Prologue: Part one
Prologue
Part One
31st of December, 2016, 23:45
“Calm down mate, why are you in such a hurry?”
“I promised my parents I would be home for the fireworks, and I suspect that if I screw up being in time I don’t get to go out drinking again till I turn 18!”
“Oh shit mate, better hurry then!”
“Yeah. I need to go left here. Best of wishes to you and your family!”
“I’ll bring them. Same to you and yours too!”
Looking on my watch, I saw I only had a little over 10 minutes left.
“I need to hurry.”
I started paddling harder. Luckily, this part of the journey back home normally took me less than 10 minutes, but after such a party it became a lot harder.
“Almost home” I thought to myself as I saw my house coming into view. I could already see the large space between the garage and the barn, where my little brother had been igniting fireworks over the course of the day.
I drove onto the driveway and put my bike in the garage, which is disconnected from the house.
“I’m home, and with 5 minutes to spare”
I started gloriously walking towards the backdoor. I had made it.
I heard thunder.
“Guess we won’t be watching fireworks for that long if it’s gonna…”
I stumbled,
tried to rebalance myself,
hit the lamp,
and fell into the well,
a flash of light,
and then,
the cold, cold water.
Part One
31st of December, 2016, 23:45
“Calm down mate, why are you in such a hurry?”
“I promised my parents I would be home for the fireworks, and I suspect that if I screw up being in time I don’t get to go out drinking again till I turn 18!”
“Oh shit mate, better hurry then!”
“Yeah. I need to go left here. Best of wishes to you and your family!”
“I’ll bring them. Same to you and yours too!”
Looking on my watch, I saw I only had a little over 10 minutes left.
“I need to hurry.”
I started paddling harder. Luckily, this part of the journey back home normally took me less than 10 minutes, but after such a party it became a lot harder.
“Almost home” I thought to myself as I saw my house coming into view. I could already see the large space between the garage and the barn, where my little brother had been igniting fireworks over the course of the day.
I drove onto the driveway and put my bike in the garage, which is disconnected from the house.
“I’m home, and with 5 minutes to spare”
I started gloriously walking towards the backdoor. I had made it.
I heard thunder.
“Guess we won’t be watching fireworks for that long if it’s gonna…”
I stumbled,
tried to rebalance myself,
hit the lamp,
and fell into the well,
a flash of light,
and then,
the cold, cold water.
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