Superstitions

Chapter 11 - Jinx

Once again, I apologize for the waiting, but the good news is I got a week off, so I'll be able to get back to writing.

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CHAPTER 11 - Jinx

"Never tell anyone about this, understand? This is serious, Ava, if anyone finds out what happened, I will make your life a living hell"

"I came back home as it was late and I didn't want my father to worry. He asked me where I was and I just told him that we played in the forest. It was strange because it was the first time I really lie to my father. That night I had big difficulties to sleep, I was so excited, the others kids would finally accept me, no more reflections, mockery... But I was also sad because I couldn't tell Mia what happened, she was my best friend I had the feeling that I betrayed her. In the morning I wasn't feeling great. I was really cold and tired but I wanted to check in on Mia anyway. And that's what I did. I told her I was feeling sick. She was sorry because she thought she'd given me her disease. When I went back home my father immediately saw I was sick. In the afternoon, the school called him, Andrew was also sick. The next morning it was the panic in the village, all the kids were sick and some adults started to show symptoms. Fever, cough, fatigue, it was definitely an epidemic. When he saw the rash on my neck he knew. He asked me if I went to the bat caves. At first I denied but I was so tired and I realized it was serious so I told him the truth. We all received the treatment and those who weren't sick were given the vaccine. Everyone was better, except for Mia. I couldn't see her but my father told me she was very sick. One night I heard the door slam, I recognized the voice of Mia's dad, Sam. He sounded sad and extremely angry. I didn't like to hear the adults arguing, so I put my head under my pillow and plugged my ears. The next morning, I thought I could go get our box of secrets from Mia's room and ask my dad to give it to her. I thought it might help her get better. The door was open, Sam was in the couch. It smelled like booze and there were a lot of bottles on the floor. I asked him if I could go to Mia's room to get something. He had trouble articulating but ended up telling me to do what I wanted. I get upstairs, Mia's room had been ravaged, and everything was upside down. I started looking for our box in all this junk. I heard noises coming from downstairs"

Flashback

"Mia it's you?" Sam asked

"No that's Ava, I asked you if I can get something for Mia remember?"

Sam staggered up the stairs and opened the door violently.

"You shouldn't be there" He glace was so dark, Ava was petrified.

"Sorry but you say..."

She didn't had time to finish her phrase, Sam push her against the wall and pulled a gun. When she saw the gun, Ava screamed, which alerted her father.

"You killed her, you killed my little girl, that's all your fault!"

"Sam drop the gun, she's a child, please" Ava father begged him.

Sam had no intention of dropping the gun. He wanted him to feel what it felt like to lose his child. Seeing that he was ready to shoot, Ava's father came between Sam and his daughter. One shot fired, Ava's father collapsed. A pool of red blood began to spread across the floor. Sam realized what he had just done, he put his gun under his chin, a second shot went off, and he collapsed to the ground.

Flashback end

"My best friend and my father died because of me ..." Ava said while crying