Tainted Deception by Aleya Michelle

Author:Aleya Michelle [Michelle, Aleya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2015-09-09T04:00:00+00:00

Sleep has never come easy for me. Not with my stressful day job and then leading a double life as my rock star persona, Chaser—free time is a rarity.

After Mom had died, I had a lot of trouble sleeping, and it has continued over the years. I find myself too paranoid to spend the night with Ivy, so that doesn’t help my lack of sleep. I was concerned I might have one of my reoccurring nightmares.

They are a lot less frequent than they used to be, thank God for that, but they are draining, and I don’t want to have to explain them to her, not just yet.

It’s always the same dream. I’m dragging my mom out of the house; she’s unconscious and the flames are engulfing us. “Mom, wake up! Please wake up!” I scream at her, but she doesn’t respond.

I was at school when the fire started, and Father was nowhere to be found until that night, saying that he was at the local hotel. His story checked out with the police, and the owner of the hotel confirmed it.

I’m still skeptical.

I frantically ran toward my house when I saw the flames. “Mom, Mom!” I scream in a panic. The front door was engulfed in flames, so I smash the side window where there are no flames and climb inside.

“Mom, where are you?” I shout through the smoke. It fills my lungs, robbing me of precious oxygen and makes me cough.

Quickly searching each room, I finally found her unconscious in her bedroom. The room is filled with thick smoke. I take a deep breath and drag her out as quickly as I can.

I am thankful that my neighbour, Frank, is at the window. He lifts her out and then I climb out myself.

“I called 911, Chase. The fire department and an ambulance is on its way,” I hear Frank’s wife, Betty say.

I turn my mother on her side. I saw that on a medical show before; it opens the airways, right? I squeeze her hand wishing she would wake up, take a breath, anything.

I hear the sirens, thank God.

But she never took that breath. The paramedics tried for twenty minutes to revive her, but it was no use. She was already gone.

My beautiful mother who meant the world to me was now an angel. The smoke filled her lungs and cut off her oxygen. I hope to God she didn’t suffer too badly. She didn’t deserve to die like that.

I can still see her sweet face. She was very pretty. I actually look similar to her with my brown hair and sky blue eyes, and I am grateful for that fact. Every day, I look in the mirror and see her eyes looking back at me. It feels like it was her gift to me.

I am in a daze as I think back to my past. There was something else I just couldn’t put my finger on.

Father hadn’t been out of the house in weeks, and yet when

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