Cassie's Tale on Life, Love and Loss

Chapter 29

"Are you going to be okay here by yourselfor would you like me to take you somewhere else?" the police officer asked with a wink as I opened the car door. I didn't bother to answer and just proceeded to walk up to the door. Damn pedophile.

When I got inside I went upstairs to the first bedroom. This is a really nice house. Too bad I probably won't be able to live here.

That night I barely slept at all, I texted Axel and Serena about what happened and they called me immediately. We talked on the phone for hours about what happened. They asked me if this means I would have to go into foster care now, but honesty I didn't know. Hopefully I would be able to live with people I knew.

I woke up the next morning with the phone in my hand and had five missed calls from my aunt Cheryl and messages from my cousins asking about the funeral. Up until this moment I forgot that my mother died last night and I started crying uncontrollably.

My sobs were broken by the doorbell ringing. I wiped away the tears streaming down my cheeks.

"Hi Ms. Montgomery, may I come in?" a cop said when I opened the door. I gestured letting her come in.

"How may I help you?" I asked looking at her peculiarly as she looked around the living room stacked with boxes.

"Actually, I just came to inform you that according to your mother's will, you are to stay with het friend Teresa in Detroit." she said not looking at me "I have called her and they arranged for your flight out the day after the funer- umm the event- tomorrow"

"That is so far. Can't I just go back to Maine and stay with my grandmother?" I ask hoping to go back home. Teresa is nice I love her but I want to go home, I want to be with people I know.

"No, I'm sorry, but we can't allow that. We have to go based on the will we have. Teresa seems like a nice woman. It'll be fine." She attempts to comfort me.

"So, what am I supposed to do with all these things we moved down?" I tried to make an excuse.

"Well you can donate them, or put them in storage for when you get a place if your own. Its all up to you."the cop, I still don't know here name, informed me.

We spoke a little about the funeral because she wanted to come and then she left.

In a way felt bad because my aunt Tina,has been organizing a cremation ceremony for my mom on her own. I dont know, but something about funerals and stuff make me cry, even if I didnt know the person.

I turned off my phone and turned to the box that said 'Family Stuff' and dragged it over to the couch. I don't know what I was thinking, I knew that going through these pictures would only make me cry and miss m mother even more, but a voice inside of me was telling me that I had to.

I opened the photo ablum book that was title "Baby Cass' and started lipping through the pages covered in pictures of my mother and I when I was a baby. There were countless pictures of us at the park, at birthday parties, on my first day of school. 

I kept oing through the ablum until I saw a drop of clear liquid fall on one of the pictures. I hadn't realized, up to thatmoment, that I was sobbing. I threw the book back into the box with anger, not at my mother but at the fact that she's gone. Why did she have to die? Why couldn't it be me instead? 

I woke up a few hours later on the floor curled up in a corner. I realized I must've fell asleep. I found my phone and powered it on so I could text Axel about what happened today. I promised I would stay in touch with him before this happened so I feel like I have to uphold my promise. He always finds a way to make me feel better, even if he is 3,000 miles away.

I see that I have even more missed calls from my Aunt Teresa and her kids, but I ignore it and go on to text Axel.         

        Hey Ax, I miss you:)

I stare at the phone waiting for his response. After 5 minutes I give up and assume he is at football practice. 

I figured it would be a good idea to call my aunt back and speak to her, since I would have to saty with her until I turn 18.

"Hey sweetie, how are you doing? Me and the kids have been trying to get a reach of you all day." My aunt says immediately.

"Hey I'm fine, I just wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone. But the cop came by today and told me that I would be staying with you and you guys have booked a flight for me to come over the day after the funeral." I said getting right to the point.

"Ah, yes we did, I can emeil you the details now." she says not trying to make small talk.

"Okay thank you. I will see you then" I say hanging up the phone.

I see that Axel still has not replied and I get worried so I call him and he still doesnt answer. Where the hell is he?

 

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Author's Note

Where do you guys think Axel is? Lets just hope its nothing serious and he just lost his phone or something like that.

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