DROWNING

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🎵 I don't know why you hide from the one and close your eyes to the one...🎵 I was singing along to Be kind by Halsey with my air pods in my ears when I heard a crash.

It has to be Kaylee, my younger sister. It just has to be her.

I paused the music and went to check what went wrong. I then saw her in the kitchen bent by a broken glass cup.

"I'm sorry. It was not on purpose." She quickly said. I wasn't really going to blame her.

I'm not mean.

Oh. I could be harsh and defensive though.

"Yeah..just clean up and be more careful." I said heading back to my room. "Kira, dad still hasn't come. I miss him." She frowned.

I could see the sadness in her voice. Poor girl. Little does she know that she became an orphan in the last two weeks.

Oops I forgot to introduce myself. My bad. I'm Tykirah Fisher, 17 years old.

I have three other siblings; Kaylee, my younger sister, Daniel, my older brother and Keisha, my elder sister. Only Kaylee lives here with us at London. Dan and Keisha are somewhere on earth.

My mom died of skin cancer when I was just seven. I had a busy dad who was never home and a really loving nanny.

Dad had lung cancer and was treating it. I never knew though. He didn't tell me prolly cos he didn't want to bother me like any other parent will say (roll my eyes).

It got to the last stage and BOOM! We lost him.

I've not been myself but what can I do? I have a ten-year-old sister who cares only about candies and chocolates.

I couldn't lie each time to her when she sees me crying. I can't keep saying I have migraine or erm.... I didn't do well in my test. That's lame and she'd think I'm weak. I had to pull myself together.

I achieved that by distracting myself with games, movies n all I could not spend even a second without doing anything cos I'll remember what I'm going through.

I pass my time with Megan, my friend to feel relaxed. It's been 14 days and eight hours now! Family says Kay mustn't know about dad's death.

Okayy, but when in this life would she know then? When she's eighty-two? Cos I'm confused.

I feel like she'd get frustrated soon and demand for dad, like she wants to meet him or hear his voice.

She's a kid but kids nowadays have been smarter. I think she knows there's something up cos she keeps asking: Is dad okay? Don't lie to me.

Like hell! I'm tired of lying to her. She'd get it over with in like a month or more if I tell her, then she'd be good again. Simple.

Once again, I'm not mean.

"Uhm... Kay, dad would come home soon. Don't think about it too much. He's just busy like he always is." I forced a smile.

"Okay Kira but I can't wait to see him again. I miss him." She said sadly.
"You'll see him.' I feigned a smile and turned.

I wiped a tear that fell off with my hand. I'm an orphan.

Absurd, innit? And then, I went back to my room to continue what I was doing.

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My first chapter. How did it go? Was it good?😭

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