Forgotten Children-Part 1

 

Flashback

 

          All I could remember was that I was running. Running away from him, and this time, hopefully for good. Someone I referred to as my “dad” unfortunately. I live in an abusive home in Rome, Italy, but hopefully, that can change. I couldn’t take the abuse anymore. I just wanted to find my mother again. Basically, I haven’t seen her since I was three. I’m fifth teen now, so it’s been eight years since I saw her. But, it’s my dad’s fault for taking me away from her. I can remember that I was so weak, but I had to keep running. I also remember seeing blurred faces.

          It was getting dark and my legs were cramping. I was in so much pain. My lungs were burning, but worse than fire. I found a dark alley. I went and I sat down. I just sat there in the dark, more like passed out there. I swear I thought I was going to die. I heard people mumbling and talking in a different language. I knew I wasn’t in Italy anymore. I snuck onto trains just to get out of Rome. I took one last breath and then I blacked out.

          I awoke the next day. I was so weak and dehydrated. I could feel my body move and my stomach growl. I could see blurry figures. Their faces came in and out from time to time. I thought I was floating but they were carrying me. One boy was wearing baggy clothes and had long brown dreads. The other one had short black spiky hair and he was wearing black eyeliner. They were either saying something to me or talking to me. I couldn’t understand what they were speaking. Plus, I kept zoning in and out over and over again.

          I heard a beeping noise and I kept seeing bright lights above me. My eyes didn’t want to open though. I kept hearing voice. I swear I thought I was going crazy. Then, I felt somebody touch me. That woke me up for sure. I was screaming and yelling. I just wanted the person to let go away. I didn’t know who it was. I thought my dad had found me. But, then I found out I was in the hospital and that I was hooked up to a whole bunch of machines. I also saw those two boys that found me. They were looking at me like I was some kind of creature. I remember telling them something in Italian and then in Spanish, but they looked at me weird. I was terribly scared, and my heart was racing faster than the speed of light.

 

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