Terrance dropped me off at my parents house and ad soon as I walked out the car he drove off quickly as possible. I walked up to the door and stopped for a moment. Unsure if i should just walk in as i used to or ring the door bell. I decided to ring the doorbell and a tiny feeling of nervousness grew inside me along with the butterflies in my stomach. My mother answered the door. "Hello. Do you need anything?" she asked. Did she not remember me? could she not tell I was her daughter? Did she even miss me?. "Umm.." i said. I didn't know what to exactly say to her. "Wait a minute.." she put her hand on my face and rubbed my cheeks. "Ella.. is that you dear?" she asked. "Yes" i responded. She cried of joy and hugged me tight. "I thought i would never see you again" she replied. She looked at my arms and my legs and she noticed the bruises. "What...What happened to you?" she asked. "I umm.. well.. i dont know" I said to her. I lied right through my teeth. She brought me inside the house and as soon as I walked in my sister and about 6 other people were sitting on a couch and I see my picture in the middle of the floor. "What's going on?" i asked. "We thought you were dead so we were preying for you" she whispered to me. "ELLA!!" My little sister yelled as she ran to me and gave me a big hug. My little sister is 5 years old and her name is Farrah. She means the world to me and she always looks up to me and says she wants to be just like me when she grows up but if she only knew what goes on she wouldn't want to be like me. "Hi Farrah" I said as i hugged her. I could hear her crying and sniffling. "I thought you were gonna leave me forever" she said while crying. "I would never leave you Farrah" I said trying to make things better. Everyone in the house just began looking at me and at my bruises. I recognized a dude that I used to hate in high school. His name was Zayne Quinders, he used to bully me in high school with his friends. After my sister stopped hugging me I walked outside to sit in the backyard and i noticed that Zayne followed me outside. "If your here to pick on me please don't because i'm not in the mood." I said without facing him. "I'm not here to pick on you and i'm very sorry that I did before. I guess i didn't realize what i had lost once you left" he replied. I was confused. I think he's trying to say that he missed me. "Oh" i responded. "Where were you?" he asked. I couldn't say where i was because i told Terrance i wouldn't tell anyone and he threatend to kill my family and i if i did. How was i gonna come up with an excuse? "I...I was...Umm... i got lost in a forest.." I said dishonestly. "Oh.. well, i'm glad your back" he said. "Yeah.. me too" I replied.
