No One Left

My mattress is placed on an iron spring that makes this screeching sound whenever you sit

rning on my own. You know what? If you are to survive in Old Town

Some say it's due to the bushes surrounding the town

ve it at the back of your mind that those kids believe everything you say not minding th

stupid or unreasonable, just take the bags of blam

y find their way into my room each night, staying obscure ti

the side when I feel their bite and roll back again when I feel another. It goes on l

eighbors woke me up. I didn't believe I could sleep for so long. The work I did during

t is near midday and mom being a person of order and one who d

nto another cloth. When I got into the dining area, I met food on

n't take more than she can finish and will never leave food uncovered in the

ould have left the food uncovered in the dining maybe because she was just pressed and quickly wen

or the result of an exam, even though you wrote the e

eling and it became worse when I cou

own folks standing in front of our house saying some thing

as hearing words like 'lost', and 'kidnapped'. By now, I know either my mom

e though, I saw Jane standing not

should have clearer info

ane" I

thought you left with

so I asked her what happened and why ev

een kidnapped. It's obvious it was the kidnapper who called her but sh

ncord at all. A lot of questions were pouring into my mind; why would th

they should know my Dad is not one of the rich folks. But the on

y Mom now,"

d your Dad, I gu

tside our house can't help in the search or just inqu

ned before. Yes. It was not my Dad that was abducted neither

h being a six-year-old and not knowing your way around and all o

t, and I already told you once how my school is far from my house and the school bus has to take us

ool bus. Maybe I didn't tell you, but I've always been bullied since Elementary 1,

led to the other that made me miss the school bus. So I misse

of a teacher I could not find my way hom

not far from my school when we are on the bus, it shouldn't be f

myself on the floor and when I opened my eyes ag

n't

into the room, she tranquilized me and explained that th

one of them is Mrs. Kate. She gave me something to eat and later took me

from the shadows of the cloud when my parents and

still meet those town folks standing in front of our house that day and whisperi

when they heard that I was missing. I regret that I didn't ask M

said as I was about to leav

running down that bush-flanked path I told you about. Runn

us. I quickly reduced my pace so I wouldn't bump into them. I tried

Jane screamed at the m

y were doing the same thing to Jane because I heard her scream and then silence. Before I could