Mandy Who?
Starting off this story with once upon a time... wouldn't be right because the time is now and this is a true story. So here it goes.
Mandy sat weeping into her pillow. She was sitting on her neon green canopy bed exhausted from crying so hard. The reason for all the tear shed was her mother had just died last night. It wasn't an ordinary death either. Her precious Mother Tina was murdered in bed last night. The scary thing besides being murdered was that it looked just like she died of fright. Which is virtually impossible, right? It would be, but Mandy's past makes her an exception. Right at this moment Mandy with her past in mind is scared for herself. You see, from birth to age three Mandy lived with her real parents.
Here are the facts. Mother Tina as you may have guessed is not her real mom but her aunt. Mandy's real parents moved to U.S.A. from London when Mandy turned one. They lived two happy years in their home but one night, Mandy's parents where murdered the same way as her aunt had just been. Mandy as an orphan had then come to live with her aunt, uncle, and two cousins. Now though she lives without her aunt. Mandy wonders though, how her cousins, Ella age 8 and Gretchen age 13 are taking it.
The next morning, two days from the murder, life goes on as normal as possible. Two weeks follow in that same pattern. Then the first day of the third week turns out different. Uncle Erick had to go on a business, but he assured the girls he would be home before dark. The three girls took care of themselves that day but when night had fallen they became worried. They waited up until dawn but their dad and uncle never showed up. And I mean he never came back.
Grief and panic strikes the girls as the truth unfolds itself. They know if they tell someone they are all alone without parent supervision they will be separated by a social worker. They stop going to school and find every odd job they can manage. They have taken up the job of paying the rent and food bills. One day Mandy was at the food market when she saw her principal coming down the next aisle! Such a shock to Mandy that she fled without even taking the time to purchase the food. After that situation and one month of keeping up with the demanding fast pace the girls don't even have the energy to climb up into their beds.
Author Note: What do you think so far? Please read Part Two; I don't know when it's going to come out though.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of J.K. Rowlings characters. You can pretty much tell who's who.