Chapter 1
My name is "Jeri" Jerimiah Rose LeRoy. I am from Norfolk Virginia. I was born on January 25th, 1963. On April 7th ,1975 my parents were killed in a mugging, in our neighborhood in the ghetto side of Norfolk Virginia. My Aunt and Uncle took me into their home, there i was forced to do the things i hated , doing because of all the pain it brought me; praying, going to church, and going to a Christian private school. My Aunt and Uncle were no-doubt-about-it very religious and just thought that they could put Jesus back into my heart. By god were they wrong. One day in December many months after my mom and dad's death came the reading of the will my parents wrote.
I was in the office of my mother and father's lawyer, looking around thinking about how i spent at least half of my life in this office.
"Mr. Knackman concerning the state of the will and what it reads will we be able to keep Jeremiah with us or did Ronald and Leann have someone else in mind to take care of Jeremiah?" My Aunt Lucille asked the lawyer hopping to keep me in their custody.
" Mrs. Henriksen it appears that Jeri will be put into the custody of one Miss Mary Austin of London England."
"Who the hell is that?" My uncle said angrily.
"It appears to be a old friend of Leann's from college."Mr. Knackman replied to my uncle.
"College? When did she go to College? " my aunt asked.
"It must have been those 3 years that she disappeared." my uncle said to my aunt.
"Will you both shut up and listen to Mr. Knackman, cuz I want to know who the hell this person is and where the hell i will be living because god knows that if i live in that house with you people for any longer i will get even worse depression and end up killing myself!" i yell at the of topic adults.
" Alright then Jeri , thank you , like i said Jeri will be put into the custody of Mary Austin and unfortunately she lives in London England meaning she will have to move to England." Mr Knackman states to me , my aunt , and uncle.
"What? England? She will not be moving to another goddamned country." my aunt yelled.
"Lucille if this is what Ron And Leann wanted that's what happens," my uncle started looking into her eyes as if to say ' we can't do anything about it '.
2 days later
"Are you sure you have everything Jeri?" my aunt yells to me from the hall.
"Yes." i yell back as i put my backpack on and run out to the kitchen to grab a can of Jolt Cola and pour it into a tall slim metal water bottle and rummage through a drawer looking for the sleeping pills my uncle keeps in the kitchen for those nights where he has headaches, and can't sleep, place them into my backpack making sure no one is looking.
"Jeri we need to leave." i hear my uncle say to me. Running out to the car I get in and buckle up.
When we get to the airport my uncle takes me through security and watches me go onto the plane. Once the plane is at 30,000 feet i take out the sleeping pills and the Jolt.
"Goodnight America." i say as i take the pills and a drink. In 20 minutes I pass out.
13 hours later
"Miss it's time to wake up we are about to make our final descent into London." I hear as i shaken awake by a stewardess wearing a pale blue vest with a white button up shirt.
"Alright." i say rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. Stretching out and groaning as i do i see the other people looking at me. I give a dirty look to a old man who won't stop staring at me. He quickly looks away, i grab my bag from in between my legs and get out my Walkman , headphones and pull out welcome to my nightmare cassette by Alice Cooper. I put the tape in the player and plug in my headphones and let the music take me into a dream like state as the plane lands. Walking off the plane i am met by a skinny blonde haired woman whom i assumed was Mary Austin.
The end of chapter 1