Save Me

Prologue

Charlotte's POV

"Goodnight my beautiful Charlotte. Don't let the bedbugs bite."  My mom says as she turns off the light and closes the door. Once I make sure she's gone I pull out my flashlight and sketchpad. I keep working on my drawing of my mom, my dad, and me. For a ten year old I'm pretty good.  As I'm drawing I hear a loud crash which makes me flinch causing me to draw a lie through my dad's face. Did mom drop something? 

I get out of bed with my flashlight and peek out to the hallways. It was pitch black. I close the door behind me and walk towards the kitchen and living room. 

"Mom?" I call out. I hear my mom knock down some more things before running out of her room and coming to me. 

"Honey. We're gonna play a little game okay?" I nod and wait for her to go on. "You find a hiding place and just stay hidden. Then I'll come find you." 

"Okay!" I start to run off and crawl under the couch. I turn off my flashlight and wait for her to find me. My mom goes out the sliding door in front of the couch and a man follows behind her. 

"No! Please! What about Charlotte?!" She yells as the man stabs her. Blood splattered everywhere. Then I screamed and got up from under the couch. The man looks at me and starts to walk toward me.  I run to the kitchen and grab a knife. 

"S-stop." The man comes into the kitchen and gets closer to me. I look at his face and realize it's my dad. 

"D-daddy? W-why?" I couldn't even cry. My mom just died but I couldn't shed a single tear. 

"I'm so sorry Charlotte." He drops the knife and walks away. I stand there knife in hand for ten minutes before the police got here.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?" The police officer asks. I opened my mouth to speak but no words came out. I stood there looking like a gaping fish. "Did you see who did this?" I just nod and point towards the backyard where my dad had walked off too.  The officer took the knife out of my hands and gave me a sympathetic look. "Williams! Get this little girl outta here and try to get in contact with some family."  Williams came and picked me up, then he put me in a police car.

"It's gonna be okay. You're going to be okay."