That Summer

A Long Roadtrip

Flashback......

I  was at home cooking my special mini cupcakes, red velvet mint ,Yumm. My Mom was packing our stuff for the road , I didn't want to leave Utah but we had no choice. I thought about how I would miss my friends and not get to spend summer with them. "Are you almost done, we have to go", my mom wobbled into the kitchen with her big belly sticking out,"yeah mom I'm putting the cupcakes in the containers for the road know". I looked out the window one last time just to remember my nieborhood where I grew up ,one last time before we left, but instead I saw Marcus , my moms exboyfriend that  thinks he is Michael Jackson and he is addicted to drugs . "Mom we gotta leave he's here, he's gonna hurt you mom!". I got even more scared when he got out the car and slammed the door shut." Mom he's coming!". I watched as my mom started to panic. " Get the luggage lacy ,go!". I hurried the back door to the car with the luggages and my cupcakes and threw them in the trunk. I went back inside to get my mom." Heather don't leave me!!!",said Marcus, and then he punched her in the eye! "Mom come on, we gotta go!". I stood there in shock as Marcus grabbed me by my hair and yanked me back."Lacy!", said my mom. I started to cry until it turned into sobbing ."LET ME GO!". I kicked and punched him right in the area and he got down on his knees and screamed furiously ." Come on mom", I helped my mom out of the house and helped her in the car. As we speed off a looked back to see an angry Marcus getting in his car to follow us!

Present......
"Mom he's still following us", I said ,as we swerved through the Rocky Mountains leaving Utah. She stepped on the gas harder making  a bigger gap between the two cars. I could tell she was getting frustrated and still panicing ,so I reached behind me were the trunk was. "Do you wanna cupcake mom? There cooled off ",I asked. Without even answering she took the cupcakes and stuffed her mouth.
"Mmm these are good!","it would have been better with the icing?". I reached forward to grab a cupcake to taste, "yep better with icing".We were still driving for 30minutes and Marcus was speeding up nearing us like he was gonna hit the car."He's getting close", I said. "That's it I'm calling the cops",said my mom. As we came to a stop at a red light my mom pulled out her phone and dialed 911. I looked back to see Marcus jerking forward with an angry look on his face. Then he plunged right into the back of my moms Audi hard. "Officer he just hit right into the back of us!", said my mom. My mom sat there with tears rolling down her cheeks."Mom it's gonna be ok", I said trying to comfort her. She nodded her head a little and gave me a warm smile. "The lights green", said. We heard sirens 10 minutes later and looked back to see the police right behind Marcus trying to pull him over. Once Marcus finally came to a stop I felt a feeling of joy and I'm pretty sure my mom felt the same. I didn't know how long we were driving but I woke up to horns beeping as we were on a high freeway stopped in a long line of traffic. I looked at are gas and it was very low! "Mom shouldn't we get some gas when we get off this freeway?", I asked."No we have enough to last us to get to a hotel soon", said my mom. I got out my phone to watch my favorite chief show, "The Margo Show" on Netflix. When we got off the freeway the car started making weird noises like rumbling. "Mom I think we should stop", I said , but instead the car stopped on its own! "F***!!!", my mom shouted. As we got out the car we saw a sign leading to a nieborhood that read "WESTBROOK". A bunch of smoke came out the car as my mom lifted up the front trunk. Everyone told me I looked just like my mom, her dark black hair, her small nose, and her big brown eyes, her eye! "Mom how's your eye doing?", I said it looked worse than it looked when we left home."Does it look that bad?",said my mom. I didn't want her to feel worried ,she's already been through enough stress when her parents died and it wasn't healthy for the baby. "No mom it's not bad I was just asking if there was any pain still", I lied."oh baby it's feeling better", said my mom. Just then a pickup truck pulled up next to us with two people which looked to be in there 50s."y'all need any help!", the husband said."Yes are car broke down and we don't have a place to stay", said my mom."Well we have got just the thing for y'all", said the wife. They both got out the truck and the wife walked towards us as the husband got his generater out and his clips."Hi my name is Mrs Lewis and that's my husband Mr. Lewis but you can call us Barbra and Steve",said Barbra. "Nice to meet you Barbra, I'm Heather and this is my Daughter Lacy",said my mom."Nice to meet you Lacy", said Barbra as she reached out to shake my hand." Nice to meet you",I said sweetly."Alright your car is all fixed I'll be back tommorow to fix the big hump on your car, may I ask what happened?", said Steve.
"Oh we just got in a little axcedent on the way here", lied my mom."come on over here Steve and introduce yourself", said Barbra. Steve came over to use and shook our hands."So y'all are new around here?", asked Steve."Yeah we were looking for a place to stay, but I guess we've found one here",said my mom.