Chapter 1
I sat on the subway as it jostled on the tracks, I closed my eyes and thought back… I stood up and waited for the few other passengers to get off, then walked outside into the station. My jacket was not enough to protect me from the brisk wind on this December evening, as I shivered up the stairs into the dimmed city lights of midtown New York City. As I walked along the crowded sidewalk to my apartment building, my thoughts drifted off again to my childhood. The fiery heat behind my eyes burned inside me, for I refused to cry. I snapped back to reality, realising I didn't have time for that and that I must go on with my life. Those things are so hard to forget, but that was only the beginning.
I stood before my door tired from my usual day of school and work, only a bit past 9 I thought, that was quite early for me but, it had been very uneventful this week so I shouldn't be surprised. Just as I was about to enter all I saw was black…