PROLOGUE
"Hey, little Jamie, wake up, wake up boy"
"Wake up dear"
As Jamie opened his eyes, the shadow of his mother and father appeared, and a smile smirked within his face. His little hands grabbed his father's face. But then,
"Wake up, shithead!" the young figure suddenly replaced Jamie's mom and dad, waking up the 12-year-old Jamie Stories
"What are you doing, man!?"
"Don't you remember what you got to do today?"
"What?" Jamie murmured while he regained his conscience.
"Wake up, we're going to help Uncle Gene prepare the newspaper stand, idiot!"
"Oh, dammit, what time is it Al?"
"Already half past six! C'mon, help me put the newspapers on the cart!"
The 16-year-old Albert pulled Jamie from his bed; force Jamie to help him carry the newspapers.
The two youngsters were pulling the cart in a quiet road in the morning. Their newspaper stand is just a few blocks away, and they could already see their uncle standing near it. But Jamie's focus is not on his uncle; his eyes set to the pedestrians that were walking past him, an adult woman and a girl, wearing dark and black clothes. When Jamie tried to forget what he just saw, and looked away to his uncle, he had a strange feeling. His uncle's eyes are fixed to those two women. Shock, nerve, and curiosity could be seen in his uncle's face. His cigarette easily slipped from his mouth, leaving that confused face of him. On this day, Jamie knew something happened between his uncle and those two women. Still, Jamie had never asked about this day. But, on this day too, little Jamie realized that he never knew the stories and mysteries behind his Uncle Gene, his Brother Albert, and even himself.