FALLING ROSE

The church bells right at the back of the house woke me up just in time to hear the screaming of the most familiar voice. The one voice I grew up with it was my mother calling my name from the top floor only to come to a realization that the house was on fire, with every consciousness in me I ran to the top floor only to be blocked out by the fiery furnace at the kitchen door, I shouted back as I called out to my mum, wear are you mother as I felt fear crawling up my spine from the heat radiating on the wooding floor soon to be consumed by the fire. Only to realize mother was gone and there was no answer last thing I remembered was a woman dancing in the flame telling me everything was ok as I slipped into unconsciousness Waking up to the wailing of sirens and loud beeping yet again it was only the ringing of my alarm clock calling me back to reality as it is a reminder of the somewhat nightmare I have had ever since the incident of my mum's death. Hi am Anabelle Lockwood and this is my story. I was a child when I lost my mum twelve years ago from a fire out break caused by a gass leak, it was a traumatic event as I didn't know what had happened to my mum. I was often told by the community that my mum was with the creator as she was done serving her purpose, I took a habit of cursing whatever might have been the reason God had taken her away for I was young and naive. Years passed as I grew up to be a prety damsel as I as told I took after my mum in the like of physical appearance and had the heart of my father who I only saw after a fool moon as it was the only way I could keep track of time. I was left in the hand of my nanny who raised me after the demise of my mum and made me feel loved as my father never wanted anything to do with me after the incident. My dad was called alpha Cain but I never really got why he was called alpha Cain instead of cain Lockwood. My community or clan as most people call it was at the far end of development and technology we still had to use fire to cook, go hunting and farming, getting water from rain and wells, got rice and maize from the grain farm. Everyone young and old had role to play In the Yayi clan we are black from the most hidden place in east Africa our teachers in school always made fun of us not being on the greatest map of the world whatever that is I never really payed attention. You can not stay hear anymore Ann dad yelled as he came down the stairs with a brief case I hurriedly followed him down stairs only to meet the eyes of three men causing me stop at my step. Sulan stopped me before I could take the next step as she urged me to follow her, I refused being so stubborn. Sulana pls I am not leaving until I speak with my dad, I haven't seen him in months and he comes back telling me I have to go to the big city all on my own for college. Ann pls your dad will be furious and mad at me for letting you go down, just then a thought came across my mind and I agreed to follow her patiently waiting for her to go to her room just then I quickly ran down the stairs I overhead a lot of arguing so I slowed down my step. pls reconsider she is just fifteen he doesn't know anything about the outside community yet, pls she's the only thing I have left after the last operation I haven't even bonded with her yet I haven't been able to tell her how her mother died please one more month and I will bring her to you. Grey pls just give me this wish I will be death to her after that. Greys pov; Cain you had over twelve year to tell her all that she needed to know we are hear to take her cause you failed to bring her a week ago the boss needs her trained and equipped before the next operation. Cain's pov pls just a month is all I ask pls explain to the boss that I my self will bring her to the camp, It's her birthday next month. she will be eighteen and and I haven't prepared her. Ann's pov what did dad mean by the last operation, what camp, who's boss as my mind spirals out of control with all these questions I quickly turn away with the thought of being betrayed, lied to and hated by my own father and after my mum died, turning to go back up the same way I had angrily come down hitting the glass vase as it rolls down the stairs breaking into pieces I quickly took to my hills as the loud voice of my father angrily asking who was there. Getting to my room I could only think about the last thing I heard "just one month and I will bring her to you" as far as I looted or hated my dad I still didn't want to go with those scary men, as my thoughts ran wild my door was forced open jumping me back to reality. Ann run I could hear Sulana shouting to me just as the same way mum did twelve years ago, I tried to run then I felt a sting looking at my hands and i knew I was injected, looking up to at the door stood my Father the one man I longed to be with but couldn't, I was carried away as I blacked out.