After reading his letter I go upstairs with my tea, which by now isn't really warm anymore. I put the letter on my desk and sit down on my bed and the thoughts about dad drift back.
I really need to talk to him when he gets back from work.
Ava is still asleep when I decide to get dressed and go the library to borrow the Harry Potter book. I don't have high hopes for the book but what hell does the word muggle mean? I really want to know and clearly Blake won't tell me.
I leave a note for Ava at the kitchen table downstairs in case she wakes up and doesn't know where I am.
I take my phone and my car key and go the garage to my car. When I get inside I throw my phone and house key on the passenger seat next to me and drive to the library.
The library in Austin is quite big so it takes me a while to find my way to the young adult fantasy section. I spot the book and take it out of the shelf. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
I hope it will be a good book.
I walk toward the exit and notice that it's actually pretty crowded in here and that usually means traffic.
As I'm driving my car I find out that the traffic isn't as bad as I expected it to be. Thank God. I stop at the last traffic light and wait for the traffic light to turn green, and then I go.
Just as I round the corner I see a car driving fast right in front of me.
No, that shouldn't be happe-
The car crashes into mine and my body shoots forward to the steering wheel. My head hits the window and the pain that runs through my body, it's unbearable.
It feels as if my whole body is going to explode and all at once everything turns into a black abyss...
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The Forgotten Past
Teen FictionGrace and Blake are normal people like everyone else. They meet by accident. Everything seems perfectly fine. But the thing that they don't know is that their families are connected in the worst way possible. How do you deal with the past th...
