Lost Girl

This is only the beginning

My name is Zara Noel Amaro and when I was 16 years old I was raped and the rapist got me pregnant and I was too scared to tell my parents because I didn't want to disappoint them so after the trial I ran away from home. My dad is a detective so I had to make sure not to leave a trace so I took the tracker out of my phone so that I could still use it without them knowing, then I walked into my closet where I had a safe with my important documents, weapons like a knife, a gun, pepper spray, a taser, and money inside for emergencies. My family is rich so I had quite a bit of money in the safe but most of it was in a bank account. So I took about $10,000 in cash, the knife, gun, pepper spray, and the taser for protection, my laptop(which I also took the tracking chip out of), my phone charger, my laptop charger, an adapter, my wallet with my passport, drivers license, ID card, and Social Security card inside, a blanket, some clothes and split the items up. I put the blanket, and my wallet in the backpack and put everything else in the duffle bag then I jumped out of my bedroom window and ran as fast I could out of the driveway without anyone seeing me and then I walked to the nearest bus station and walked inside. I made sure to stay out of sight of any cameras or have my back to them. I bought a bus ticket to Indiana and left New York City. When I got off the bus in Indiana I was at a truck stop because that's where the bus stop was so I walked inside. Inside the truck stop was a diner, a convenience store, and a couple different fast food restaurants. So I went to the diner and got some breakfast. Once I sat down and ordered I was looking around and I noticed this guy who was probably in his 30's(also eating alone)just staring at me so I just waved with a blank face, then he waved back and looked away so I looked away too. After I finished my breakfast I left $20 dollars on the table and walked into the convenience store and I grabbed some snacks, drinks a baseball hat, a map, and some sunglasses then I walked over to the cash register and paid for them and then I walked outside. Outside of the truck stop I sat down on the sidewalk and put on the hat and sunglasses I just bought then I pulled at the map to figure out where exactly I was going to go when the guy who was staring at me came out and stood in front of me so naturally I pulled the map down and looked up at him and he said "I'm Frank" and extended his hand. I hesitated for a second but then I stood up and shook his hand and said "Zara" he then said "well it's nice to meet you Zara, I just wanted to say I'm sorry for staring in the diner you just looked scared with your blank face and teary eyes and I apologize if I scared you or creeped you out." I said "It's ok thanks for apologizing" he then asked "so why'd you wave?" I responded with "I don't really know, but I have a good sense when it comes to people and you just seemed stand-offish so I wasn't scared of you" then he said "yeah I get that a lot'' then we both laughed. Then the conversation got serious again and he asked "so what are you scared of?" I said "going home, I ran away and I know I'll have to go back at some point but not anytime soon." He asked "what are you running from?" I said "myself" he said "ok so where are you going now?" I said "I don't know I just got here, I ran away from home last night and hopped on a bus here to Indiana." He said "how old are you?" I said "16" he said "and you're running from home?" I said "yeah..." he said "ok you can say no because I'm just a stranger but if you want to come with me I'll protect you, I promise I won't hurt you." We sat in silence for like 5 minutes while I thought about it.... then I said "ok I trust you, if you wanted to hurt me saying no wouldn't have been an option, you probably wouldn't even have talked to me just hit me over the head or something and thrown me in your trunk." He said "that's probably true, so that's my van over there *he pointed across the parking lot to his black ford van that was lifted and had those circle lights on top* do you want me to grab your bags?" I said "you know a van should probably be a sign to run but that van looks awesome and that's ok I got it but thanks!" He said "ok then, follow me." as we were walking across the parking lot I said "and you're not a stranger, you're Frank!" We both laughed a little at that. Once we hit the road we started talking and he told me about himself and I told him about myself. His last name is Corona and he's actually 42 so I was wrong about his age. He looks good for 42 though if I thought he was like 33 maybe 35.