the crescent moon

prologue

The gentle breezes swept through the neighborhood while the sun was over head. It was hot enough to have a water fight and that's exactly what Jessica and her father were doing. Jessica was 6 at the time, she had shoulder length black hair and two different coloured eyes. Her left eye was blue and her right was amber. Her father was a mechanic and her mother didn't have a job, but would sell her body in secret to make money.

As Jessica's giggles filled the empty streets, her father smiled. He caught up to her and picked her up.
"Got ya!"
He started to tickle her damp stomach, Jessica started laughing uncontrollably as her father tickled her. After what seemed like forever her father stopped ticking her and chuckled.
"Your a silly one Jessica", he smiled.
The next thing him and Jessica heard was a wooden door slam open and the loading of a gun as her drunken mother stumbled out the door.
"Marry what are you doing?!", The father snapped.
"S-*hick* shut up! Sh-*hick* she is he pro-*hick*blem here!", The mother shreeked.
The father held Jessica to his chest tightly. Jessica looked up at him confused, tears sparkled on the edges of her eyes.
"Don't worry Jessica", her father said in a soft calming voice as he stroked her head.
"I won't let her hurt you..",he said in an unsteadly.
He looked up at the house, it's dark outline a wound to the cloudless blue sky. Not long after there was a loud bang followed by a scream, the father had moved to prevent injury to the child but got shot in the process. Thick crimson blood seeped through his clothing and dripped onto the fresh green grass, he was trembling trying to stay standing. Jessica had tears streaming down her face as her what now we're cries projected all around as she tried to help her dying father. Her father collapsed onto the ground. That's when their neighbor ran out after calling the ambulance and the police to their address and tackled marry to the ground and grabbing the gun from her throwing it across the lawn. he restrained marry as his wife was helping Jessica's father by putting pressure on the wound to try and stop the bleeding. Both the ambulance and police arived shortly later and arrested marry and took Jessica and her father to the hospital where was later pronounced dead, Jessica started down at her father holding his hand but was no longer crying.
"I'm sorry Daddy...", She said in a mumble.
Her eyes were full and her face wasn't showing emotion. Her mum was sentenced to 7 years in prison while in the meantime Jessica lived with her neighbors...
*7 years later*
It was dark gloomy day and it was pouring outside. Jessica had her eyes narrowed laying in bed heading a book. When she heard a knock at the front door.