1 Prologue

I am in my old house. My twin brother and I play hide and seek. Suddenly, a smell of burning. Mom, I guess. Another of his attempts at new recipes, but the smell grew worse and soon I saw flames everywhere and screams inside. My brother and I exchange a look and run inside. There, I freeze. My ... my mother. On the couch. With a man. I think I've seen him come to see my daddy before. They didn't seem very good friends. Dad ... I look around in panic. I want to move on, but my brother is holding me back. There are flames everywhere but my eyes catch something that at first I try not to deny. But it is not worth it. Daddy daddy! No, it's not ... daddy !!! I scream, but in fact the words are blocked in my throat. My face bursts with tears. No. I don't care about the flames. I run to kneel beside him, burning myself in the process. How ... how is that possible? Everything was fine, three minutes ago, and now ...

I wake up in a sweat, with tears in my eyes, my heart is pounding. I am safe here. 13 years. It's been 13 years. Enough, wake up! Catherine