Novels by Ashae

Not long after Maya’s classmates had left her house, the Andersons’ black car pulled up quietly into the driveway. The mansion's lights showed off its glossy, beautiful surface as the driver opened the door. Maya stepped out slowly and quietly, holding on to her small backpack, her eyes searching instinctively for one familiar face, Jake’s face. She hoped that the moment she stepped out of the car, he would come and hug her, but he was nowhere to be found. But he wasn’t there. She turned to ask her parents where Jake was and why he didn’t come to see her after a long while. They told her Jake was asleep, but he was happy to see her. The house, once so alive, now felt hollow and dead. As she walked through the tall glass door and climbed up the stairs, she realized that the usual laughter of maids and the hum of music were all gone. Only silence greeted her, a very thick, cold, and strange silence.She looked around, confused. Why does everything feel so different all of a sudden? D

Jake slammed the door to his room as usual, but this time he banged it so hard that even the glass walls of the mansion quivered. “She’s no sister of mine, and she’ll never be,” he muttered, his voice shaking with fury. Moments later, there was a gentle knock on his door. “Jake?, Jake? Can you open the door for me ” The voice asked. It was Agnes. He opened the door quickly without hesitation, as if waiting for her to come over.“She’s not my sister Agnes,” he blurted before she could even speak. “They told me. Maya’s not one of us, so why do they want to return her to this house? I don’t care what they say; she doesn’t deserve to live here. Not with me.”Agnes’s eyes softened as she held his hands. “Jake…”“No, not this time, Agnes,” he interrupted her, pacing the room. “Everyone can keep pretending she’s an Anderson, but I won’t, I won’t, because I can’t forgive the fact that she made me hate Mom. I thought Mom cheated on Dad and had Maya. I won’t act like she’s my sister when she’

The next morning didn’t feel different; everyone woke up gloomy and sad. Jake got ready for school without his sister. When he got to school, he exited the car and headed straight to class. Everyone in the school just kept looking at him. He knew deep down that they had a lot of questions to ask him about when his sister was going to be back from the hospital. He allowed no one to ask him any questions regarding his sister, not even the teachers.Meanwhile, back at home. Agnes knocked on Mrs. Anderson's door. “You can come in, the door isn’t locked, “ Mrs. Anderson said .” Oh, it’s you, Agnes, “ she added. “ I came to see you Helen, I know how you feel, so there’s no need to ask you anything about how you are doing at all “ Agnes said as she got close to Mrs. Anderson to give her a warm hug. “ my home is falling apart, and Peter is accusing me of something I know nothing about, can you believe it, it hurt so bad Agnes, I know you understand, I’m so confused, How is Maya’s blood type d

At the hospital, time moved really fast. Jake took a Doctor’s phone and called his mom. He explained what happened to her, and she rushed quickly to the hospital. When she got there, she hugged an already crying and traumatized Jake and told him Maya was going to be fine. Mrs. Anderson called her husband, but he didn’t answer. The doctors worked hard, moving up and down with their voices tense. “She has lost a lot of blood, one of the doctors told Mrs. Anderson, hence we need a transfusion as soon as possible!”Mrs. Anderson stood up with no hesitation because she knew the type of blood that runs through the Andersons’ veins. Hence, she needed no blood test to prove otherwise. The Doctors ran a test regardless and told her something which sent shivers down her spine. “Call your dad, Jake. “ Jake took his mother’s phone and called his dad several times, but he didn’t answer. The tense Jake then called his office, and his father’s secretary, Jane, picked up and told Jake his father was

Jake walked into Maya’s room and opened the curtains for the morning rain of sunshine to wake her up. Maya instead tugged herself properly into her bed. Maya walks up. Jake said as he teasingly pulled her blanket off her. Five minutes more, Jake, Maya groaned. Wake up, sleepy head, or you will be late again. Jake teased. Maya lazily pulled herself from the bed and ended up falling together with her thick blue blanket. Jake peeped his head through her door and laughed at her. Maya finally got up and dressed quickly. She wore her shiny pink sandals and walked majestically down the stairs. I’ve grabbed your breakfast already, my princess. Jake said while laughing. Jake was 13 and Maya was 10, but their closeness will make you mistake them for twins. Sometimes, people say that Jake and Maya were probably soulmates from their previous lives. In the car, they played rock, paper, scissors so they wouldn’t sleep on their way to school. When they got to school, Jake exited the vehicle and open