Kaveya W
“Lights out Kalayla” said my mom, but little did I know that was the last night before my life had changed forever.
When I was with my sister at the park she made me super mad. Mom had told me she packed me my own PB&J with grape jelly and not strawberry jelly like usual. Believe me when I say it, those strawberry PB&J’s are absolutely disgusting.
As I reached into the basket of food I pulled out my delicious sandwich and took the most satisfying bite ever. I looked down at the sandwich with drool coming out of my mouth until my sister came up to me and knocked my sandwich right on the ground into the nasty looking sand pit. My entire life she's been ruining my life, but today I was fed up with it.
I stared at her like something possessed me, and raised my hand, then punched her right in the stomach, She started to cry and ran home. I ran after her until we reached my house. She told mom what I did. Mom was furious and sent me to my room for the rest of the night.
As I sat in my bed watching Youtube I noticed it was pitch black outside. Then I heard my mom come up the stairs. She opened my door and said the words “Lights out Kalayla”, so I turned off my phone and the lights then went to bed.
Randomly I woke up and checked my phone, it said “3 a.m.” At this point I felt like a horse that was walking all day so I closed my lids and then heard a knock. I looked at my window but noticed it was just a tree branch hitting the clear glass.
Then I heard a creak on the floor like someone was walking and my eyes opened as wide as putting a movie on full screen. I looked around then saw my door open with a long dramatic creaking noise. I sat up in my bed then saw my closet doors open a bit. At this point I almost peed my pants.
I thought to myself and said “Kalayla you are brave, so stop being a four year old and see what's going on!” Those words were the worst words I could have said to myself. I got up and walked step by step over to my closet and looked through the crack that opened. An eye blinked back so I ran to my door and jiggled the handle but the door wouldn't open. I started to scream for help but no one answered back. I tried to find another way out, so I opened my window only to find a long drop down that could possibly kill me.
I walked back over to my closet with pepper spray I had on my desk. I swiftly opened the door to find absolutely nothing. I thought it was all in my head until I heard a deep voice that said “You're getting hotter.” I started to cry and knew this could be the end so I crawled under my bed. I turned my head, looked away, then looked back to see red eyes stare back. I screamed in fear and ran out from under my bed, but then fell down from hands holding my ankles and pulling me back in.
I woke up in the hospital not knowing what was going on. My dad walked in but no one else was with him. He turned on the news and it said “Two victims of a murderer named Jake Bello, his victims were a mother of two and her daughter Lucy. If you have any knowledge of this killer report back to 13abc action news.” I looked at the tv and stared for hours wondering why this happened to my family, but the only words that came out of my mouth was “This can't be true.”
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