My heart beats seem to get louder and louder. The clock looks as if its getting slower by the minute. I feel as if time is frozen and I'm stuck in this awful place. I close my eyes and try to imagine Audrey's face. I'd give the world just to see her right now.
I'm starting to get paranoid. It feels like the walls are closing in on me. I'm hoping this is just another nightmare and I'd wake up in just a few minutes.
I'm shaking uncontrollably. The only thing making noise in this room are my fingers tapping continuously on this metal table.
John Stark walks in. He's the one who will be giving me the test.
"Hello Mr. Drakeford."
" Just call me Henry."
"Well okay then Henry lets get to it."
He starts hooking me on to this machine. I try hard to get my heart and breathing as normal as possible.
"Question 1. You stated before that your wife was severly injuried and ended up dying when she was hit by a bus . Is this correct ? "
"Yes"
"Question 2. On the night of March 15th 1999, you told us you were with your family. Is this information correct?"
"Yes.."
"Question 3. Do you have Audrey's birth certificate and papers ? "
I couldn't answer that. They would know something was going on. I was starting to get choked up.
" May I go to the restroom?"
" Not until you answer the question Mr.Drakeford."
"No okay. I don't have Audrey's papers."
" Really, why so?"
" I don't know. They went missing."
" So Mr.Drakeford , your telling me that your 'daughters' papers magically got up and went missing."
" You know exactly what I meant. I will not sit here and be harassed by you. Just because I don't have Audrey's papers doesn't mean that I don't have the right to call her my daughter. Shes mine and no one will take her away from me."
" Shut your mouth Mr. Drakeford. I don't get paid to hear the trash that comes out of your mouth."
The nerve of this man. All I wanted to do was stand and give him a piece of my mind. But I'd get arrested for assaulting someone thats part of the law.
Utter silent flowed in the room. I've finished the test and I'm praying to God that I have passed.
This lady knocks and comes into the room.
" Hi Mr. Drakeford, I'm Jenna Ford and I'm in charge of the lie detector test answers. In this folder I have your results."
I felt a drop of sweat roll down the side of my face. It's time.
