The modern adolescent

chapter 1

WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT THAT DEALS WITH VIOLENCE AND CUSS WORDS, IN CASE YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO SUCH THINGS PLEASE DON'T READ!

"leave me alone!" I ran through the woods, I wondered where the mysterious creature came from as he chased me into the forest. I ran for all it was worth and I kept on looking back praying he wouldn't be there anymore. While looking back, my body collided with a tree and I fell, bruises all over my body. I turned around, he wasn't chasing me anymore, or so I thought.

"oh sweetheart why are you running away from me? " the man in black clothes appeared in front of me, his eyes looking like the grim reaper.

There was something strange about this person, he looked so familiar and my eyes kept on wandering around his body.

"who are you? " I asked breathing heavily

"you don't know who I am? Wow I'm shocked"

Moments passed and my anxiety to grow from my inability to move.

" I am death" he paused for ten seconds " I'm here to take you to where you belong" his voice is deep and husky " I have been chasing you for a very long time and now I've finally got you so do not resist"

"But my.. " I began but he cut me off.

"No questions, you will come with me without saying a word. You don't know how long I've been waiting for you" his voice was laced with amusement.

I scoffed " where am I and why am I with you?" I looked around, trying to figure out what I was doing here.

"you're going with me to a place of rest. You've suffered enough in the human world and you were the one that summoned me to take you, don't you remember?"

As soon as he finished his sentence, I jolted up into a standing position ready to run away from the mysterious man in front of me. It was now or never, not saying a word, I ran away from the man in black and I didn't bother looking back.

"you can't escape me love, I'll be back"

I jumped out of bed, my pyjamas were already soaked with sweat. I have been having dreams, no, nightmares like this for the past one week now and I was really bothered. I knew my dreams would come to pass soon because I had no will to live anymore. No matter how many therapies I went for, it still did not change my mind about living. I was tired of everything, the food, the water, my parents, I was even tired of the air I breathe.

I have been battling with depression two months after my sixteenth birthday, normally every one was happy whenever they turned sixteen but I wasn't. I felt it was another year of pain, misery and loneliness. I wasn't the same Kelly everyone knew six months ago, that Kelly is gone and gone for good.

I walk to my bathroom and grabbed a toothbrush and toothpaste and did justice to my teeth. They were white and sparkling. If only my life was as white and sparkling as my teeth. I sighed as I threw my toothbrush in the sink and left the bathroom.

" how dare you call me a liar? " a female voice screamed on top of her lungs.

"leave me alone woman! I saw you, I fucking saw you with that man. You kissed him, I'm not blind nor stupid! "
Another voice roared.

"you wanna make me the bad guy in all this? You don't give me attention anymore, you have sex with girls old enough to be your daughter and you're talking bout me"

He growled with irritation "will you shut your goddamn mouth woman!" he snapped.

"the truth is bitter Jack and you better get used to it. I'm sick and tired of you doing whatever you want. I'm sick and tired of cleaning up your mess all the time. Two teenagers died because of you. You murdered them and I helped you get rid of the evidence. But not anymore, you won't get away with this. I'll do whatever the fuck and guess what? " she paused " I don't give a flying fuck about what you think, say or do! " she threatened.

" have it your way" he said through gritted teeth. " you make one more silly move and you'll end up like those girls, do you hear me?" he questioned "I would love to see your ugly body six foot under the ground"

" I fucking hate you! If not for Kelly I would have asked for a divorce" she hissed with contempt.

"the feeling's mutual Hailey" his jaw clenched with irritation.

I heard everything my parents said. Its always like this everyday and I got tired and frustrated of it. My parents always fighting everyday because of the family secret they kept and it drove all of us crazy.

As a child I looked up to my father just as many little girls did and I loved him so much. He was my second most favourite person in the world and I thought he found do no wrong but I was wrong.

I also loved my mom a lot too because she was my mentor, my role model and I wanted to be just like her when I grew older but everything was crushed. I remember night picnics around the park, I remember the family dinners we had, game nights too. We were inseparable and our house was filled with laughter and happiness. Where did it go wrong?

It all started two months after my sixteenth birthday when dad had problems with his company and started drinking and apparently started having affairs with girls about my age and when my mom found out, she was devastated and started dating her bodyguard and things just got worse every day. They avoided each other like a plague and tried to act like the perfect parents to me not realising that I knew what was going on.

I still don't understand how my dad turned from a law abiding citizen into a murderer and it shocked me when I found out that he killed his two girlfriends because they were pregnant and they tried to blackmail him. Because of his reputation of a renowned business man and a politician, he didn't want anything or anyone to tarnish his image so he killed them. I was forced to keep this secret till the day I die which I know it's not that far away.

I also remembered when we used to go camping together, as a family. We would sing songs, roast marshmallows and dance foolishly to songs. I missed those days when we were happy. What happened to us? We've lost, I've lost.

So guy I accidentally deleted this story 😭 I'm such a fool. Anyway vote/comment/share