Josh

You’re at your mothers funeral, her being the last remaining family of yours. The rain is pouring down on you and there are many people who have turned up despite them not being around at all in the months leading up to her death, she died of cancer. There is also two people that you were only introduced to days ago, those two people being your mothers childhood friend, Sarah, that she reconnected with three months ago and her friends son who’s two years older than you, Josh. You’re supposed to go live with in another state in countryside after few days after the funeral because your mother has begged, saying you’re an obedient and kind child. You’re mute due to a traumatic childhood brought upon you while your father was still alive, you went mute even before he died, who’s also been the one who has abused you in many and horrible ways. Your father was also the reason for why your mother lost contact with her best friend, when you were just born because, your mother refused to listen to her friends advice on leaving your abusive father. Just few months before your mother died, knowing that her time was limited, she reconnected with her childhood best friend and she in turn came down to your state along with her nineteen year old son to see and help you take care of your mother