Chapter 13

Freya

I held my head as I went down the stairs. I was having a horrible headache.

"Grandma," I called.

I needed Advil or any pill for a headache. The pain was too much to bear. My head felt like someone hit me in the head with a baseball bat, hard.

I didn't hear her answer.

"Grandma," I again called.

Still, no answer.

I started calling for Zira. I, too, didn't hear her as well.

I went into the kitchen expecting to see them both preparing breakfast, but the kitchen was empty. And there wasn't any breakfast prepared; the stove felt cold.

"Grandma, Zira!" I searched everywhere in the 2-story house. They were both nowhere to be found.

I ran outside to check to see if the car was in the garage; it was gone. They had gone out.

As I was about to return inside. I heard a car. I spun around. My puffy eyes squinted, blocking out the morning sunlight. Two cars were coming towards me. I knew the first car. It was Grandma's, but for the second car, I didn't.

I went back to the step that