Through The Night

Ray

I ran until I hit the mansion, that's the last place I absolutely knew was clear as day. Hopefully Ray hadn't gone home. When I opened the door the first floor seemed completely empty but I also knew that no-one in out group had ever used the bottom. I bolted up the stairs and before I knew it , as careless as I was 38th them, my foot had fallen through one step. I felt the stung of the wood cutting into my ankle. But I had to know. I had to. I pulled out with a cringe and a cry in pain. Then I continued to volt up the rest of the stairs. The couch was empty and the place seemed cold.
I ran into the bedroom. Ray lay there on the bed. His legs dangling over the edge. He almost seemed to be asleep. I walked over to him and began shaking him but quickly let go. U backed up against the wall and slid down into the fetal position. Ray was cold. He was beyond cold. He was freezing. That was my only hope at figuring out what happened last night. The syringe lay on the floor and the tube still lay where I had thrown it.
I dont know how long I lay there. Hours, maybe days. I couldn't believe it. Ray, mom, dad,Amanda,Rachelle, all dead. All to be because of me. My thoughts were interrupted with sirens and the sound of a man talking through a bullhorn.
"Rachell!! Come out with uoure hands up!!" I began to cry. Standing up I walked to the window. I couldn't even begin to count the amount of cars that sat outside the mansion. He repeated his words and I limped down the stairs and out the front door. I could see them All pull their guns and none of this seemed real. Not me, it wasn't me!!!!! None of this was me!!!!!
I couldn't tell them though. I couldn't say that I would never hurt anyone. They wouldn't listen. They wouldn't care. I felt the handcuffs around my hands and knees. Two policemen out me in the back of a cop car. I couldn't speak as they read me my rights. I didn't even think I was breathing. The neighbor's all stood on their porches whispering about the Hale girl that murdered Her family and her boyfriend. I put my head down , unable to see their faces of horror anymore. What about my horror?!
I arrived at the state penitentary about an hour later and I was led into a room with only two chairs and a table. I was chained to the table. For the first time in my whole life someone paid attention to me, but it wasn't the kind of attention I wanted. A few moments later a man in blue jeans and a badge came in and sat in front of me. I watched him push record on the tape player.