chapter two

Ingrid pov

I studied from seven til eleven which was almost midnight; and I stood up and left for the bathroom to ease myself and when I was done I left for the living room and turned on a live stream from my favorite song artist, I put on an earphones and listened to the music while singing along, I rechecked my phone and saw I got a missed call from anut while staring at the number which made me lost in my thoughts. I remember going to aunt's for the Christmas after mom's passing: even though she did her best to make me feel better and at home I was just lost while Dad never came over to see me, even though aunt called him severally and she even left to meet him at his office asking him to come over to meet me yet he never did till now, it all occurred as a result of an incident which took place ten years ago were mom and I went to see a movie. When the movie ended we were about to leave when a group of armed robbers had already surrounded the entire theater, I panicked and ran for the door which angered a robber and he shot at me; just at the nick of time mom stood at my front and took the bullet on my behalf, using her body as a shield which caused me to faint from the event which played before my very eyes and mom fell to the ground lifeless. Dad went away cause even though he never said it I knew deep down he blamed me for mom's death, cause I was the one who threw tantrum about going to the theater in the first place while she only tried to pacify me by going, after that day he has buried himself in work and no time for me which I have tried several times to call him yet he never called back. I guess even though I want to say I'm used to it; I still can't help but hope for a change even if little at least, so I texted her in return telling her I'm fine and she has nothing to worry about that studies are going great with me, I listened to the music and felt lost in my emotions well I know that Rachel wouldn't be coming back to the house anyways so why wait for her and I drifted into sleep.