The Life I Gained From Dying

Chapter 1 - Everything to Lose

The sun rises over the bustling Biscayne Bay after a night of new years celebrations. As cleaning operations were underway down below in the streets, high above in one of the luxury flats of the Ritz-Carlton hotel. Kaden Adams was still in a deep slumber after a wild night. He was until the alarm from his phone started to blare off.

"Mmmm." He moaned as he rose to a sitting position on the edge of the bed.

"Can you turn that off?" A female's voice moaned from the other side of the bed.

Kaden peeked over his shoulder to find a half-naked beauty sprawled out on the other side of his bed.

"Yeah, sure... sorry, but who are you?"

"I didn't expect you to remember." She said, getting up into a sitting position as well.

"I don't really remember much from last night. If you'd like, maybe you can jog my memory as to what happened in here." Kaden said with a grin.

"Maybe after breakfast." She replied while smiling back.

"Breakfast? Sorry, but I need you to leave. I have a bit of a busy day."

"You weren't too busy a second ago."

"This is this, and that is that. Things change. Now, by the time I get out the shower, you should be gone." He said, rising to his feet. "Feel free to help yourself to anything in the fridge though."

"Are you serious?" She asked as he walked off.

"I'm always serious."

Thirty minutes passed, and Kaden exited the bathroom to find that she had left just like he asked her to. Wearing only a towel, he walked through his messy flat over to the his house phone. There were several messages left on the answering machine, so he began to play them and walked over to the fridge.

Beeeep.

"Yo Kade, Marvin here. Appreciate the invite last night. Also, I appreciate all those hookups, my guy! Haha, let me know when we heading out next."

Kaden examined the fridge thoroughly before saying:

"The bitch took the entire bottle of apple cider."

He then took a Gatorade and closed the fridge.

Beeeep.

"What's up Kaden how you feeling?"

"Aaron?" Kaden asked to himself.

"I didn't see you leave the club last night but the others said they saw you leave with some girl. I couldn't get through to your phone so I'm just checking to see if you alright. Also if your up for it the guys are still playing ball today, so hit me up if you're comin'."

"I don't know man, this headache kinda strong right now." Kaden said sitting on the couch and covering his face.

Beeeep.

"This is Taylor, what happened yesterday? Call me when hear this."

"She's gonna be pissed." Kaden mumbled.

Beeeep.

"Happy new year Kaden, this is your mom speaking. I hope you're doing well and that God continues to bless you in this new year. It would be nice to hear your voice so please call if you can."

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"Tssk. I'm hungry."

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Kaden stood outside the Ritz waiting for valé to bring his car around. He wore a standard red and black track suit.