Chapter 2 - Abandoned Garden

Hi! My name is Mattheo Oliver Duncan, 16 years old living in a small apartment in New York. I grew up with both of my parents in LA. However, we moved to New York after losing a lot of money. After moving into our apartment, my parents started not doing each other well. They would talk, but those talks always end up in an argument. They shout at each other all the time that our neighbors started complaining. Finally, my parents did the thing they needed the most. Divorce. After my father left our apartment, 7-year-old-me and my mom went on with our lives. It was more peaceful, than my father still being here and them always arguing. We stayed here for 9 years, including now. My mom enrolled me to BirkWood National High School, where I practically study since first year highschool. We were broke. So in order to help my mom, I applied a job at a café as a waiter. I work there from 3:30 pm (end of school hours) to 10:00 pm. But there has been always something that bothers me when I go to work. I always walk by an abandoned garden. I don't know who does the garden belong to. I don't know how long this garden has been in here. I tried to look for it in an Online Map in my laptop but it wasn't shown either. I asked a few people who were here before me and said that there's basically nothing there. Not even my mom sees the garden. Only I do. I don't know why. But after months of trying to search for it, no luck, I gave up. I just continued on with my life. Waking up at 6 am and going home at 10:00 pm. Little did I know something or rather someone will show me why and how I am different from other people.