My Reflection
8 years ago I was eight when I lost the most important person in my life ,my mom.She protected,loved,and taught me to be the person who I am today.She was the only one who truly wanted me because my own father disowned me and left my mother for his gang .But I lost everything,the day she was shot in front of my innocent brown eyes.I was only eight when two men decided to break into our home and held a gun to my mom's head and beat the consciousness out of her and me.I remember it clearly a stained memory on my brain .
8 years ago.....
"So how has school been?"my mom asks.
"It's been ok ."I reply.She cleans up our plates from the table and heads to the sink to wash them .
"That's good."she says as the water from the sink pours and I stand next to her as she washes the dishes.
"So I was thinking that we could visit your aunt in Atlanta this summer?"she says.
"That's like a 6 hour drive ."I reply.
"Yeah but it would be nice and we could do something different for once."she explains.
"Fine.Im tired anyways so I'm going to sleep."I say
"Ok then ,I'll just finish washing the dishes .Goodnight mija and don't forget to set your alarm."she says and sends me an air kiss as I exit the kitchen.
I walk to my room and change into some comfortable clothes.Then I set my alarm and tuck myself to bed.Just as I'm about to fall asleep , I get this weird feeling as if there is something wrong but can't tell what is .I feel confused and decided to turn on my lamp on the nightstand .I sit up because now I can't sleep.I start thinking about what to do and all of sudden my thoughts are interrupted by my mother's screams.I jump up from my bed and rush down the stairs to see two guys beating my mother .I stand behind the wall that separates the two guys an and I .They're screaming at her asking her for money and directions as to where my father is .I wonder why they ask for my father if he left the day he figured out she was pregnant.She lays on floor like a sack,not moving .They keep on screaming at her and take out a gun.Then all of a sudden I hear someone calling my name and look at my mother to see if she is calling me but she is still lying on the ground and her lips are shut.So I turn around and see a girl who looks just like me at the top of the stairs .She's wearing the same clothes as me and looks as if she's my reflection.
"Vanessa watchout !!You need to leave!"the girl points to something and I soon as I'm about to turn around to look at what she was pointing to I hear my mom scream no.I descend to the ground realizing I've been shot in the leg and my heart sinks when I realize my mom has been shot and is gone along with the pure white walls that are now stained with her blood. I want to dig my nails in their faces and scratch it like a chalkboard until I see the blood running down like a waterfall but I can't .These men,no not even men, because they don't even deserve to be called anything close to human,these demonic creatures have now left me without a mother but my leg is numb and I can't move .I try to scream but my lips are motionless.I feel as if I am paralyzed and all I want to do is sleep this nightmare away but it's not a nightmare it's reality,my new reality..As I'm about to shut my eyes ,I hear the sirens and see the two creatures run out of the home .The cops catch them before they can escape .I hear people conversate and then all of sudden I feel someone's hand grab me and put me on a stretcher .
"Your going to be ok,just hold on ."someone says and I hear the doors shut and everything fades away....
"The girl is ok ,it was a shot in the leg,luckily she will be able to recover since she is young.We also Id her ,her name is Vanessa Fernandez,age 8.Father is part of a gang ,Marco Fernandez, left when her mother told him that she was expecting his child.The mother got shot in the head and did not make it. She has no siblings nor does she have family that live nearby except an aunt in Atlanta,Ga.So what she would??"a woman officer asks another man.
The man looks at her hesitantly before saying,"Call the aunt in Atlanta and let her know that her niece has been left without a mother ." Before the man can walk out of the room ,the woman asks,"Do you think this is gang related?".They don't realize that I can hear everything and I'm just pretending to still be asleep.And how could this have anything to do with my father??
I open my eyes and they stare at me intently.They call the doctor ,he checks on me to make sure I'm ok and then leaves me with officers after he sees that I'm fine.It's silent until one of the officers breaks the silence .
"Vanessa,Right??"The woman asks .
"Yes that's my name"I reply
"We understand your mom has passed away and you must be sad & confused."she says.
"I am ."I reply with a broken voice .Although I know mostly mad .
"We know you have no Immediate family but you will need someone to take care of you.So we have contacted your aunt from Atlanta."she states.I was 10 ,a 10 year old girl was sitting in a hospital with no mother ,father,sister,brother,nor a family member to comfort her and tell her that everything was going to be ok ,that her mom had left but was in heaven with the rest of the angels like her,that this nightmare would be over yet it wouldn't because it wasn't a nightmare ,it was life.The only close thing to a hug & warmth there was at the moment was from the hospital blankets that were wrapped around her and the anger in her mind.
"Your aunt is on the way ."she says and the officers exit the room,leaving an empty girl in a room that will forever remind her of the sad truth.
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My Reflection
Misterio / SuspensoVanessa Fernandez loses her mom at age 10 .Her Father,a gang leader, left when he figured out that Vanessa's mother was pregnant with his child .Vanessa is about to go to sleep one night until she hears her mother screams and she rushes downstairs...
