I Swear It All Over Again (Book 1)

Chapter 8

~~Annabel~~

"Mom can I go for a walk please, I've been in this house all day." I complain, it was six o'clock and my mom has kept me in this house, ever since what happened with Ray. I was sitting on the couch and my mom was in the kitchen cooking dinner. I took a bite out of my green apple, getting up, and watched my mom from behind the white counter. She's cutting up carrots, then dumping them in a pan before she walked over to the sink, turning on the water. She put her hands in the water and grabbed the soap and started washing her hands.

"Please mom I'll bring my purse and my phone. I know how to defend myself thanks to you." I try to convince her to say something. She sighs, putting her fingers on her temples and rubbing them after turning off the water then taking a towel and drying her hands off. She turned her body around to look at me and I saw tears start to form in her blue eyes.

"Annabel you didn't learn those moves from me, you learned them from your father." She explains and I felt my eyes widen as she wiped her tears away and went back to the pan."Your father taught you when you were five, you were a very smart little girl at that age thanks to your father. You were also a very fast  learner. Your father and I wanted you to be safe so I let him teach you how to defend yourself," she paused and opened up the fridge, "but I knew that you wouldn't be safe unless you stayed with me."

She stops and grabs the milk carton before closing the fridge door. "Why?" I asked sitting down in one of the chairs at the counter that spins around in circles.

"His job." She wiped her face off with another towel and got back to cooking. I knew that if I asked any more questions that she would end up crying or snapping at me again. I took slow and steady steps away from the kitchen and went up to my room. This was the time I could search through my moms room. I went into my mom's room and knew where to check first.

The box she put under her bed.

 I got on my knees and poke my head under the bed and saw that box. I grabbed the box and pulled it out of the bed and put it on the bed. I slowly unfolded the box tabs and saw a whole stack of pictures with dates on the back of them.

I picked up the first one and saw me when I was a little kid. I was wearing blue jeans and a black shirt. My hair was pulled back in a high pony tail and my mother was next to me and we were looking at a phone screen. I smiled at the picture and put it back in the box and picked up another one. This one was a picture of my mother she was sitting at the counter and was crafting something. It was a piece of paper that said ' I love you ' in sparkling glitter with hearts around it.

Probably something for my father. I put it back in the box and picked up another picture. This one had my mom in it and my father.  I close my eyes and took deep breaths. Open your eyes and take a long look at your father. Do it now before something happens!

I opened my eyes and saw my mother wearing a white wedding dress with her hair in a bun with braids in it. She had her head on my fathers chest and they were standing up. My father was wearing a black tux seto with a black tie and a white under shirt. He had brown hair that was flipped over on the right side of his head and was tall.

I flip the picture over on the back and found that it had a note on the back. "Wedding day :) Bella + Ray ♡ ". I felt my heart start to beat harder and faster it felt like it was just about to come out of my chest. I closed my eyes and put my hand over my mouth as my legs felt like they were going to give out on me.

Ray is my dad are you kidding me! I was right next to him today. Did he remember me?

 No wonder why my mom was snapping at him. . .

I sucked in air and putting that picture in my pocket. I dug through the box a little more and found roses and other things. Then, I saw a picture that made my stomach get strange and I felt dizzy. I picked up the picture and took a long look at it.

The picture had my mom and Captain Man sitting on Santa's lap and my mom was wearing a pink sweater, jeans, and pink boots. Captain Man of course was wearing his costume and his mask on but they kissed right in front of Santa. Santa had his hands in the air they must have took this picture for fun.

My father is Captain Man which means that Ray is Captain Man.

Does Henry know that?

I shook my head and put the picture in my pocket.

I have to tell Henry about this in person.

I folded the box tabs, closing it then sliding the box under the bed, running out of her room and walking into my room. I opened my window carefully making sure no noise came from it and quickly noticing a tree right by my window.

 How cliché.

I put my foot on the thick tree branch and got outside. I gripped the tree and reached for my window and closed it then slowly started to climb down the tree. When my feet touch the grass I quickly glance around at my surroundings. I started running suddenly I remember that I forgot my purse. I needed to go get it, it had a lot of things in there that are important. When I turned back around I saw three men in front of me I stepped back. Just then I felt hands grab my arms, tightly and legs from the behind so I can't move or fight.

I was about to scream for help but the tall man in front of me put duck tape on my mouth they were all wearing black. There was at least five or six men who threw me in there trunk then everything went black.

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