Redemption series book 1.5: A soul's beat
Her only crime was being born.
At the tender age of three her mother had been killed in a riot, but she knew it wasn't an accident. Even though she was little, she could still recognize the look of loathing...
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Fire,
That is all she could see.
Mama wasn't waking up either, and baby was in his bed crying. She had tried to get to him but his bed had always been too high for her.
But mama wasn't waking up and the fire was drawing closer.
The room had become unbearably hot but she couldn't leave her brother behind.
The ceilings had taken the color of the fire as well, but what was she supposed to do.
She saw it, then her body went into autopilot.
Mama had scolded her far too often whenever she used a stool to get something,but she really needed to get her brother out then find someone big to get Mama out too.
The scary man had broken down the door all of a sudden.
Mama had screamed at him to stop the madness, didn't know what that meant but she knew he was trouble.
The next thing she heard was the crack of thunder, and mama fell down.
She tried to wake her up only after the man had gone cause he looked at her with so much hatred that she shrunk back unintentionally.
This scary man was supposed to be her papa.
He was always angry in her opinion, so she resolved to calling him the scary man.
With he brother safe in her arms she somehow climbed out of his bed, it was too high but she needed to do it.
As soon as she was outside,the friendly old woman who lived next door rushed towards her sobbing.
But she could only say one word, mama.
Her eyes opened to ceilings that she was now familiar with, her new room.
That dream, or memory if she was going for accuracy had always plagued her whenever she was stressed.
And of course it wasn't good for her, because stress equalled headaches and headaches equalled blurry vision.
Ergo why she was seeing three Jeremys instead of one.
Now why was he in her room.
'Jer what do you want?'
'I don't get how you do it, going from sleep to being fully alert in seconds'
'Must really burn' she said as she sat up properly on her bed.
'You have no idea, anyway there's a mail from Bishop. Something along the lines of needing your expertise in one of the ranch projects. That man is always building something'
'Tell me something I don't already know. It looks like Iris has taken an inkling as well, crazy girl asked me as a favor to draw up a plan for a school'
'She has a point, it might come in handy in the net future. If the educational system can't protect your kid then you got to do something about it. In her case build a school'
'She's sixteen! Speaking of school, you drop out again?'
'I didn't drop out I only switched majors'
'That's not how I heard it',
'Betty doesn't like me and you're just being an annoying older sister'
'Why I'm glad you noticed', she smiled noticing that the pressure in her head had reduced substantially.
'Alright, get out of my room Jer. I need to get ready so I can clear up my calendar for a week or two and get this visit over with'
'Uhhhh can I come? I promise to behave'
'Before or after you get into trouble with Matt'
'After, definitely after' he said looking thoughtful which made Theodosia haul a pillow at him.
