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That’s when I knew I was never going to be safe. 

It all started in the summer of 1995. I was 

walking home from the bus stop, I walked in the 

house, got a snack and turn on the tv. I heard 

the mail man push the mail through the mail slot. 

I went to see what had came, there was an 

envelope with my name on it. I opened the 

envelope and pulled out the letter, it was blank. 

Nothing written on the front or the back. I 

started to wonder who it was from. I through the 

rest of the mail onto the counter and went back 

to watching tv. Later when mom and dad came 

home, I mentioned it to them just to see what 

they thought. They told me “ its probably 

nothing”, so I didn’t think anything else of it. 

As the weeks went on I was getting a letter in the mail 

each week with one letter on it. It was very confusing 

at first, but when I went back and looked at them, I 

realized they spelled something out, “ I love you” ! I 

began to wonder who it could be, a past boyfriend, a 

friend playing a joke or just some random person. 

I was still receiving letters but instead of once a week 

they were coming every other day. The second set of 

letters spelled out “ I’m coming for you”! I got scared, 

I told my parents but they thought it must have been a 

joke. Then I received flowers, then chocolates, then a 

gift with a note that said “ Don’t open this until I say 

so”. I got frightened, I knew it was no longer a joke. 

Every morning when I would go to school, I felt like I 

was being watched, sometimes I thought I even heard 

the click of a camera. I no longer walked to school; I 

had my mom take me. She thought I was just stressed 

out from all of my school work, but I knew there was  

something wrong. 

I got more letters in the mail, but when I went to piece them 

together, it didn’t make since. I was looking at them, I 

stared at them for hours at a time but could not figure out 

what it said. Then one day I was standing in front of my 

mirror and I figured it out. The letters made the sentence 

look backwards. It said “From the moment you figure this 

out, you have 2 hours until I come”. 

I began to panic, my heart raced, my stomach ached, my 

head was spinning. I had to run; I needed to get as far away 

as I possibly could. Not only for me, but also for my families 

safety. I packed my bags and ran outside, I noticed the 

neighbor had left their car running, as they went into the 

house. I through my bags in the back, shut the door and 

drove off.   I knew I had committed a crime, but it was my 

only way to get away from there.

I drove for 12 hours straight. I spent the night at a Holiday 

in right outside the border. I thought to myself, there's no 

way they can find me here. As I layed down to go to sleep, I 

wondered what was going to happen. Would I ever see my 

family? When could I go home ? When I was going to be 

safe? 

The next morning when I woke up I realized I wasn’t in a 

hotel anymore. I was in a ware house, alone. It was cold, 

and empty, there was nothing inside, except for painting of 

me all over the walls. I got scared, I began to shake, the 

room began to spin, my whole body got numb.

Someone had kidnapped me while I was asleep. I couldn’t 

figure out how they found me. Then all of a sudden, the door 

opened. There was guy standing in the doorway holding a 

rifle in one hand and a tray of food in the other. He placed 

the tray on the floor and pushed it my way and said “Eat”! I 

yelled “ who are you” he just laughed. I began to scream, he 

just laughed and said “scream all you want no one will hear 

you”! 

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