"Mom, there is someone at the door" I call to my mother who is preparing dinner in the kitchen. Two more raspy knocks are sounded from the other side of the door.
I open it up and my heart skips a beat at the sight of four police officers dressed in navy blue. Their eyes wander around the house before landing on me,
"Is Henry Moore home?" They ask. My mind races through every possible scenario to what they may be here for,
"Uh-what do you need" Is all I can manage to spit out. The male officer to my left opens his mouth to speak before all eyes turn to behind me as my father emerges from the hallway,
"Bella! Who is at the door?" He shouts. As he rounds the corner his eyes go wide at the sight of the officers. He takes of running down the hall, and all of them chase after. My dad has never been an athletic man so they catch up to him easily,
"Sir, you're under arrest for illegal drug possession" one of the police men say. They snap his handcuffs shut with a metallic "clink",
My mother emerges from the kitchen and gasps at the sight.
"Ma'am, your husband will be coming with us. We will contact you with further information as soon as we have it" the same guy says, and proceeds to drive away with my father in the back. Everything went by like a blur, and the whole time all I could do was stand and stare in shock.
After that night my mother changed. She would stay up all night drinking, and leave empty cans scattered around the house. I would have to cook meals and started working two jobs just to be able to afford food and rent. Every night would be spent crying myself to sleep as my once caring mom lay passed out on the couch downstairs.
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Lost and Found
RomanceBella Moore was a normal 17 year old girl until her life was turned upside down. Her dad was arrested because of selling drugs and her mother became a raging alcoholic. In a frantic attempt to run away from home and start over she got struck...
