As she walked she realized the trail got fainter and fainter the further she went and it was starting to get dark. The sun now all the way down making the forest pitch black and the trail which was already hard to see now invisible. She heard footsteps behind her. Slowly the footsteps grew louder and louder until she heard them directly behind her. As she turned around the blade of his knife cut deeply into the left side of her abdomen, just under her ribs. She instantly fell to the ground and he dragged her limp body to the river and dumped it there, then he disposed of his gloves.
“A police investigation has went out on Harlien Vasquez who has been missing for several hours now. Police say they’ve searched nearly everywhere. No one knows where Harlien is.”
I shut off the TV, I couldn’t believe she went missing. I’ve tried calling her several times. No answer. I’ve texted her too. No response. I’m worried about her.
2 ½ Days Later
“Mom i’m just going to go for a walk on the forest trail and see if i can find Harlien she won't answer my text or calls and i am worried and so are her poor parents down the street.” “Okay, Jack, please for the sake of me be careful.” My mom gave me a worried glance and walked into the kitchen. She heard the front door open and then close gently as I went to look for my girlfriend. I had a surprise for her 15th birthday which was next week.
As I walked the trail I started to smell something horrid. I looked around and saw blood running down to the river. I followed it being careful not to touch any of it, in case of it being a potential crime scene. The trail of blood seemed to get thicker as I got closer to what I found to be my dead girlfriend. I was in complete horror when I saw the sight of Harlien dead and covered in blood lying in the river. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I was going to find who did this and make sure they paid the price. I ran back home and told my mom to call the police and Harlien’s parents. I had found her…...But she wasn’t alive.
I was so shocked that someone would be so horrible to kill and dump an innocent girl's body into a river. I felt so guilty because we had gotten into an argument two days ago and said I regret dating her. I hadn’t meant it. But now I couldn’t take it back.
I spent the next couple of days sobbing in my room. I didn’t feel like doing anything if Harlien couldn’t be there with me. I didn’t go to school, I didn’t talk with my friends, I haven’t even spoken to my mother in 3 days.
A knock came gently at my door. I didn’t have the strength to talk loudly so I whispered “Come in.” My door crept open and my mother stepped into the room. “Hey bud, how are feeling?” All I could do is give my mother a slight nod. “I know this is hard for you, But imagine how Ahren and Kaden feel about it. I mean they are her twin brothers.” They were all triplets but Kaden and Ahren looked Identical while Harlien had dark brown hair and bright blue eyes, her brothers looked like there grandfather with slightly blonde hair and grey eyes. Harlien stood out she looked like her dad.
“ Hey man, sorry for your loss yo. You really loved harls.” said A slender boy with dark skin, and dark hair and eyes to match. “Yea…...I really don’t want to talk about it so if you could please drop the subject that would be nice…..” I said clearly annoyed at hearing the words “sorry for your loss” so many times.
School went by slowly that day. Seeming to drag on forever. I still couldn’t believe she was gone…. And the Killer never was found. He’s still out there somewhere and he could strike again.
