JPOV
I don't remember anything. There's a huge chunk of my life that I have no recollection of. No one will tell me why. I remember my mom tucking me in one night, and I went to sleep. The next thing I knew, I was ten years older and somewhere completely unfamiliar. A horrible smell wafted over my nose. I opened my eyes, and there were people crowded over me. I thought I had gone into a coma. Suddenly, they all left and there was just this girl leaning over me. I asked where my mom was.
"She-she's dead Jacob. She's been dead for years." I gulped and felt an icy shiver down my spine. The girl soon grew hysterical, shouting that she was mine, but I insisted that I had never met her before. In the end, she was carried away. Soon, I was well enough to go home. I mourned for my mother, and my father told me nothing of the past years. I worked hard in my garage, and soon my dad died of old age. I knew I wasn't as devastated as I should have been, but I knew he was ready to go. He'd lived a full life, and now, he would be with Mom. What he said to me as he lay on his deathbed, however, confused me. He seemed to gargle some nonsense word, "Renesmay" . He told me to go to her. I knew he was blabbering. I watched as he slowly closed his eyes and smiled, then took his final breath.
