THE Horrors of WAR

Chapter 1 the Beginning

It was a usual rainy day in the Boring town of Bolton for me Jacob Jones except today i would be starting University where would be studying computer Science. I had just woke up had a shower and breakfast which i my self had to make due to my father James Jones still sleeping in the living room in the sofa in front  of the tv with a bottle of beer in his hand.

My dad has been like that ever since Mum had died in the car accident over 11 years ago when i was just 7 before then both he and my mum were both very  cheerful and fun people who owned a pizza restaraunt but sadly after a car in a copchase crashed into my dads car it injured  him and killed my mother in an instant. My Dad was in hospital for a month and wasant even able to attend her funeral. I remember that sad day that had almosr ruined my life and my fathers life for years to come i was in school and was called to the Headteacher office where there were 2 police officer and a woman there the woman came and spoke to me in a sort of manner where i felt that something was wrong i could just feel it. Her name was Carol and she said " hello Jacob i am a child social worker working with Greater Manchester Police i know what i have to tell you is very sad but i promise you will be ok, sadly i regret to inform you that your Mother has died in a car accident and your father is seriously hurt in hospital and its not known when he will recover.

That  day my life came changed forever my dear mother was gone and my dad was hurt i rember being taken away to my home and looked after by the social worker who was kind but i cried for my mother for 3 days and even after her funeral at her grave. At the Age of 7 i just couldnt accept that my mother would never get up again. Carol and many of my parents close freinds tried to console me and told that things would get better but they never truly  did. Eventully my father was recovered and was released from hospital but he and also me were never the same again. My father became an alcholic and spent most of his free time drinking and wanting to be left alone. This made me have to learn how to look after my self. This was how it carried on 11 years and is still going on today.

Now back to the present 7th of September 2024 after i had my breakfast i had to wake up dad because he was late for work due to my mothers passing dad had sold the Pizza restaraunt due it reminding him to much of Mum. Ever since then he started working at a Aldi warehouse which is a large shop franchise. He had already been warned by his manager that if he carried on being late and missing days he would be fired and that would be bad for us since dad was the only source of income we had. I had tried to find a part time Job but to no avail as new employers only wanted people with experiance. It always me think if they only want experianced workers how are new people supposed to get experiance. Whatever " dad its time to wake up now i said he responsed what is it morning already yes dad i said wake up you will be late for work Ahh darn it i fell asleep on the sofa again. No worried i said but you need to get ready and leave soon your boss is gonna have a fit if your late again James: ok im going you be off to school now Jacon ok see you goodbye as i said and walked off.

As i took the bus i had just checked my news notfications and clicked a News article from BBC News. Breaking news there are serious concerns that Russia may be planning to Invade Ukraine and the Prime Minister Boris Johnson has issued  a warning for all British nationals to leave as They could invade as soon As possible due to Russia alread gathering up troops at the border in which they claim is just a training drill. Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed all claims as Westarn Hysteria. Now as i sat there reading the news article i just brushed it off as nothing more then a silly rumour as i had seen thar multiple times before with China and Iran. The rest of that day went by quickly as i had a ok intro to unviersity i recognised quite a few people from my highschool in my class but other then that the rest of the students in my class were international students from India. After I went home that day at 4pm i came home to find my father in the exact same space i left him this made me furious as my dad had been on his last warning and would lose his job if he did not go to work.