Preface

Evolution. That one word by itself could strike controversy among many. It could cause wars between people of religion who believe in a God who created all things, or people of science who believe that everything began as a small spec of light that created the universe. Evolution, the theory that all things change and adapt over time to survive. Some say that evolution is fact, others say that it is just a theory, others refuse to even think about it. Due to beliefs and ideas, many hate those that research the theory of evolution, but only out of fear because inside they know the truth, they just don’t want to accept it. I’m not saying that we as humans were once chimps billions of years ago, or that there wasn’t a God who created all things, I’m saying that evolution is at work this very moment, changing the human species into something more. We are adapting. We are surviving.
In the end, it doesn’t matter what you believe, everyone will soon be in the same position between life and death.

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Audrey Carlton. It's a name simple enough, not very out of the ordinary. I was named after one of my mother's idles, Audrey Hepburn, a popular actress in the fifties and sixties. I believe that my mother hoped that by naming me after someone she always thought of as amazing that I would be just as great... I don't think her plan worked out too well.
Sometimes people tell me that my mother was a blond version of Audrey Hepburn. She was a classic beauty with a charm that could make anyone love her. They also tell me that I look just like my mother, with my father's light blue eyes and dark hair. I wouldn't know because all my memories were lost in the fire that stole my parents when I was just two years old. I'm the only thing remaining from my parent's life together.

My name is Audrey Anne Carlton and today is my seventeenth birthday, it's also the ten year anniversary of the day I murdered my best friend.