Don't Run Away

Chapter 3

Right when everything was repaired, I got in my car and drove around with my freedom. I went shopping, got gas for this car because it was low! Also, the battery light was on and I got a new battery. I was extremely happy to have my car, phone, and even freedom of money spending again. 

I checked my phone and I got a text from my sister Mia. She asked if she wanted to meet up with me because she wanted to see me but she was too afraid to come over when I was in house arrest. I accepted her offer and she asked to meet me this Saturday at 7 AM for breakfast and coffee. It was a Thursday today so I get to go in two days. 

I wanted to clean up my looks. I was accused of the robbery at a store but it was not me. I promise. I am innocent but I only got a house arrest which is fine by me. I first went to go buy a lot of new clothes which I already did when I was shopping before I bought about thirty full outfits. Then, I got a haircut and I shaved. Then, I went back to the store and bought some more soap and shampoo. 

Then finally I went home and got ready. I am only 23. I do not want my life to be criminal life for nothing I did. Now, I keep a body camera which records everything I do. This day was going by super fast and I was loving it. This was my first day of freedom. I felt so happy I could do anything right now. 

After a little while of relaxing, I setup all of my new things that I bought. I took a shower and felt so fresh. I invited my other sister Allyssa for dinner for something tonight for a special release of house arrest. 

She wanted to and did. I made us a few big steaks and poured us some wine. She was coming over in about an hour or so and I still had to do one thing, I still had to make the corn and mashed potatoes. 

When she arrived, I had everything setup and my whole house was now good to go. She sat down and we started to eat. We talked about how life was going for her. She told me that she had some news to tell me. She told me that she has to bring me to go to a 'special place.' I asked her and she said that it was just a special place. 

I was concerned and slowly gave her an "...okay?" She told me that we are going first thing in the morning. She told me that I would be driving there and that I need to pick her up at her new house and she gave me her new address. 

She also told me that I need to find myself a new home. She told me that my address is all over the news but not only that. They are telling people to come and burn your house down to the ground. I jumped. Ten minutes later she left and told me to be at her house at 8 AM. 

Before I went to bed, I started to look at new houses on my phone. I am looking for a house under $450,000 with at least three bedrooms. I like having two extra rooms. I looked at about ten houses and I liked one house. Which the open house is next weekend. It is a 2.5 bathroom and 3 bedroom house. 

I went to bed and set my alarm for 6 in the morning. The next morning, I took a shower and got ready to go. I grabbed my keys and went in the car to go.  I went to the address and she came out of the house with a box in her hand. She told me that the box had a surprise inside. She put on music and we had a silent ride. She gave me a destination and I drove there. 

It was a half an hour ride and when we arrived, she told me to knock on the door. I told her to come along with me but she refused. She did not even tell me where we are. I rolled my eyes and went to the door. The person who opened the door was... our mother. I have not seen her in eight years. She was a flight attendant and never came home one day and nobody saw her. 

She gave me a hug and I brought her to the car. We were just joyriding and talking. She told me that she came back two months ago. She got in contact at a Taco Bell to Allyssa. My mom one day called in sick to work. Then, she went to another man's house who she met online. She was cheating on my father. She went to the man's house immediately got in a head lock and got duct tape over her mouth. She was put in a basement. She was there stuck in a cage doing nothing and only got to eat and sleep. 

Then one day as the man was moving out of the house, the man put her in a big box and put her in the moving truck. At one point where he went inside his new house while bringing boxes in, he brought her in and set her down to go back out and get more boxes. She used her sharp, uncut nails and cut the tape on the box. She ran out and ran to Taco Bell next door. That is when she called my sister. 

We all went out to eat and explained our life. We were all catching up on life. I explained how I am looking for houses and going to see the house this weekend. My mother told me that she is starting her new job in a couple days as well. She is doing the same thing she did before, flight attendant.