LOST EVERYTHING

Chapter 3

I just want to enter a season of depression, knowing that my sister has been taken. But that won't help save her from whomever monsters took her away. I just want to crawl into my bed and never get out, but what good would that do? After all, I know what I can do to help her, so I have to at least try. Just like I was thinking that day before the day she was kidnapped, you have to try and get what you want. I want her safety, and so I am going to try and get it. Instead of being a victim, I should just try and solve the problem.

As I park my car, I take a deep breath before getting out. I look around as I get hit with nostalgia. The plants and trees are all around the house. It looks like how it did when we left. The design of the house, all of it just brought back lots of memories. I remember playing with my parents when I was like 9 when I didn't know they were manipulative monsters. When Kelly and I used to play tag, hide and seek, and other games when she was still young. I remember getting chased by a dog in this garden.

The reminder of what I used to do with Kelly made me want to break down. I felt a lump come in my throat as I thought of the possibility that I might not see her again. I know those are pessimistic thoughts, but they are still possibilities, and I don't know the future. I need to man up, and stay strong, she is still alive and her kidnapper might give her back if I follow orders, and luckily they are not telling me to do anything dangerous or illegal. Ok seeing my parents is dangerous in my eyes but still.

I find myself staring at the door as questions start to run through my head.

What are they going to do to me? Will they kill me? Won't they ask about Kelly? What do I tell them if they do? I confess that she was kidnapped. Won't they kill me for letting them take her? Won't they say I practically stole their child?

Lie.

Yes!!! That's perfect. But what do I say? I will just say ... she is in a boarding school. No, they might want to visit. She is at some camp? No, they might want to pick her up, and I can't think of the details of any camp. She got a scholarship to a school that is not in the country. YES. That one is it.

I find myself pacing before I walk back to the front door. My finger points to the doorbell and is just a few inches away from it.

Come on you have to do this. For Kelly...

I take a deep breath and pause for a second before I finally ring the bell. Overthinking takes time but I want my sister back asap.

My heart is beating at the speed of lightning as I feel the temperature start to rise. On the outside I am calm, but inside I AM RUNNING MAD. Why couldn't this be a nightmare??? I am not yet ready to face them.

I look at the door handle as it turns and the door opens, revealing my father. He stared at me with no words as I did the same.

OH MY GOODNESS. I JUST REALIZED I NEVER THOUGHT OF A REASON I CAME!!! I guess I will have to improvise. My lies are not good; this is going to be bad.

"Jean?" He calls my mother's name, still staring at me in shock.

"Yeah?"

"First come see this." He replies a few moments before she appears and mimics his reaction. "We both see Chase right? I am not hallucinating?" he asked.

"No, I see him too." She reveals.

"Hi, mother. Hello father." I greeted both of them with pure fear in my heart, even though I tried to keep my cool.

They did what I would never expect them to do. They both hugged me, causing me to just freeze. Strange. I was afraid of being murdered by them. I guess life is just what you never expect it to be. I guess its unpredictability is what keeps it interesting.