It was just a normal day like any other, clear skies and the sun rays shining through my window, I'm thinking to myself " didn't I close the blinds last night?" So I called out to my sister " melisa! Were you in my room again? " I didn't get a reply " mom? Dad?" No answer. Immediately I realized it was the sixth of November, my birthday. "Oh!" I thought " my first ever birthday surprise! " so I started walking downstairs as quietly as possible, I heard talking in the dining hall. I was trying to peak around the walls of the staircase but I halted, froze in my tracks I started trembling as if I were naked in a blizzard of snow, tears falling from my eyes, both hands on my mouth so they would hear my whimpering. Strangers in the house! Not just strangers they were bad guys.
Three guys, that's the amount I could see from where stood. I had a feeling there were more of them but seeing my dad,my mom, and my baby sister, all tied up in the dining room chairs all I could do at that moment was try not to be discovered. I thought to myself " if I know their numbers I might be able to help my family "I gently leaned toward the corner wall of the staircase trying to get a better count of how many strangers were actually in the house...." Meow!" " zip!" I stood up like a light post against the wall hoping I wasn't noticed " meow!" I'm now completely scare and agitated thinking what can I do to get the cat to shut up, so I held him and massaged his head.
"Purrr!! Purr!!" I kneeled and peaked out to see if I was suspected! " where are the codes?" Said the big guy with the knife " you better start talking or else!!" Mom: " sobbing!!!!" Crying softly " I don't know about any codes! Please let us go..." Dad: " I already told you we don't have them, just let my family go. My baby girl and wife are innocent my baby girl just 5 years old how heartless are you to have her tied up like that?" I saw the big guy removed his mask, he had a shine head with the tattoo of serpent wrapped around a sword, he was about 6 feet 2inches dark skinned and he had a funny mustache, he appeared to be mid 30 in age most off all he had a distinctive voice it was very rough, with that smile I'd never forget, he said.." How heartless am I?" As he walked over to my baby sister flipping the knife in his hand. " Mr Ashley! The codes!" My mom shrieked!! " no! no! no! no! no! no! no please no! Don't hurt my baby! No! please no! God no! please I beg you! Hilton! Give them the codes if you have them!" Mom was flustered while dad said in a stutter " sweetheart," then in a voice so low its almost harmonious he said " I swear to God I don't have the codes." " big boss, a time you a waste enuh!"
I was shocked! That voice, that tone, that person was definitely a Jamaican! I took a deeper look around and saw him at the door that leads to the veranda looking as though he was a security guard standing there with a rifle longer than his arm in his mask and black suit like the rest. "That's four of them!" I thought. The big guy seamed upset even more now, he just stood next to my sister and looked at the Jamaican. Pointing the knife at him he asked " what did you say just now KG?" KG replied " boss all me a seh is, me bet you if you start cut up one a them we get the code them longtime. Me no like the long go round corner ting, " the big guy smiled with that same evil expression he said "KG! Guard the door leave the thinking to me." He then turned to my baby sister and said " baby stop crying, I'm going to remove the tape from your mouth it might sting a bit but I promise I won't hurt you." Mom was still shivering and nodding her head as if he was still saying no. Even tho dad was trying to back calm I could still see he was just as worried as mom. As he was about to remove the tape he said " you have a beautiful daughter, now give me the codes or tell her goodbye." He then held my sister's head by the hair and scalp with the knife blade to her neck, from the left ear he drew the knife as blood spewed out all the way to the right ear he then remove the tape.
"Gdog no! This wasn't a part of the plan!" Said the one of the guys standing in the room. " that me a talk bout genna!" Said the Jamaican. Mom's spirit was destroyed she shrieked in a manner I can't explain. It took proximately 15 seconds before I heard the actual scream she then layed back in the chair sobbing in despair. Dad was fighting for his hands to get loose, the chair he was in kept bouncing as he yelled " why ! We have no codes we told you!" He continued sobbing. I was just as traumatized. Forgetting my situation for a moment I almost ran downstairs, trying to hold my composure and not to scream I bit down hard on the item in my hand forgetting it was kitty in my hands. " meow! Scratch!!" I was noticed! I was fully exposed standing two steps down the stairway, all eyes on me " get him!" Yelled the big guy " run! Baby run!" Shouted mom and dad. As I turned to run upstairs " flush!!!" That was the upstairs bathroom further more it was in the direction I was headed and two guys were heading upstairs. Where must I go now!
