Where it all began.

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Dad threw me out if the house again. Fucking hell. I sat down on our rotten porch with a sigh. As I put my head in my hands I saw something in the grass. A cracked iPhone 6, my dads. I picked it up and turned it on. It didn't require a passcode. I looked at it in awe. I could barely read because my parents didn't let me to to school so my sister had tried to teach me. I went in to number pad and clicked in 911. After two signals someone on the other end of the line picked up.
"911 what's your emergency?" A woman asked. Her voice soft and kind.
"Uhh" I stuttered, not knowing what to say.
"Miss, are you in some kind of danger?" She asked.
"I don't know" I whispered. "I think so"
"My name is Maddie, what's your name?" The woman asked.
"Estelle Miller, but my sister used to call me Ellie" I whispered.
"Okay Ellie" I heard Maddie saying while she typed something.
"Ellie, where are you?"
I froze.
"I - I dont know" I stuttered.
I heard Maddie swallowing.
"I think" I said "I think somewhere outside Los Angeles"
My voice was shaking now as tears rolled down my cheeks.
"Okay" Maddie said "it's gonna be alright, I'm gonna help you through this"
I started saying something but my voice got lost when I heard my dad scream. Stanley Miller, that was his name.
"Shit" I whispered "this was a mistake, I'm sorry".
I hung up.

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