The Story Books of Jennifer Jaraeu
Chapter One – Young in Years, Old at Heart
JJ smiled as she and her little sister Melody played on the porch as they waited for their brother to come home from the store. "JJ! Melody!" their brother Henry yelled as he ran towards them with a bag in his hand.
"Henry!" both girls squealed as they stood up in their spot. Carter, their neighbor's son, came out when he heard the noise. It was then, out of no where a bullet went speeding through the air, lodging itself in Henry's chest.
"Henry!" the trio of children yelled as Rosie, a maid of theirs, came out to see what the noise had been about.
"Jennifer, get your father," Rosie yelled as she ran towards the fallen boy.
"He's not home Rosie," JJ told her as she stared at her brother's bleeding body, "he went out with Major Nelson."
"I'm so sorry," a hunter yelled as he ran out of the forest.
"What have you done!?" JJ screamed at him as she ran towards her fallen brother. The hunter stared at the boy lying on the ground.
"He's dead," Rosie said sadly as she stared up at them in tears.
"You monster!" JJ turned to hug her sister as she kissed her baby sister's cheek.
"What happened, JJ?" the little girl asked her. "JJ, what's going on? JJ?" the little girl asked in worry and confusion.
Jennifer "JJ" Jaraeu was the middle child of the Jaraeu family. Her mother had been an alcoholic who'd committed suicide a year after Melody was born. Speaking of Melody, the youngest of the Jaraeu family, she was only four years old at the time of her brother's death. Many thought they'd consoled the youngest and most precious of their family. JJ spent every waking moment with her sister, becoming a sort of parent and best friend to the child. No one knew of the sadness and loneliness that built in the child as the years went by. Jennifer Jaraeu's life tail began one day, nine years later…
A/n This was a bit of a summary of the story, the begining tail. The why things are the way they are. The next few chapters will be much longer.