The Neglected- Ch. 1

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     So, this is a short story I started writing a while ago. I just want to put it out there and see how people like it. Any feedback in the comments would be greatly appreciated!

The Neglected- Ch. 1

   I had never had reasonable or rational reactions to shocking situations, but this reaction I had never predicted nor expected. As the nurse told me that my mother was dead, I felt nothing but numbness and emptiness, so I did nothing. Absolutely nothing. I just looked back into the cold, unfeeling pale blue eyes of the woman who had just told me that the only thing that was left, the only thing that mattered to me, had just chosen to take her life away from us by intentional drug overdose. The nurse gave me every bit of this information completely free from sympathy or remorse. At that point, I realized that I had become so infuriated with the world, my life, the people around me, that I needed to be alone for a while, otherwise my anger would be taken out on an undeserving bystander. So, I decided it was for my ten year old sister's sake. As I rose from my chair, face still emotionless, Olivia spoke for the first and last time that day. "Where are you going, Jo?" inquired the teary-eyed, ashen-faced girl. Although Olivia and I had never been considered close, I knew her well enough to realize that although she was naturally pale, I had never seen her look as sickly as on this day. She was far past frightened: she was terrified. This implied that the same question was running through both of our minds; "What's going to happen to us now?" The only answer I could think of, since I was only sixteen and far from turning eighteen, was orphanage. The very thought of this possibility made me cringe, so much so that I knew that I needed to get out of Olivia's sight, and fast. "Umm, I'll be right back Liv, I just need to go outside and get some fresh air. It's stuffy in here, okay?" Olivia solemnly nodded, as I knew she would. Little did I know that the question that she had previously asked me would be the last time I would hear her soothing voice hear her soothing voice of innocence for many dark weeks to come.

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Lots of Love,
Em