SECOND CHAPTER!

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I threw myself into work and school for the next couple of days not thinking of Marcus at all. I finally had gotten the store cleaned and how I wanted it. I put the checkout desk right where I can see the customers walk in and greet them. I opened shop again with few customers coming in; I didn't know how my grandmother made any money really. I knew when she left me the store I would have to switch my major to business in order to know what decisions I should make for the store and what was best I wasn't just going to give up on it. It was a part of my family that I never had, before I met my grandmother.

This store had to have some potential, I mean seriously I looked at past financial records for the store she made pretty good money over the last year that I looked at; I don't understand what's happened ever since I took over the store it just went downhill. After no customers I closed shop and walked home since it was only a few blocks from the store. I got to my house within ten minutes. It was a small but gorgeous little home old fashioned outside but inside was more modern, funny because it's former owner was an old lady know as my grandmother. She left me the store and the house and all her belongings with it. When I opened the door my dog Mr. jiggles don't ask my friend named him, came running to me. He was an odd creature smarter than usual but he was the man of the house. Soon as I got to the kitchen the phone rang.

"Hello?"

It was my friend Jess.

"Hiya Anna ten hours till you twenty-first birthday!" she sounded to excited.

"I know I can't wait, but I can't go out till later tomorrow I have a store to run"

"boo your boring" she whined.

"I gotta live Jess, why don't you come over tonight watch a movie and hang?"

"ok but tomorrow night we are so going bar hoping and dancing or I'll drag you from your bookstore understood?" she said trying to sound stern.

"Fine see you in twenty minutes bye"

I jumped in the shower real quick and got pj's on. When I was done the doorbell rang. I got to the door and Jess was already walking through babbling like she always did. We watched three 80's and ate some ice cream after five hours of that, I started feeling sick so I told her I wanted to go to bed and she said bye and left. I walked to my room feeling dizzy and sick all at once I laid down and fell asleep.

I had the oddest dream I was on a street with no sign of life around me. I was running from whenever was following me, then I stopped and realized I didn't want to run anymore. I turned back ready to confront them all of them no matter how many. But nobody was there, Then when I looked all around I heard a crackle and something hit me and threw me across the street, It didn't register in my mind until I hit the ground and my head bounced against the concrete. I tried getting up but my whole body hurt. I ached in everyplace, I didn't have enough time to react when someone from the shadows appeared and stabbed me in the chest it felt like fire running threw me, paralyzing me and at that moment I knew I was going to die. my eyes shut, the pain overwhelming me, I felt the blood come up in my mouth I wanted to choke but I couldn't, hearing a mans voice, a crunch and a thud, screams erupted noises all around why I laid and was slowly dying. A man was shouting at who or what I had no idea or did I? I couldn't think straight the pain was clouding my thoughts. When I heard his words they sounded familiar but I couldn't place who it was, I tried opening my eyes but couldn't so I just tried to listened, he was shouting.

"Are you happy you finally did It...your own kind you disgust me...I warned you, you didn't listen now you will pay, hell will be after you until you and your families are all dead, no bloodline will survive MARK MY WORDS"

When the voice silenced so did everything else surrounding me, I felt hands on my face. I knew I only had seconds to live and all I heard was "I'm sorry please forgive me for what I've done and what I must do".

I woke up and sat up so fast my head spun it was pounding from the horrible dream. ugh I closed my eyes, great on my twenty-first birthday. But other than that I felt awesome different, somehow after a couple of minutes with my eyes closed my headache receded and I finally opened my eyes and I gasped my room was in shreds. The only thing that was safe was my bed my dresser was smashed as well as the mirror. I stepped over the glass and went to the closet nothing was wrong with it, since the doors were closed how did I sleep threw that? And what happened? I had no idea. The dream left me shaking but I just tossed it aside it was only a dream. I was going to worry about my room later, it was my twenty-first birthday and nothing was stopping me from having an awesome birthday, since all my past 20 odd birthdays sucked. I just stepped over the glass and mess on the floor and jumped in the shower. When I got out, I blow dried my hair and straightened it and applied a little eyeliner and put on the outfit I picked out for my birthday. A dark purple strapless dress not to short about mid-thigh and put on a black shoulder jacket to make it appropriate for work and black high-heels. I knew the whole outfit would complement my dark hair, chocolate brown eyes and skinny curvy figure. I had to presume I looked sexy because the darn mirror was broken. I knew nobody had broken in because all the other rooms in the house were fine. I ate breakfast and fed Mr. jiggles though he was nowhere to be seen. I brushed my teeth put on perfume and walked out the door feeling great and no headache. When I got to the block where my store was, I seen a bunch of people in a line. When I made it to my store I realized they were all there to go into my store wow this was starting out as a great day.