• I woke up from my alarm clock. 6 A.M. "Urghhhh." I groan. Isn't it Saturday? I get up and check my calender. Yup. Saturday, the 10th. I have to babysit the Brown's today. What time was it? 7? 8? I'll ask my dad...
    I walk down the hall to my dad's room. Knock. "Dad?" I whisper. No reply. "Dad?" I poen his door..... He's not there. My heart skips a beat. "Dad?!" I scream, "Dad?" My heart is racing and racing. I feel like it's about to burst from my chest. Where could he be?! I run around the house, searching and searching. I can't lose him too....
    I wake up tied to a chair. "Hello?" I say. I can't remember anything, but running.... "Hello?" I repeat. A man slowly says, "Hello, darling." I can't speak. I try to, but nothing comes out. He goes on, "Cat got your tongue?" he laughs, "Well, you see, he's owes us much money. We gave him much time, but it seems he's bee avioding us..... So, we got the one thing he loves.... You. Now, where is he?" I pause. They don't know either. Where could he be? Did he know they were coming? And left me? "I... I don't know." I say.
    I open my eyes again and my head hurts bad. "Woke up, again, eh?" the man says, "If you don't want to get hit in the head again... Tell us. Where is he?" I scream, "I don't know!" "Hmmmm." he goes, "Hit her in the gut. Maybe that will make her tell us." I see a huge man walk into the small light.... And he hits me, hard. I cough up blood. "I DON'T KNOW!!!!" I scream again. The man curses and yells, "Tell us!!! Do you have any idea how much money he owes?!" I holler back, "No!! I don't know anything!" The huge man hits me in the gut again and I spit out more blood.
    The ask me again and again. I say I don't know. They hit me in the gut again. Then, they tried slapping me. I kept saying I don't know. They still don't believe me. "Boss," the huge man says, "I think she means it. If she did know, we would've got it out of her by now." "Hmmm." the boss replies, "I'm afriad so," he looks at me, "Do you know where he keeps the money? Or the bank pin? Anything?" I don't want to tell. But, I have to... Or they'll kill me. "I know what the bank pin is...... 2974," I answer, "That's all I know. And he has some money hidden in his closet.... Just... Don't hurt me.." I'm so out of breath and tired.
    They leave me there and go looking. They left no one to look after me. I lokk around, but can't see much. I see a shadow coming... They're back! "Honey," my dad says, "I'm sorry. So sorry! We have to go.. Now. I don't have all the money. I left early for work, there was a note on the fridge, but I guess they got you. I got all the money I saved up in teh closet. We'll pack some things and go." He sets me free. I get up and walk with him. "I owe them about $100,000. I just couldn't support you when your mom died. I didn't make enough. I barely do now. So this is what we have to do. When we get home, pack all your things as fast as you can, meet me in the car. We'll drive somewhere. Maybe get a ticket to fly. Then, I'll sell the house when they've went out looking. Understand?" This is too much... All so much.... And I'm so tired... But I nod.
    We run in the house and i hurry and pack as much clothes as I can. Also, everything most valuble to me. I zip up my bag and run out to the car. We hop in and drive. "Dad," I say, "Are we gonna die?" He looks striaght forward, foucused on the road. "If we stay here we will..."