"Sorry".

She stared at the note, wondering. This note was left in his room. She only suspected that it was one of the many notes that had been in the garbage when he was found. But still...how did it end up in the funeral home?

She pondered, as there was a knock on her bedroom door, and after a silent second, her dad popped in.

"Goodnight Lemon". She smiles, and he smiles back at her, before shutting the door. She got the nickname from birth, because she had the slightest sweet tangy scent of lemon. She heard her mom pass her room, and she figured her mom was coping.

Ever since they found her brother, her mom had been severally distant. It kind of scared her.

She set the note on her bed side table, and curled up under the blanket, turning the light off.

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It was around three in the morning when she heard a loud bang. And she jolted up. She listened as she heard the sounds of boots on wood. The creaking, the thump, she listened intently.

Her heart began to race when she realized it was coming from her balcony. She swung her feet over the side of the bed, and slowly got up.

Heading to the door, she throws them open, and steps out, prepared fo whatever she might face.

Nothing...

Just the cool, dry June air, and the light swish of the trees.

She let out a sigh, and as she turned to go back inside, something, or someone hit her over the railing. She held on tightly, screaming for help...

Swish....Swish

As she looked up, her blood turned to ice, and she felt like her heart melted. Looking down at her was her brother. It was impossible. She screamed for help again, feeling her balance going.

"It was all you fault. Mom and dad don't love me, they don't get to love you". He stomps her hand, and she falls..

Swish...Swish

She jerked up in her bed, sweat flowing off her face like a opened up geiser and her heart thumping like a thirty foot drum. She took a minute to catch her breath, and she saw she was shaking.

It was a dream, but it felt so real. And as she tried to regain herself, she looked to her table side, and saw the note was gone.

She nearly fainted.