Finding Home

Running Away

He hit me again and again and again the welt marks looked like I was a horse with an abusive jockey. I thought step dads were meant to try and get closer to you, not be like this. He said to me, " Reigan you should have cleaned you room!" I said to him " Stuff you Andrew." And that's when he said " I'm glad your mother committed suicide, it was probably because of you!" After that he stopped.

I limped to my room sobbing. I laid in my bed and looked at the old stained ceiling and thought to myself, "why am I still here?" And that's when I watched an advertisement on my television "you don't know where your family are search up there name on the website www.findmyfimily.com. And that's when I got on the computer.

I put in my real dads full name Robert Mckenzie, and I saw his picture I was astounded how different He looked I haven't seen him since I was five, I'm now 18 years old. it said he lived in Melbourne which isn't that far from her only about a plane trip away. The address was 52 shell road BrookField.

So in the middle of the night when Andrew was asleep I quickly packed my pink suit case, brought my piggy bank,got my passport and looked at he flight times there was one more leaving at 10:00pm it was 9:30pm! It takes a hour to get to the airport. I quickly went to the door but it was locked! I knew where the key was straight away, it was in the first draw on Andrew's bedside table in his room.

I knew this was going to be hard. I crept into his room and tiptoed to the bedside table, he started to flinch as if he was about to wake up I felt tingles going down my spine and my heart racing, but thankfully he didn't wake up. I grabbed the key about quick left the room. I unlocked the door and raced outside.

At this point I was feeling excited then I found out that there was no way I could walk there so I went to the highway and hitchhiked lucky for me a car stopped straight away there was a women in the car she said " jump in where you headed?" I said " Brisbane airport" she said "do you want me to go fast?" I said "definitely."

I literately got there in 10 minuets I said goodbye to the woman and went on my way. I got to the Check in desk and I said to the lady " one ticket to Melbourne please." she said is that a return flight as well I said "no." I finally boarded the plane and I thought to myself "finally I'm going." I woke up and the plane was about to land I was going crazy.

I got off the plane with my luggage and I went slot catch a cab. I finally got to the address, I knocked on the door and I said to the man that opened the door "are you Robert Mckenzie?" He said yes. Then I said I'm your daughter. He hugged me with joy and he invited me in.