Captured

Gone

Natalie's POV
6:30 pm
It was a quite night. One of those October nights where you just wanna wear a hoodie. I sat down with my family, if I only knew it would be my last meal with them. My dad passed me the carrots and I put them on my plate. It was just a casual night with casual conversation about school. We finished dinner and I offered to help my mom do the dishes.
While doing the dishes she had asked me if I had any colleges in mind. It was my junior year and I had to start doing college tours. I had looked at Stanford and John Hopkins because I wanted to be a doctor. I was leaning toward cardio-vascular or neurology.
We finished doing the dishes and I ran up to my room to finish packing my duffle bag. My friend Ellie and I were going on a road trip for spring break. I set my bag next to my bed and went to take a shower.
Once I returned from the shower I threw on a pair of joggers and a crop top and comb my hair. I climbed in my bed and set my alarm clock for 6:30 am, Ellie and I had planned to leave Salt Lake City at 7:30. I looked through Twitter and Instagram and watched a few YouTube videos. Then I locked my phone a fell quickly asleep.

5:30 am
I was awoken by a rustle. I got up to check what was going on. As I got out of bed somebody grabbed my throat. I panicked and started hitting whatever I could. "Shhhhhh" said my kidnapper. He started pulling me out of my window, I grasped my window ledge, be he kept pulling. My last resort was to grab my duffle bag. I grabbed it was ripped out of my home. Luckily he sun was coming up and my neighbor saw it happen. The man opened his van door and threw me in along with my duffle bag and closed the door. He climbed into the passenger seat and we were off. I was frightened. It was pitch black in the car. We drived for what felt like hours. The van came to a hault and that's when everything unfolded...

Natalie's Mom POV

5:45 am
I awoke to banging on the door. I quickly threw on my robe and went down to the front door. I opened and saw a police officer standing there.
"Good morning m'am," said the police officer, "May I come in?"

I opened the door and let him in.
"You should probably wake your husband" said the officer.
"Why what's wrong?" I said.
"I think your husband should be with you for this." He replied
I woke up Matt and we sat down at the kitchen table.
"Coffee?" I asked the officer.
"Please m'am, that would be great." replied the officer.
I made three cups of coffee and then sat down at the table for what be the worst news of me life.
"At 5:30 we got a call from your neighbor saying that she had seen your daughter being pulled out of her window and thrown into the back of a van. Your neighbor wasn't able to stop the man but she got a description of the van" said the police officer.

       My heart sank into my stomach. My baby girl was gone.