*3 years ago*
I wake up to my mom shaking me and telling me we have to go.
"Let's go, we need to get out now" she says. She sounds scared.
"Mom? Where are we going?" I ask. My mother looks like she's been out drinking again, but that doesn't surprise me. Lately, that's all she's been doing.
"We're leaving. Let's go, don't wake your father up. I packed the stuff you need for now, we'll come back for everything else eventually." She pulls me out of bed and carries me down the stairs into the living room where I see my 14 year old brother Miles, and my 7 year old brother Ryan.
"Where are we going?" I whisper to Miles. "Are we leaving dad? I don't want to leave dad."
Miles looks at me and I instantly take back what I said. It's a rule that people aren't allowed to talk to him within an hour of waking up.
"I don't know Mack, I'm scared." He replied. Miles is scared, and that made me scared. My mother is pacing by the door, and all of a sudden headlights pull in to our driveway.
"Miles, Ryan, Mack, let's go." She whispers.
Ryan and I walk towards the door, but Miles stays leaning on the couch.
"I'm not going unless you tell me where and why. I don't want to leave dad." He says.
"I'll tell you in the car. Let's go." My mom whisper-yells. As I get closer to her, I can smell substances that are probably illegal and I start wondering why she's making us leave with suitcases at 4 am. Maybe a surprise vacation?
Miles starts walking towards the door which is being held open by my mom. "We're coming back tomorrow right?" He asks.
"We'll see." Mom says, and she grabs him by the back of his head and pushes him out the door before carefully shutting it. "Get in the car."
I turn to see who's in the drivers seat, and it's someone I've never seen before. I don't want to get in.
"No." I say. "Miles, who is that? I want to stay."
"Get in the fucking car Mackenzie."
"Don't say that to her, what the hell is wrong with you? Just tell us where were fucking going and who that man is and maybe this won't be so hard for you." Miles practically yells.
I look around for Ryan, he's already in the car. The man who was in the drivers seat isn't there anymore, and the last thing I see before blacking out is him walking towards me and grabbing me.
