Chapter 1
Angelica POV
I was freezing, my body hurt and tears were running down my face. In front of me were two of my brothers, glaring at the one who had taken us. I just turned 18 and I wonder how could it have come to this?
In front of my brothers stands a man, pointing a gun at them. I feel fear rush through my body and I hear my scream echo in the dark room as the gun goes off two times and I see both of my brothers fall to the ground.
I hear glass shatter as the Pendants they were wearing shattered. With their last breath they turn to look at me. “Live, sorellina…” (little sister) Then the light left their eyes.
They died protecting me. But their deaths were in vain, because now the man stepped closer. I press my back against the wall, eyes wide as my heart almost explodes in my chest.
My feet touched the pool of blood that formed around my brothers and my breath hitched as the man stepped over their bodies and pressed the gun against my head.
“Sayonara princess. Maybe you'll have more luck in your next life.”
I shut my eyes tightly. If I would get a second chance I would do everything differently. I would love my brothers, trust them and be a good little sister.
“Please give me a second chance…” I pray to whoever sits above the clouds. This life was nothing but a sick twisted joke. I only had 5 years where I was happy and now I was killed, like the brothers I had learned to love over the years.
I hear the man chuckle and then the gun goes off a third time.
Angelica POV
My eyes snap open and I feel my heart racing in my chest. My body is drenched in sweat and my breathing is unsteady. I sit up in my bed and look around. Where am I? Did I black out? Did my brothers find us? What about-
My breath hitched as my eyes fell on the cracked mirror across from the bed. Back stares my 10 year-old-self.
I blink.
Is this a joke? A bad joke?
My hand is shaking as I reach up to touch my face. This can't be happening…
I look around the room and tears fill my eyes. I'm in my old room when I was living with dad. This is bad. Real, real bad. I immediately look over at the digital clock. It Shows the date as well and I can't help but let out a sob. I'm back in the year of 2025.
My mom Died 2 years ago and that's when the monster appeared. He was grooming me for 5 years before someone killed him and I discovered that I had older brothers.
If I'm ten now, that means I still have three years of torture before me. Again I look at the clock. It's 5 am right now which means I still have time before the man who is my father wakes up. I can't go through this again. I just can't.
“Breath Angelica…” I whisper into the room as I hug myself. What if.. what if I tried contacting my older brothers? I shake my head. No, how would I explain How I know about them?
When I heard glass clinking against glass I looked down on my body. My eyes went wide as I stared at the two Pendants I was wearing. My fingers wrap around them and tears spill from my blue eyes. “Tonio… Luca…”
My two youngest older brothers, who died because they were protecting me. I clutch the pendants close to my chest sobbing as I hold them tight.
If I really somehow ended up in the past, maybe, just maybe I can change our fates.
“Think Angelica… think…”
There has to be a way to get away from my dad sooner and get to safety with my brothers. I don't have a phone and my dad didn’t allow me to have one or even to use the computer. But…
When my dad died I had found my mom's old phone in the attic. My dad had kept all her stuff. At first I didn't understand why, but soon I found out exactly why. I looked just like my mom. I had her ash blonde hair and bright blue eyes just like her. I looked nothing like my dad. And that was the reason that he started to see mom in me and in his sick twisted mind he wanted to make me, his own daughter, her replacement.
Another glance at the clock told me that I still had time before that man would wake up.
With the Pendants still clutched tightly against my chest I sneaked out of the room and tiptoed to the staircase that led up to the attic. Luckily I knew exactly what I wanted and where to find it.
When I passed the door of the monster's bedroom the floor decided to be a traitor and a low squeak was heard. I froze.
Oh, please don't let him wake up. I waited a moment before I took the next step and the next. When I reached the staircase I let out a silent sigh of relief.
Quickly I made my way up the stairs and as soon as I was in the attic I made my way to the very back. There I found what I was looking for: a chest with my moms personal things. I opened the lid and there, on the very top it was. Her phone. With shaking fingers I took it and prayed that my luck wouldn't run out and it would still work.
I pressed the on button.
“Please work… please work… please work…” I whispered again and again as I stared at the display. When it lit up I had to suppress a squeal of happiness. I immediately went into the contacts. And there he was. I felt tears fill my eyes and my sight blurred. I pressed the call button, sobbing silently. “Please pick up… please pick up…”
Clack.
