Beat The Loser
Prologue

I used to have it all - the perfect life, the perfect family, the perfect house, perfect, perfect, perfect. It only took one second for it all to be gone.
I'm not going to make what happened a mystery; my parents were going on a date for their anniversary, I was left home alone. A guy who was higher than Mount Everest thought it would be a great idea to drive, and well, you know the rest. My parents both died that horrible night.
Neither of my parents had siblings. All my grandparents died. No relatives. But the police found the plans my parents had for if they unexpectedly died. I would live with my Mom's best friend, Ann.
"Have you ever met Ann?" Officer David Davis asked me at the police station, where I'd spent the night in an office. Ann was coming to pick me up soon.
"Yes, a few times," I replied, my voice choked. "But my parents and her liked to do things together alone. I never went."
Officer Davis nodded. "So did anyone tell you where Ann lives?"
I realized no one had and shook my head, a tear rolling down my cheek.
"New York City!" he exclaimed, trying to make it sound great. "Right between Times Square and Central Park. Beautiful places!"
I used to watch the news a lot. There had been a lot of murders in the city, I knew. "Is it...Safe?" I asked. I didn't bother trying to hide the worry in my voice.
Officer Davis nodded vigorously. "Very. Times Square is mostly filled with clueless tourists," he informed me. "People are everywhere, twenty four-seven. And it's a wealthy area to live. You're going to have a pretty great life, Catalina."
I nodded. My life didn't feel great right now.
A few minutes later, Ann came to the police station to pick me up. Her eyes were red, like she had been crying the whole way here. She'd just lost her best friend, and I'd just lost my mom.
Now I was going from a small town near Albany to The City That Never Sleeps.
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