it has been 24 hours 5 minutes and 10 seconds since we packed up our things and moved to winter burke in south California you think moving to a small town like winter burke is all sunshine and rainbows well you thought wrong honestly i just can't wait to get there and eat my mom’s famous coco pound cake ( it's really my aunt's ) as my parents argue more on what to eat tonight and my brother looking at weird tik Tok vids for dinner that no one would eat i kept glancing at the photo in my hands it was the day my sister left for winter burke fresh in my mind thinking about how and when did everything change for me it was just a few weeks ago but something in my brain is telling me it wasn't a few weeks or rather- April, April April! ; APRIL Jocelyn Anastasia crane ! My mom shouts yeah i say realizing I'm still staring at the photo of me and Nora were here she says softly i look out the window see my mom's childhood home it's literally a mason but my mom say it isn't tell that to the garden maze and giant fountain that's in front of me but that just my mom for you she want people to see her for herself and not my grandparents money oh did i forget to mention my family is kind of rich huh must of slip my vocabulary or something anyway . as i got closer towards the entrance not even a second later i fell to the ground being covered in cute kisses by the wonder twins he, he ( my mom and aunt’s puppies) poppy& allice what did i say about scaring people like this you'll scare the poor girl with a fright before she get in the house a middle age women who looks like me and Nora says with a chuckle in her voice hey aunt jo i say softly hey sweetie pea she say need some help reaching her hand out towards me I grab her hand , nodding as i stand up brushing off the rose petals and dirt off my pants and slob from the wonder twins hmmm he my aunt chuckles lightly still find it hard to believe your here after all this time well we would have come here a day early like planned but movers my mom say with shrug sighing sarcastically yes well i guess that how it is but all that matters is that here now my aunt say sweetly at mom who hug her tightly I'm glad to be home my mom says softly to her twin I'm glad your back now let save all this mushiness for later i got groceries in the fridge and pantry and lunch's all set up and ready oh i also found a new recipe on you kids TikTok videos so its pizza hot pockets for dinner i brought Chinese for Luch thought yes's ! Dom shouts excitedly running inside behind mom to get some egg rolls before dad dose with poppy and allice tagging along. I swear these two have been craving egg rolls since the entire trip here ! mom say exaggeratedly well let go in before we don't have any aunt jo say softly hmm is all mom say as she and auntie jo go inside their childhood home once more as start walking up the steps i notice something shiny near one of the flower beds it looks to be an odd looking heart shape key weird who could this belong to i say quietly as i close the door ready for the new day to begin . ‘flashback’ 1 year ago : Aug. /9/19 I can't believe after all this time I'm coming back here good oldy small town Ellsberry i say excitedly Nora sweetie were here my mom say to me as we're driving towards her mansion Opps i mean her childhood home that is a mansion as we got out of the car i see all of the new flowers my aunt planted all the rose and orchids look so pretty it feels like spring even though its fall hey their peanut my aunt jo say to me from the top of the stairs aunt jo i say running towards her excitedly i missed you hugging her tightly same kiddo she says softly kissing my head i see your Angelic as ever de my aunt say to my mom who looks like she need at least full cat nap or just regular one till she wide awake for tomorrow not another word I'm going in and eating the egg rolls you had bought for dinner and taking a nap thank you my mom says angrily towards my aunt who silently and not so sneakily steps out of my mom’s eyesight so she can’t face her wrath of not getting enough sleep mom mumble's more things tiredly while going towards the kitchen for more egg rolls “ugggh i better go make sure she doesn't Devor all of the food components again like last time ,my aunt sigh worriedly towards my mom walking inside the house after finding out around sometime last year with Nora she apparently sometimes sleep walk to get something to eat my mom still think it's not that serious as i start to close the door I notice something shiny caught my eye it looks to be a weird heart shape key that odd who could have left this here? I say confusingly I shrug it off in not that worried about it is really old looking key anyway i sigh as got towards the door closing it softly for the night waiting for the new a dawn to come through i got towards the kitchen grabbing my plate i see my aunt caring what looks to be a glass shell with something inside of it I don't know why she has it so don't pay attention to it hey kiddo my aunt says you ready for tomorrow yeah Nora and April say in unison towards their aunt this year is everything is going to change just who would have guess that those words would eventually come true in the end .

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