Twenty

"Chill, be calm, I will tell you about it, but promise me you won't tell anyone about it not even Nicholas", I said as I moved towards her placing her head on my lap. "I promise", she said looking into my eyes "Are you ready for this?", I asked. "Yes", she nodded her head. "When I was little, I had the best family, I had everything, I had the best life I wanted, but everything changed on the day my parents died. They were killed by someone who belonged to the government, I still remember that day like yesterday night. It was on the night of my parents' anniversary, we were in the dining having dinner when armed men broke into our house, he is the one right? one of them asked. Yes he is, his compatriot replied, and in no time he shot my dad three times. They were about to leave when I heard another gunshot, I looked and saw my mum on the floor, dead. They took me along as they left my house, I looked back at my parents who had just been killed. Tears rolled down my eyes, they