it was already the next morning before he knew it. woke up normally, but nothing was right. he put on a hoodie to cover his arms.
everything is wrong, ethans gone, grandmas gone. and, why was he still alive? he rushed to his moms room and she was sitting up in her bed staring with the same look in her eyes that jake had.
" why arent we dead? we have missed two doses of pills." jake murmured. somthings wrong he thought. even though he was in deep thought, a huge bang took him out of the deep catacombs of his mind. "JAKE, WHERE ARE YOU? ITS BEEN TWO DAYS SINCE WE HAVE PLAYED TOGETHER" it was rose. she invites herself in happily, not having the mental capacity to ever possibly understand the situation. jake knew he had to tell rose. "wheres grandma? shes not in her chair."
"rose"
"yeah"
"ethan died in his sleep a few nights ago, and last night somebody robbed our house and... and.." he had trouble choking out the end of the sentence. " they stole all of our pills and killed grandma"
there was a long pause as rose processed what she had just been told.
all of a sudden she just started crying and crying and crying. crying turned to screaming, and screaming turned to sobbing.
they finally get her to calm down just as jake had to leave for work, she stayed with mom.
on they way to work, jake thought about everything that was happening. ethans death was accidental, while grandma was murdered. sarah, elizabeth, and abraham, talking about deducting salary, and talking about how the mayor was a lair. and most of all the pills, why wasn't he dead? then a thought crossed his mind. the pills were small capsules that were blue, so you couldn't see the contents unless you physically cut it open, but they were expensive so no one dared to try and waste one. he pulled a 50 dollar bill out of his pocket and when he passed the stand that is government operated, he bought one bottle of pills, and rushed home.
right when he burst through the door, he shouted hello to inform the women he was home, and rushed to his room. he grabbed the knife with dried blood on it from last night, grabbed the pill bottle and shakily opened it, pills spilling everywhere in his haste.
"no way" he thought as he grabbed one
"could it be" he held the knife steadily.
"that they're?" and he sliced.
"..."
"empty?"
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pills
Mystery / Thrillerjake is a teenage boy who lives in the slums of a large city ruled by plague. the sickness cannot be cured, but it can be slowed down with pills you have to take twice a day. Once jake is to low on funds to purchase pills for himself, he discovers a...
