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Prologue:
I place the rose on top of the coffin and take a step back. Watching the coffin being lowered into the ground, I try to stop the tears from falling. It didn't work. They just kept flowing down my cheeks, I was always one to be easy to read when it came my emotions.
I feel a hand being placed on my shoulder gently and turn my head slightly to the right to see Mr. Bray.
"Here," he holds out a small box full of dirt. "Go and chuck some on top."
I grab a handful of dirt and walk over towards the two holes in the ground. I sprinkle half of the dirt on top of the first coffin and then move onto the next to chuck the rest on the second coffin.
I sit down on the ground between both coffins and stare at the two names and messages on the grave stones.
Helen Annissa Rose
1873 - 1910
Aged: 37
I soar with the angels
and sing with the Heavenly choir.
And,
Robert Bartholomew Rose
1870 - 1910
Aged: 40
"I will fear no evil for thou
art with me." Psalm 23
'Why did they die? What did they do to deserve this? They were good people, they always went to church, they said their prayers before eating and going to bed. They never harmed anyone , so why were they the ones to die?' I ask God in my head, while leaning back on my hands.
I was the one who was supposed to be in the house at the time, they were supposed to be on holiday but no someone had to go and get ill.
It must be worse for my brother, he's only 7 years old. He was even closer to them than I was, but then again he is a lot younger than me, 9 years difference is a lot to go by.
"Maddy." I hear a new voice and I look up from the gravestones to see my baby brother stood in front of me, "What will happen now?"
I feel the tears prick at my eyes, just seeing my brother so upset will just bring another bag full of tears on. "I don't know baby," I reach my arms out so he could come and sit on my lap for a cuddle, "We'll most probably go live with another relative."
"Bu- but, they all live somewhere else and I don't want to live somewhere else." He whines, "Can't we just stay home. You can look after me, you're old enough aren't you?"
I shake my head, "I'm sorry baby, but I'm not. I'm only 16 I'm not even counted as a legal adult yet."
I can't even imagine what my baby brother is going through, it must be so hard. He has never had to go through something like this and I hoped he never would 'til sometime in the future when he is old enough to understand all this, but that dream will never happen now. It's been crushed like an apple in someone's hand who has been training his whole life.
Maybe if I stayed inside and never went out to get some fresh air this wouldn't have happened. If only I could go back in time to stop this from happening, but I can't there's no such thing as time travel. I'm just going to have to suck it up and leap into the breach because they wouldn't want me to suffer, they would want me to stand up tall, act mature about it and look after my baby brother and myself.
I hear a scream and notice it as my best friend Emma.
"Maddy!" She shouts, running up to me and waving her arms around, catching everyone's attention. "Mads you will never guess what my mum and dad just told," I shrug, whatever it is I doubt that it would bring my mood higher. "They told me you are coming to live with us!"
I take back what I said, this is the best news I have heard all month.
I grin up at her, as I was still sitting on the ground hugging my brother. "You have got to be kidding me! No way this is actually happening!"
"Well, you better get up and go pack up your things because it is happening." I get up of the ground with my baby brother still in my arms and then place him down on his feet.
"Did you hear that? We're going to live with Emma and her parents." I say, while looking down at him.
"Yeah! Yeah. this is going to be much better than just living with you."
"Well don't I feel loved." I joke.
We walk over to Mr. and Mrs. Bray and they take us over to their car, I crawl into the middle of the backseats and wait for my brother and Emma to sit on each side of me.
Right, I've made up my mind. This is going to be a new start for me, I'm going to start anew. No more showing my emotions so easily, no more acting immature and definitely no more teddy cuddling at night.
My name is Madeline Louella Rose and this is my story.
