جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 4

The sign above the pharmacy across the street still blinked 94°F, while it was freezing.I was sitting on my mother's porch in a red summer dress and flip flops. There was snow up to my ankles and it was all over my knees since I had sat there for more than an hour now. The worst part was that it was a July snow, instead of summer that we were used to. My toes had gone from burning from the heat we had earlier to nothing, and that scared me more than the summer burning did.'Don't fall asleep. Just keep knocking.' I told myself that and yeah, I did it. I knocked again and my knuckles left a pink smear on the wood.Inside, I had a humming heater and soft laughs and talks. With all that knocking for the whole hour, my own mother, not even a step Mom atleast. My own biological mother, Mrs Diane snow sat on a new sofa that I had bought for as her birthday present. Suddenly, I widened my eyes and my heart raced in relief when I heard footsteps near the door after I knocked. Stupid of me

I saw that it was pointless to stay there because that thing wasn't opening up. I went home and relaxed, checked my savings account and realized that my money wasn't really enough to start buying the supplies I needed to get ready for the winter.I deeply exhaled while thoughts filled up that I drowned in them for minutes.‘_See this my dear, it's one important thing you can have from me as your birthday present. And open that red box too._ʼ my Dad said as he gave me the presents. ‘It feels light,ʼ I said as I held the box, feeling its weight. ‘Yep, you are right. Open it up.ʼ He insisted. I opened the box and found another box that was locked with numbers 123 in front.‘What's this Dad?’ I asked out of curiosity. ‘Another present, this one is the special one.’ He said as he smiled. I really couldn't believe that he was giving me stupid boxes with nothing, just a pin combination, what did he actually think? That I was a safe cracker? I frowned but I tried to look at him, ‘Come on