The Life that was taken

Children's voices go through the car line as they wait for their parents/guardians to get them. The horn honks in the school car line. A small girl, age 10, looks up from her book, she smiles to see her mother.

She gets up grabbing her things, walking to the back seat of the car, "Hey mom!" The little girl, says smiling at her mother, who greets her back.

They soon leave the school grounds. Her mother bothers her about school, and of course, the girl tells the truth, "Julie, are you sure school was good?"Her mom asked, and Julie smiles to where her mom sees through the view mirror.

"Of course mom." It goes silent for a moment before she speaks, "May I borrow your phone, please?" she asked, and her mother nodded to her daughter but spoke so she understood. Julie reaches for her mother's phone only to take a selfie with it, then play games later on.

"Honey, what are you doing?" Her mother asked nicely, keeping her eyes on the road.

"I am just taking a picture, and playing games; that is all mom!" Julie, says and her mom smiles, soon enough they return home. Julie runs out of the car after she returned her mom's phone. She ran up to her room only to get started on her homework, to only get distracted by her toys. She played with her toys until dinner was ready. When dinner was ready, she walked downstairs to greet her father, who just returned home from work. They sit down at the table, and her dad says grace once food was on the table.

"Dear Lord. Thank you for the life you have given me; and my wife. We thank you for giving us the life we work hard for, and thank you for the food on our table every day. Amen." Her dad says calmly; his wife and daughter say amen along with him.

"Honey, can you pick up Julie tomorrow, I have to work late," Her mother says sweetly, as soon as they start to eat. He agreed, and the three of them eat, mashed potatoes, steak, beans, and on the side, ice cream. They joked during dinner, having fun. Soon enough dinner was done, and Julie put her plate in the sink, washing her plate to leave for her mother to put in the dishwasher later. She runs up to her room, and her mother yells up to her to take a shower and head to bed.

Soon the morning came, and Julie gets dressed and heads to school. Her mom drops her off first thing in the morning, and Julie waits in the cafeteria for the teachers to gather their students for class. The teachers shortly arrive, getting their students to class. Her first class starts with Math, then science, then soon enough lunch/recess came. The students all headed outside, and teachers with them.

Julie and her friends are in and out of sight. She hangs with Henry, John, Alice, Lillian, and Kathrine for the remainder of recess. She looks up to see the middle school across the road, but sees a car in the bus loop. Her father stands there, and he waves his hand over to her, so she runs over without telling anyone. "Dad?" She asked, confused.

He smiles at his daughter, "What is it, honey?" He says, calmly getting on his knees to look at her.

"What are you doing here? You're supposed to pick me up after school." She asks, more confused about the situation.

"Well, sweetie. I already called you out, so they told me to pick you up. Don't worry I already have your things I already have. Let's head home, okay sweetie" He says, and she nods getting in. Then he hears in the distance the teacher calling out for his daughter.

"Julie Rogers! You have an early dismissal!" He smirked, getting in the car, he looks at his daughter in the back seat. The teacher looks upon the children calling for Julie, but yells louder for her.

"Let's go, honey," he says, and he starts to drive off from the school, he hands her his food so she could have enough energy, but she soon passed out. He smiles to himself, picking up his daughter and takes her to his lab. He changes her clothes to lab clothes. She wakes up in the cell scared, she looks to the left of her, and she sees her father standing at the door. "Julie sweetie, it will be okay, alright? Don't worry," he speaks calmly.