Zevin

Chapter One

"So tell me how it all started Mrs.Wanser." said the third detective that morning. I responded, "Like I told the other two detectives I. Don't. Know!" As I slammed my hand down on the table. Panic rushed through me. "Just calm down" "No I will not calm down!" A colds hand brushed my neck and I felt a needle enter my neck and sleep came.

A new detective came in I guess when I was out. He sat on the other side of the metal table. I finally saw my reflextion. My face was ten different sades of blue, purple, and green. My once short clean brown hair was matted, long, and was a mixture of brown and blond. The dective droned on with the same questions. "Could you write it down?" He asked and pulled me out of my thoughts. "Maybe..." I said not finishing my sentence. "I will leave this book right here for you if you decide you want to." He said as he put down a brown leather book and black pen. I looked at it for a few minutes, picked it up and started writing.

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"Run Katherine! Run!", that is all I heard other than the wind grazing my ear. My momma was cheering me on. She wanted me to be free. Free of yelling, free of beatings, free of abuse. My clothes and food were on my back jumping up and down, up and down. I heard the front door open with a creak and bang. My drunk step-dad, Gabe, brought out his shot gun and then a long boom. My mom's loud voice disappeared. I could not look back. I could never look back. Gabe yelled out, "Come back her girl! So I can send you to your mother!" I felt a lump coming up my throat. My mom, one of my best friends was hurt, or worse gone.

That thought brought back many memories. I remember my third birthday party with my dad. My mom looked really happy, my dad was smiling. My mom's stomach was huge. I heard a song we all know and the smell of sugar. I just remember happiness and laughter and joy. Pure joy. Joy that has not been felt since that day. I also remember screaming and yelling and crying. Sadness dressed in black, laid in a coffin. My mom never smiling or happy ever again. I snapped out of my thoughts and turned into the woods on the left of me. I sat down near a creek to catch my breath. More memories flooded in. I remembered my best friend Jace. His brown eyes having an inoccent twinkle that was timless and an easy laugh from all the stupid jokes my brother says. I would miss him.

I had to get to the school. I had to get my brother I kept telling myself that as I got up from the creak, tempted to go back for my mom. I heard a loud rustling of leaves behind me. I pulled out my red, smooth, pocket knife and with as much courage I could muster I said "Come on out I am armed. " My voice cracked a little and I could feel the tears coming up. I heard a thud then, "Ouch! Damn branch!" I recognize that voice. "Jace is that you?" I said with relief and anger in my voice. "You found me out." he said with a little sarcasm in his. He walked out of the trees rubbing the top of his brown hair. "Told you not to look for me!" His chocolate brown eyes were twinkling. "Do you honestly think I am going to leave my best friend out here all on her own with no plan, no money, no one other than her little brother to help you out? Do you think I would let myself be worried sick about you or let the police question me about you? You are like my sister! I love you." I could not keep the tears down anymore. I ran up and gave him a hug. "Love you too Jace." My shaky voice said. My salty tears were coming down so hard that is all I could smell. Pretty soon all I could see was blackness.

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The memories were getting too much. Sleep tried to make its enterance at about 12pm. I got in some old trainie shirt and sweat pants from a grandma style dective and found a quite office with a couch. I felt sleep try to come as I put a pillow down and a blanket that a rookie gave to me. As soon as I closed my eyes I was asleep.

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