The next morning it was a rainy day and I woke up to a knock on my door at 3 am. I groggily opened my eyes and almost tripped getting out of bed. I opened the door to find a soaking wet Karen with tears in her eyes. I took one look at her and ushered her in. She collapsed on my bed sobbing uncontrollably. Finally when she stopped a bit. (not really) I ask her what was wrong.
" I'm leaving Mineral Town for good…", she whimpered. "What!", I yelped.
It turned out that was the truth. I stared at her open mouthed as her story unraveled. Her family's super market was too into debt to pull itself out. They were leaving in an hour to her grandmother's town. Karen then said, "I promise I'll come back I'll never leave you for too long , your my best friend." I was touched but in my heart I knew she'd never come back. Anything I had ever had in my life always disappeared. My parents each left me at different times I even saw my mother die before my eyes. She had been murdered when I was 8 by her lover. She was having an affair. My father on the other hand always loved me but in the end that didn't keep him from leaving me to. He only saw my mother in me and finally lost it one day. When I was at school he killed himself. I know why he did it and I don't hate him for it. Besides I knew he had wanted to die after what my mother did and when she died. But at least he waited until I was sixteen to leave this Earth. I was passed around my relatives. For 2 years. But it was always the same old story at why they wouldn't keep me. They were afraid of me becoming just like my parents. They thought I'd either be a hor like my mother or be succumbed by grief and kill myself like my father did.
Finally I couldn't take it anymore and I ran to the train station. There my grandfather who I had not seen since my mother's death was waiting for me. He told me that I should stay with him at his farm. I agreed. That was the happiest year of my life. I spent it helping him work the farm ,playing with the animals and making friends like Karen.
I found tears coming to my eyes as I snapped back to reality. I watched Karen give me a smile and disappear into the raining darkness that consumed her.
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