The Hope In My Lonely World

Chapter 9

Two years of living with Aunt Kathy was like living in hell. Our lives were completely miserable. We had lost a lot of weight. We barely ate, we barely went to school not to talk of even having a good night sleep. We were always stuck with doing one thing or the other for Aunt or her stupid husband.

But nothing felt even more miserable than losing my twin brother just like I lost my parents. That day Aunt Kathy sent Jace to go get something from the market but he never returned. I became so worried. I set out to look for him the next day but nothing. I couldn't find him anywhere. I begged Aunt and her husband to involve the police but they always refused and pushed me away, claiming that he was dead. But I never wanted to believe that. 'My brother would come back for me. I knew that he will, he will definitely come back. He probably want to look for a better place for us. A place better than Aunt Kathy house. He went to look for a better life for us.....yes...he did. Cause I knew my brother. I believed in him'. I said to myself, trying to convince myself that my brother wouldn't just leave me. I would wait for him to come back.....I will, he will come...he must. I cried that day a lot. I prayed and hoped soo badly thay brother wasn't died. I wouldn't take it. I had already lost my parents and the next thing I needed was to lose my brother too. No, that would be too much pain for me to bare. I would wait for him to return.

Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months but still no sign of him. But I never lost hope. I kept believing in him, that one day he would return to give us a better life.
  But during this time Aunt Kathy became worse. It seemed like the hatred she had for Jace had been complied on me. I was given double the work, double the punishment, double of everything. But luckily for me I still went to school. I was able to get an education and that was good enough for me. Even though I had no friends, no one to play with, on one to share my boredoms with. The only person I had was Jace, but now he's gone too. Hopefully to return someday. Then I would have my best friend back, my buddy, my twin brother, my family and my everything.