Chapter Three

The sun shone brightly through the foyer window, waking me from a short, disrupted, sleep. I stood from my uncomfortable position on the floor and groaned. Maybe I had gotten an hour of sleep, probably closer to 30 minutes.

After using the bathroom I noticed how quiet it was. Mom and Dad must still be asleep. I attempted to enter my own bedroom, strangely the door was locked. I looked under the bathroom sink, but my extra key was missing. As I stood up, I saw what I initially assumed was a delusion.

My sister stood in front of me, her jaw wide open. 

Neither of us said a word until she whispered, "You're alive."

I stood silently for a while.

“Wh- what do you mean?” I finally asked her. “Of course I’m alive- I never died,” I paused and looked at her confused, scared eyes, “You did,” I said, so quiet it was almost a whisper.

“I didn’t die.” For another moment she was confused. Then, I could see everything come together in her mind just by the sparkle in her eye.

“What is it?” I asked, eager for answers. Audrey didn’t speak, only turned around and walked back to her room. A second later she brought back her phone, then held up for me to see. I almost fell backward as I saw the photo on her screen. A photo…

...Of me laying on the floor, surrounded by empty bottles of pills.

Author's Note

This is the shortest chapter, I plan to make future chapters much longer