her only child. Her step-husband always argued with her because he needed money. Not long, she divorced and she had nothing but her wedding ring. After the divorced she was in bad mood. She refused and shouted at Steve when he asked for the diamond ring she was wearing. Steve was full of anger and drugs which made him brave that he murdered his mother immediately without thinking. But he couldn't pull the ring off her finger so he cut it and took the ring. After spending all the money he got from selling the ring, the only thing he had was his watch that his father had given to him but he couldn't sell it. So he and his gang became thieves. They stole and burglared houses. The police were looking for them everywhere in the town. In this situation, they couldn't live in the town easily so they hid in a small old house out side the town. Steve was very ill because he couldn't take drugs. Seeing he was ill, his gang tied him up in a dark room, cut his arm and took off his expensive watch for their drugs. Steve was left in the room without food. He was regretful that he kept them as his friends and felt so sorry for what he had done to his mother. Then he escaped and run non-stop. He reached an old house in a deep forest. He decided to stay there. That night, Steve woke up by himself and closed his eyes again. Just then he heard the sound of knocking the door. He when to opened it but all he found was the wind and darkness. He was confused and began to feel scared. He went back to bed. Again, he heard the sound. He opened it. This time he could see an old scary woman by the flash of the lightening. He was so surprised and scared. "Who are you? What are you doing here?" He asked. "I want some water," she replied with shaking voice. Steve gave her some water and saw her finger was cut just like his mother. "Why is your finger was cut?" He asked fearfully. "That was because of YOU. Hahaha..." She laughed like a ghost and disappeared into the air. Steve scream loudly. His face was pale with fear. He could hear her last words in his ears. He could feel his heart was beating so fast then it stopped. He fell to the ground and died immediately...