The Dawn Falls

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-confidence. I wasn’t confident in myself, especially in school but the two of them gave me the motivation to do so. N

oise of children playing outside. Jay and Felix weren’t home as much as I do. The only time I see bo

rary book that made me cry. It wasn’t a sad book, but I r

outside world was surprising to me. It felt like I was a bat who stayed inside a

. We have a few neighbors beside our house. I’ve seen my brothers talking to the old woman who

before I left the house and left my phone inside. When I’m walking around our old town, I d

and rules. The thing about this new town was that it wasn’t too hot during these hours. Maybe it was the season

the old woman who talked to my brothers the moment I arrived in this place. I strode

as she spoke the name of our parents. How did she

y parents? And

already in her seventies or nineties, nodded. “

me about that? Since the day that I can remember, we didn’

own my broth

ch and become handsome like your father. When your parents weren’t around, I was the

ived here before and we had a home the moment we got here, then the house where we’

pic. I don’t want to cry while thinking about my parents. I don’t wa

here, including my grandchildren and children, call me Nana. The

d understand. She also speaks gradually. My attention span, which is as short as a TikTok couldn’t ha

fraid to talk to Nana.” She laughed weirdly and it vibrated my

hy

eps in, ghosts and

’s a thing that I should be afraid of, it must be a weird old woma

AirPods, and the current book that I’m reading before I continue to walk ar

like what we had back then. The fresh air surrounded me and made me br

There were small stores of different products and foods but

s appreciation of me more obvious than Felix, who’ll make me feel that I was appreciated and loved. Nowadays, many teenagers

will have a deeper connection to me that would make me feel loved. He’s the most protective person in our family and I could go into a war with him as my defend. Both

ign said that it is the community academy for the teenagers of this town. It is smaller

shivered me down through my spine, making me avoid my eyes on them. Weird

st of the houses were only covering a small area and didn’t have a second floor. Back in our ol

not having teeth on some parts of it. Then, it completely disappeared when I’ve come into a place full of trees an

sat near the river, leaning my back on the bark of the tree. My back tends to ache when

re I open it from where the bookmark was

started

x said one morning while

ali

I mean.” Felix

e and socialize with other people. Make friends with oth

id that they were already buried in the cemetery. They didn’t tell me so I could pay a visit. Th

nds. I need justic

face got closer to my face. The spaces between our faces wer

ing. Before my two brothers leave, they kissed my forehead. They told me that I have to enroll in the community colleg

me to stay inside forever, it is also an e

to their screams and groans caused by pain. Every time that moment stru

d. I could’ve done be