Losing Everything

Chapter 1

AVA’S POV

“Wh…Wh-where am I?”

I could see myself speaking, but my voice sank deep beneath my hearing.

“No!!!” I screamed out loud all of a sudden, jumping up from my sleep.

“Oooh…” I panted, trying to catch my breath.

What a dream!

“Oh goodness, not again,” I muttered, banging my hand on my forehead as I opened my eyes wide to the rumpled cotton by the bed windows.

Multiple times.

I just can’t help it. I can’t seem to get it out of my head. It feels like I was cursed or bewitched with some kind of concurrent spell.

It was always the same dream over and over again. Dreams of being alone in nowhere.

I wonder what this is all about…Why do I keep having this dream??

My eyes darted around the room, searching for God knows what.

The sounds of my phone suddenly jolted me as I lay disturbed on the bed.

“Who could be calling so early?” I mumble as I struggle to get myself out of the bedsheets.

“Good afternoon, is this Miss Ava…Silverstone?” an odd voice echoed through the speakers of the phone.

I could bet it wasn’t anyone I knew. “Who is this, please?” I asked out of a dark curiosity.

“We need you to rush down to 7th Fort, Oak Hospitals. Your parents were brought in from a car accident…” the voice spilled.

“Wait, what?!!”

“Mom, Dad??? My baby sis…!!”

That second, my heart skipped a beat if not more. It was as though my entirety went blank before me.

I had lost my breath all of a sudden. I crashed down onto the bed, searching all over for my clothes.

Without further hesitation, I rushed down to the hospital, not minding how I looked.

A lot of thoughts ran through my disturbed head. “I just hope Peniel is okay? Oh my God, Mom…Dad…”

“What happened to my family?” I voiced out loud the moment I got to the reception of the hospital.

“Are you Ava?” A voice from behind suddenly rent the air.

It was the doctor. He had this mixed expression all over his face, and it made me curious.

“Where is my mother? My father? Peniel?” I stuttered.

“Uhm….I’m really sorry, but we couldn’t do too much. They were brought in dead…”

He spoke without breaking.

My eyes were shut, gazing at him as his lips moved uninterruptedly in seconds. “Was I still dreaming?” I wondered.

His words sent heavy jolts through my body, and I fell on my knees as tears rolled down my face.

“D-dead??” I stammered…

My body became stiff all of a sudden, and it was as though the world came crashing down on me.

For that minute, I doubted if I could remember the exact color of the building I was in. I went dumb and numb at the same time.

Where do I go from here?

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“Wait a minute? Are you dumb? Who do you think you are?” The voice of my bearded Uncle Greg echoed as he slammed my room door. I

It's been two weeks since the death of my parents and sister, and I have been living close to hell with Greg at the entrance.

Being the first daughter of the family, I had every right to what my dad owned and left behind.

But the opposite was the case the minute this cruel Uncle of mine came onto the scene.

“Uncle, I don’t know what you are doing, but please stop it. My father left this house for me and the other things he had. He would definitely want me to have them!”

“Shut it already!!!” A heavy slap landed on my face that minute, and I fell on my knees.

Why is this happening to me?? My knees began to tremble, and the tension inside me grew so much that my bones began to shake.

“How am I so sure all this wasn’t even your plan? To kill your father and take over everything he owned?” He spoke out.

“What?!” My eyes widened in surprise.

“I would never do such a thing to them. They are everything to me,” I responded in a haste…

“Oh please…” He interrupted.

“I can’t let you do this…” I suddenly spoke without thinking. I had spoken even before I realized what I had said.

My uncle was a hot-tempered man, at least I got to know that now.

His fists tightened, and anger swelled up his face.

“You bitch!! Who are you to go against me?! Lord knows I never liked your mother for my brother and me, and I’m pretty sure you all are bastards and not ours!!”

His cold words sent heavy jolts through my body, and tears rolled down my cheeks.

“Just let me stay. I promise I won’t drag anything with you,” I pleaded.

“You can’t even dare!!”

“Take your bags and leave now. You are not wanted here!!” He said and spat on my face.

Before I could say another word in protest, a heavy punch landed on my face, and I cried out in pain.

“Now take a look at this whole place very well. I don’t want to see you or your worthless shadow around here. You won’t even be of any worth to me if I were to have you as a maid,” he lashed out at me.

For a moment, I went blank. How did I get to this point? Deserted and seen as nothing even in front of my so-called father’s brother??

“Get out!!” Those were his last words to me before pushing me out.

This has to be the end.

My life was shattered before me, and it felt as if I was going to die in penury and isolation…

I sought help, but no one offered. I was driven to the streets and longed to survive the harshness of a world.

“Hey, you!!” A voice suddenly called out from behind.

“Hey, pretty hoe, you deaf!” Another voice called out.

I was startled. I looked and saw hefty men surrounding me.

“Who are these people and what do they want from me??!”