Prologue

I sat in my cold room on my long,warm bed surrounded by all my ghosts. I just sat there staring out to the large window watching a sly fox working its way to my restless chickens. The small fan whirring in the background. Heartbeat,Heartbeat,Heartbeat. The ticking of the little clock beside me. Heartbeat,Heartbeat,Heartbeat. The  minuscule buzzing of the lights. Heartbeat, Heartbeat,Heartbeat. The cars on the road flashing by. Hush,small,quiet mouse. Nothing. Nobody. No. No. NO. Inhale. Exhale. Heartbeat, Heartbeat,Heartbeat. I looked at the chickens as the fox slides thru the gate. I moved my head towards the noise coming from my drive way. Hearing a car slowly creep up it, surprisingly I had no will to move. I was rooted down. Even as the people came up my deck. Clack,clack,clack. Stomp,stomp,stomp. Knock,knock,knock. I slowly turned my head towards my chickens. Swing. Clack,clack,clack. "Hello? Is anybody home?" The fox had a chicken in its mouth. Chicken dead. Clack. Chicken dead. Clack. Chicken dead. Clack. Step. Step. Step. Chickens dead. Creak. Swing. All chickens are dead. Hush,small,quiet mouse. "Hello sweetheart." I turn and look. " I'm sorry about what I am about to say ,but your parents died in a horrible car crash, and nobody has called to want you." Everything gone . Dead. No. No. NO. Hush,small,quiet mouse. Small. Tiny. Atomically small. Nothing. Nobody. "Nobody wants you." "Nobody wants you." "NOBODY WANTS YOU!" nobody wants you.