Prologue

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April 3, 2011

"Mom, mom where are you!" I said running up stairs to see if I could find her. I looked in all the rooms until I went to her bedroom. Slowly opening the door, I notice the trail of blood on the carpet. I follow the trail around the bed to see her body laying there with claw marks on her neck and a white rose covered in blood next to her. I was frozen in place just staring at my mother's dead body before my voice came back to me, screaming my head off before running down to call 911.

"911 what's your emergency." The operator said.

"Yeah hi, I need help, my mother is lying on the floor in a puddle of her own blood. I think she's dead." I cried hysterically.

"Is she breathing." Said the operator.

"No, no I didn't check her." I walked up to my mother and tried shaking her. I went closer and put my hand near her nose to feel air. "No she's not breathing her eyes are open but she's not blinking."

" Alright try to remain calm. Is there anybody else with you?" She said. I quietly listened to anything else in the house but all I heard was silence. I walked out of my mother's bedroom.

"Hello." I said out loud. I listened for I don't know maybe three seconds before I told the operator no.

"Ok we will be sending someone to you. What's your name and age sweetheart." The operator said.

"My name is Gabriella and I'm 13 years old." I said. I already backed away from the body of my mother. My hand was shaking and tears were falling from my face. I tripped over my own feet and fell on my butt. How was I still able to hold the phone was beyond me but I did. I think I sat there frozen in shock before I was able to comprehend that the operator was still talking.

"Ok Gabriella, my name is Nicole could you please tell me your address." Nicole said.

"581 West Newbury Street." I said. The house was too quiet for my liking which was scaring me.

"Please hurry." I said with a shaky voice.

"Where's your father Gabriella?" Nicole ask.

" My father died before I was born so its just been me and my mother." I said.

"Ok Gabriella, the police are coming your way, you'll be safe now. I'll stay on the phone and talk to you if that's ok with you." Nicole said.

"Ok ." I said. Somehow I made my way outside and I sat on the steps waiting for the police to arrive. Nicole asked me about school so I basically talked to her about how my day went. How can all of this happened. I saw my mother just this morning before dropping me off to school and she told me that I was a very special girl and that she loved me more than anything in the world and now she's gone.


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