~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I was asleep when there was a sudden knock on the door. I woke up frightened and sat upright on my bed from the shear force of the knocks and the echo sound it caused throughout the silent house. I held the covers of my bed closer to my body in an attempt to feel safer. It was then than I felt and heard the worst sound of my life, something that felt unbearable. It was my mother's scream from downstairs but only after even my 5 year old self could understood as the sound of a gunshot! This scared me to the bone as i clearly could understand something was terribly wrong and what ever was happening to my parents, I was next. I was confused but knew i had to do something to save myself. I quickly collected my trembling self and hid in the closet behind my bed. It used to be my favourite hiding place when me and my brother Xavier played hide and seek because it was concealed mostly by the huge bed and bedpost. Time seemed to never pass by in that closet. It was too dark and frightening for my already trembling self to handle and soon my world became an endless darkness.....~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Everyone has a past. No one would want to recall it. And yet some how the past always seems to venture into our present and change it for the coming future.... This is a story of a Ria who has an unforgettable past and can't seem to help the turn of events caused by it in the present.