Alessandra

After a lot of snooping around. I finally found an old calendar. After finding a pen, I changed it so the days would be right for the dates and I tried to keep track of the date and month.

I found a robe. I put it on and pulled it tight. Better than walking around down here naked.

One day something suddenly dawned on me. The week before we went to the beach was the last time I had my period. I marked it and counted. It had been almost 2 months since. I hadn’t had it since I got kidnapped. I started to freak out.

I looked up towards the door. He had stopped coming every day now. Though I was lucky if he only came three time a week, it still wasn’t every day. And it had started to get more and more violent. He would hit me in the face. Or on the back. He never hit me below my chest though. For that I was starting to become thankful for. Every now and then he would throw a bag of food down for me to keep in the fridge. It was always easy to eat things like cereal, though I ate that dry since he didn’t bother with giving me any milk. There were lots of fruits and vegetables and every now and then there was cold pizza.

I started eating every day. The thought of possibly being pregnant scared me, but I was raised to believe every life begins at the moment of conception, so I was determined to protect the baby, if it even existed.

I continued to read the text books. I learned things easier on my own. I always had. There was so much information in these textbooks. I treasured them. I kept thinking that, by doing this, I won’t be held back when I finally go home. I can still graduate with Dean and Andre and Taylor. I can go to the same college as Dean. And I believed it.

He hasn’t come for a few days now. I’m lucky I get so little food, the baby bump doesn’t show that much because I’m so skinny. I look at my hidden calendar. It’s late on Christmas Eve.

“Merry Christmas little one.” I whisper as I put my hand on my lower stomach. “Merry Christmas.” I curl up on the bed and cry myself to sleep.

Author's Note

got to read in order.
10th chapter.