Prologue- The Death of my Family
{TW} This story talks about very different subjects and if you are triggered by them please do not read this story.
It was a beautiful day in New York, Queens I just got home from my last day of my senior year in school. Its awfully quiet today at home I usually have the twins running around or fighting about something. I decided my dad was still at work and the twins were still at the clinic with mom, since some days she had to stay later to take care of the cancer kids, so i decided not to worry much about it. An hour passed and my parents still hadn't arrived, they usually arrive for dinner everyday but today they didn't arrive at all. I knew something was wrong when they didn't arrive. I decided to give my mom a call to ask if they were coming home soon. ¨Mom, where are you? Are you and dad coming home soon?¨ I spoke with a shaky voice as the call was answered. There was a man at the other end, ¨ Ma´am this is the hospital unfortunately your family has suffered a severe accident. We have them in the checking rooms now but we need a family member to be here, this is the hospital of...¨
The man went on to tell me the address of the hospital and who to talk to. My heart stopped for a second and images of a life without my family flashed through my mind, and that didn't seem like a life to me. I rushed to the hospital the man told me my family was located at. I barged in and told the front desk lady the names of my parents and sisters. She said they were in surgery and the doctors were trying their best to save them. I felt hopeless, i felt numb, i felt as if i had already lost them. A part of me already knew they were not going to make it, Daddy had lots of enemies because of his company being so successful. We had gotten threats about them taking our lives. They made promises to end his life and the people he loved if necessary. We hadn't paid too much attention to it but this was it. They had finally done it. The doctor came out of the back doors and called out, ¨Family of the Castro's.¨ I immediately stood up and walked over to him. ¨ I'm sorry to inform you that we lost all of them, they lost to much blood and couldn't be saved. My dear condolences to you for the loss of your family.¨ My heart stopped. I had to remind myself to breathe. I was left alone in this world. I felt like I was going to die myself. All i could do now was cry, cry for my family, and cry for myself. I was alone.
