Prologue

The smell of sweat and cheap alcohol fills my nostrils, the loud thumping music is going to break my eardrums at any second now. I groan and clutch my head, as I silently kill Jared in my head. That obnoxious twin brother of mine always makes it his mission to drags me to any party he went to because that's the one condition Lindsey's parents will ever let him take their daughter to a party.

So my annoying twin brother will always make sure that I go with him, so he can have quality time with his girlfriend who happens to be my best friend. Well, here I am, in this crazy place, all alone after my brother and best friend has practically ditched me as soon as we got here, so they can do God knows what somewhere around this house.

The party is in full swing and everyone gets crazier with each passing hour, I look at the drunk-looking teenagers in front of me with a bored expression. This is surely not my idea of having fun I just want to get out of here as fast as possible.

As I make my way out of this God-awful mess, I notice Lindsey is making out with Jared at one corner. I roll my eyes at that, not surprising there. Continuing my way out passing the grinding teenagers, some of them are practically *****. Ugh... they can't even get a damn room.

“Leaving so soon, Beautiful?” someone says from behind me, taking my hand in his, making me stumble a little. “I never saw you before,” he says again, smiling.

I roll my eyes at that. Of course, he doesn't recognize me, I'm not exactly popular in school, unlike my brother. 

Ignoring him, I snatch my hand back and process to the door. As I'm about to twist the door handle, he takes my hand again and pulls me to him.

“Come on, the party just begins, let's have some fun,” he says seductively, circling his other hand to my back.

I can feel his hot breath fanning my face with how close we are, I almost gag at the strong smell of alcohol. He clearly is drunk, so I push him off me easily, he stumble back and fall on his bum in shock.

“Sorry, Buddy, not interesting.”

I make it out of the house within seconds, welcoming the fresh air that greets me. I take a deep breath and regret it instantly, it smells like someone just threw up out here.

Waving my hand over my face to chase away the smell I make my way to my—well ... Jared's car— thanking God that I took the keys from him to take my phone which I left in his car earlier. Jared and Lindsey can find their ride, take it as payback for abandoning me in this horrible place. I turn the car on and start my long way home, preparing myself for the long lecture that awaits me. Thirty minutes later, I park my car in my usual parking spot. The lights still on, a clear sign that mom is still up and waiting for us.

The house is oddly quiet, weird, mom isn't waiting for me like she usually does. Relieved, I make my way to my room but as I walk past my mom's bedroom, I notice the door is slightly ajar, curiously, I peek inside and I think that my heart stops.

There is my mom, lying sprawled on the floor, not far from her bed. Her empty eyes wide open, looking lifelessly in my directions, they're full of terror and pain. Her face is paperwhite and I realize blood pooling on the floor from her lifeless body.

I'm frozen on my spot not knowing what to do, then everything comes crashing back to me, my mother is dead. I scream and then everything went black.

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