The Accident (part one)

When I was born my parents were beyond excited. I was their first child. They named me Elizabeth, Eli for short. My mom and dad loved me and loved to spoil me. By the time I was two I could walk and talk clearly. I lived in a well off neighborhood. My mom took me shopping with her and I remember that I always got compliments because of how beautiful and attractive I looked. I was 3! What is wrong with some people. When we got home I started playing in the yard and my neighbor came out and I greeted him. He greeted me back. He was a tall man in his 30s and my mom and dad sometimes invited him for dinner. I called him Uncle Ross. Uncle Ross was a nice man and my parents trusted him. Something urgent came up one day so they asked him if he could babysit me. He agreed. He came over and I was on the couch in the living room reading a children’s book when he came over and offered to read it for me. I told him no thank you and I continued to read. He left the living room and went to the kitchen. I don’t know what he was doing but I didn’t really care either. He came back and told me that he us to go to the pharmacy really fast and come back. He told me he was sick and needed to get medicine. I told him it was fine.

“I’m a big girl. I can take care of myself” I told him.

“I know you can” Uncle Ross told me on his way out.

Uncle Ross was back after about an hour. I was watching TV in the living room when he came back.

“Are you hungry? Do you want anything to eat?” Uncle Ross asked.

“Can you make me a peanut butter sandwich?” I asked.

“Ok sweetheart!” He answered.

Uncle Ross gave me the sandwich and right after I gobbled it down he gave me pill.

“ What is this?” I asked.

“ You know how I told you I was sick?”

“Yeah”

“Well this is just to make sure you don’t get sick.”

And so I took the pill. After a few minutes I felt dizzy, and then I fell. I fainted. When I woke up the first thing I saw was a bed. I tried to get up but I couldn’t. I looked at myself and noticed that my hands and feet were tied up. I took a look around the room and noticed that it was my parents bedroom. The fact that I was still in my own home was comforting, but I was still scared. I started calling out.

“H-Hello? Is anyone there?”

At this point tears were starting to fall down.

“I’m right here Eli! Don’t worry I’ll come up and get you in a minute!”

I recognized that voice. It was Uncle Ross. I’m not alone. I don’t have to be afraid. At least, that’s what I thought.

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