BEFORE DAWN

Chapter one
Life was hard and destructive, I learned to live admit hardships and pain,where would I even start I couldn't tell, I just stood there looking at the dead corpse of my friend as tears rolled down my cheeks. It was the most painful site.
I had left home some few months back after the awful event that occurred between my brother's best friend and I, it was nothing I had planned to happen after the sad demise of our parents.
That faithful day.......

'little sister, good evening ' Davin had greeted strolling into the living room with his best friend lawerent.
'hi, good evening big brother, hi lawerent 'i answered shaking his hands and hitting my brother on the face.
'SIS, please is there food in his house? Am starving ' Davin asked , he loved food.
'yeah actually I made your favourite ' I said walking into the kitchen, I could feel Lawerent staring intensely at me.
Davin was my elder brother, we had been close since birth although he was three years older than I, I lived and respected him. Our parents were on a vacation in the states, so we were alone.
lawerent who had been staring at me all day was surprised to see my reaction because I had refused his request of dating him.
'guy your sister is just too gorgeous ' he shook his head and smiled.
'hey, get your eyes off my sister, please she's my jewel. ' Davin warned.
'Shuu, you go marry her? ' lawerent laughed.
'anyways I know Dora, she would never agree to you, so I'll advise you to stop trying. She's as hard as Rock'
'not with this charming and cute face of mine, I'm to cool to ignore ' lawerent bragged.
'I warned you, she would turn you down like lightning' Davin laughed.
'wait until I get her '.

Few days later mom and dad returned from their trip. We had a little family gathering and celebrated with the old couple. We stayed indoors the next day since the neighborhood was scanty and quiet that night. I was upstairs in my room and Davin was in his room too. Mom and dad were downstairs watching TV.
Then a knock came on the door, I wandered who it could be, I checked my wrist watch, it was 11pm. Who could be knocking so loud on the door at this time of the night. The noise stop and was replaced by my mom's screams. I jumped from my bed as I heard a gunshot, we were being robbed!.
'lie down on the floor, both if you! Now I'll ask once, where is the money? ' one of the robbers shouted aiming a gun at dad's head. I stood by my door shivering and crying, my door creaked open slowly as Davin dragged me inside his room.
Dad was pleading with the robbers 'please spare us, we have no money here'.
'look Oga we no Dey joke here, I said make you bring the money out! ' I realised they were local street robbers. I prayed silently to God to save my parents.

They started searching the house, throwing everything out of their way as they climbed up the stairs. Davin turned to me and gestured with his hand for me to keep quiet, he opened his drawer and brought out a gun before standing behind the door.
'if anything happens to me today, SIS just know I love you so much 'he closed his eyes. I could tell he was scared, I was too but I couldn't live without him and my parents.
I walked up to him and hugged him 'we are not going to die, okay? And where did you get... ' I stopped talking as I heard footsteps .
'shhh, hide behind the curtain' Davin whispered, aiming his gun to the door, just then it flung open and he fired at the thief hitting him in the forehead.
The other robbers downstairs heard the gunshot and made to run away as dad gripped the foot of one of them, he tried dragging the gun with him but was shit by the Black-eyed man, mom too was shot.
'no.. No.... no' I screamed running down the stairs, I held dad's hand shaking him to wake up.
'Davin stood with his mouth wide open, 'call the police!' I yelled at him as hit tears rolled down my cheeks.
'mom? Please open your eyes, I'm here.. Dora is here, please open your eyes! '
Davin bent down to drag me out, sirens began pouring into the compound, I struggled with him to leave me alone. I cried, I cried so hard it felt like I would loose my voice.

My world had just ended before my eyes.