" You're safe now. It's alright, don't be scared, i've got you now. Just hush, hush we must be quiet
now little darling...Now just close your eyes and you'll be safe... As long as you're with me."
Those are the last words that I would ever hear from the boy next door, Jake, that was his name. He was my best friend and my savior. He was my love. But no one ever would hear me say those words. Jake was amazing, and he was kind, and he was all I could have asked for. No one knows my name, but if you're wondering it's Rose. Rosaline Taylor Perry. But he called me Rose. No one had spoken that name to me since I was a child, but the thing was that I didn't really mind.
"I've got you," he repeated over and over rocking me back and forth as I bawled into his shoulder. "Don't worry baby. I'm going to get you back. I promise." Then he pulled away for a moment and lifted the chain from around his neck gently placing it around mine. I cried even harder when he told me, "You keep this. I'll get it back from you soon. Okay?"
I felt around my throat for the necklace and realized it was his grandfather's ring that dangled from the chain. Jake leaned his forehead against mine. Then he did something he had never done before. His lips brushed mine so lightly it was almost as if I imagined it, then placed a tender kiss on the corner of my mouth. "I'll see you soon," he said but his eyes said differently. He looked at me as if this was the last time he would ever lay eyes on me.