In The Blink of An Eye

Chapter Two

As they arrive closer to the house, Angelina is curios as to why she wy she was picked up early and wants to ask. But she decides not too, simply because her father doesn't like to talk much. They come to find the front door unlocked and they walk in. Breakfast dishes from that morning were still out, a few broken plates here and there. As she begins to question what happened, her father immediately cut her off and sends her up to her room. She sets her book bag down, and begins walking to her bedroom. When she gets to her room she takes off her shoes and changes into a pair of jean shorts and a tank top, her mind going a mile a minute. She let's her hair down and sits at her desk still contemplating what the hell had happened. She opens up her laptop, and turns on some music in hopes to rel. She then slides her laptop to the side and pulls out her sketch book. She begins to draw what she saw when she walked into the kitchen. Her father knocks on her door and she told him to come in. When he walked in he told her to turn down her music and that he would be back sometime tonight. She wanted to ask where he was going but once again decided not too, knowing how her father is. So she quietly replied with "Okay". She watched out the window as he pulled out the driveway. She closes her laptop then goes down stairs calling for her mother, but no reply. Her mother is no where to be found.

Angelina tells herself that her mother is just out running some errands. She then decides to clean up the kitchen, to help out. She starts by cleaning up the broken plates and then moves to the kitchen sink and begins to wash the dishes. After drying and putting up the last dish, she wipes down the table and goes into the living room. She sits down on the couch and makes herself comfortable. She turns on the television but can't get any channel but static. Frustrated, she then turns off the t.v. and decides to wash her parents clothes. So she heads into her parents room to gather their dirty laundry. But as she entered the room, she could only find her fathers clothes, she couldn't find any of her mothers clothes. Starting to worry, she searches the whole house for her mothers stuff. But again, nothing was found. She sits down on the living room couch, confused. "Where could mom's stuff be?!" she questioned out loud.

Still confused, she just continues to do her fathers laundry. Once the washer is going, she goes back into the kitchen and makes herself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a glass of milk for lunch. She sits at the table eating her lunch. *Ring Ring! Ring Ring!* The house phone began to ring. "Ugh, seriously.." she mutters with a mouth full of peanu tbutter. She looks at the caller ID in hopes to see her mothers name. But instead it said "RESTRICTED CALLER". She then decides to let the call go to the answering machine. "Your call has been forwarded to an automated voice message. Please record your message after the tone." *Beep!* "Hello? Helloo? Is anybody there? Well... I guess not... *Sighs* Whenever you get this, call me back. It's very important. I know how to help you get away from there. No more abusive husband, no more teenagers. Just me and you. You know my number. Call me when you can." Said a mysterious man with a deep voice. Astonished, Angelina's mind begins to race with a million thoughts at once.

"Was my mom, having an a affair? Abusive husband? Who was that man over the phone? What was he talking about? Was he even talking about my mom? Did he even have the right number? Is this the reason mom is no where to be found? Was this the reason I heard yelling and crying this morning?"Freaking out, Angelina couldn't even finish her food. She began to pace around the kitchen. Unable to clear her head, she goes up stairs ignoring the beeping washer. It's only two in the afternoon now, but she turns on her music and lays down in her bed with hopes of getting rest.