Prelude

Preston Child asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this short story.

 

A single moment transforms Daniele Bianchi’s life into an endless nightmare. First, he has to cope with the tragic car accident of his father and then his mother starts to lose any reference to a responsible life, when the nearby pub became her second home. As if this would not be bad enough, his little brother suddenly disappears one day. Will Daniele be able to give his life a new twist for the better and also protect his family?

 

This story is a work of fiction. Names and characters are the product of the author’s imagination and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead is entirely coincidental.

 

Hate

 

The heavy metal music blared from the speakers of his old stereo. Although the pointers to the clock on his desk already signaled midnight, nobody complained about it. But he had not heard the doorbell anyway. The neighbors probably were hoping that his mother put an end to this horrifying noise soon, but she was hanging around in a bar again.

Since the fatal car crash of his father last spring, Donna Bianchi destroyed all the alcohol stocks that existed in this housing estate. But that was not even the worst part, because she constantly brought strangers into the apartment and got laid by them. Quite often her sons were awakened by a loud

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Publisher: BookRix GmbH & Co. KG

Publication Date: 01-28-2021
ISBN: 978-3-7487-7311-5

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