Chapter 1: My old life

My name is Leo and I’m 21, I was born into a fairly rich family and had a happy life until i was fourteen, my memory isn’t the greatest but i can remember that day like it was yesterday. My dad used to work from 10 a.m to 6 p.m, he used to run a high-class restaurant with his friend in our city and he was also the chef at lunch time, the day was first of october, 1 week before my birthday, it was around 7 p.m of that day that we received the call that would change my life.

I answered and it was the police:

-Hello, is it the Donovan’s?

-Yes

-Could you pass the cellphone to your mom please?

30 seconds after I gave the cellphone to my mom she laid on the ground and started crying and screaming, I could feel the desperation in her eyes. When she told me I started crying on the floor and I would only stop hours later.

My dad was shot to death on his way home, the police told us he resisted a robbery, but I personally think it was an execution, my dad used to tell me to never react to them. Besides that, my dad and the other owner of the restaurant were arguing a lot the week before the murder. After that, my mom was never the same, she used to have a strong bond with my dad, after his death she looked like an empty vessel, just cooking and sleeping every day. 3 months after my dad’s death, I found my mom dead in the bathtub, she killed herself. When I realized she was dead, I didn’t even cry, I was empty inside too. 

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After that, I moved to my uncle’s house, he only accepted me for the money, he sold my dad’s part of the restaurant to the other owner and used 80% of the money with himself , 20% of the money was put in my savings because of my country’s law. At that time i was depressed and stopped going to school. I started playing games and reading all day, just stopped to eat and sleep, I kept living like that for almost 7 seven years until last month.

I was tired of living this way, my life was completely pointless, so I decided to change my life, 2 weeks ago I started going to the gym to fix my self esteem and today I’m going to my first job interview, I’m applying for a job in a game maker studio, I know basic 3d modelling and they are looking for begginers to work in their new game

I was crossing the street on my way to the job interview, when I saw a truck coming in my direction, I couldn’t even move.

My body didn’t respond, I couldn’t see anything, I could only hear the sounds of the road.

This is how I die? My life was completely pointless.

I started having flashbacks of my life, the face of my mom when she received the call, completely desperate, her lifeless body dead in the bathtub. 

After a while, I started accepting my fate, maybe God thought that this was my time to go, I just wish I could have enjoyed my life more.

I saw a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was getting smaller with time, then it was completely dark. My time in this world ended.

But suddenly, I could breathe again...