Game Intro - Untitled

Your mother left me.

The glow of the cell phone screen burns your eyes. It’s only 6:30 in the morning. At first, the
words are fuzzy, and you don’t understand what they mean.

Then it all clicks.

The panic.
The fear.
The tears.

You grip the phone as tightly as you can manage with shaking hands. You close the text, reopen
it, read it again. It can’t be true. This can’t be happening. This isn’t happening, there’s no way. It’s
just a bad dream. You close the text and call your mother.

Ring. Ring. Ring.

No answer.

The panic starts to spread, starts to feel real.

Maybe your sister will know what’s going on. You call her this time.

Ring. Ring. Ring.

No answer.

The tears have stopped as the shock begins to settle in. You couldn’t cry if you wanted to.

There is only one thing left to do-- text your father back. And so you do. He responds, but you can
hardly remember what he wrote. The phone rang in your hand. It’s your mother, so of course you
answer it.

Your stomach drops as she confirms everything. It’s all true.