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Missing
Why do I have to do everything? I questioned my self. I was on my way to the corner store.
It was silent besides the sound of my shoes scraping against the pavement of the lightless street. After my father disappeared my mother had been in extreme agony. I was trudged down the street until something caught my eye.
There was an old wooden house that had been abandoned. I crept up to the wooden porch.
I stepped up on the stairs and dropped to the ground. The wooden stairs had broken into little wooden splinters all over the ground. I got a grip on the railing and lifted myself up. My hand reached for the doorknob, I turned around to check that no one was watching. The door creaked open as I entered. The floorboards were broken, the floral wallpapers were shredded and …show more content…

The door creaked open as I entered and then I heard a sound. It locked behind me. I began to sneak down the hallway but something down the dark hallway was in the corner of my eye. A shadowy figure began to slowly approach me. I felt a chill go down my spine. I began to sprint down the hallway. I didn’t look behind me. I kept on running until I couldn’t hear the figures footsteps thumping. There was a room with an open door. I entered and slowly closed the door behind myself. I looked up at the wall and saw a picture of my mother, father and myself on the wall. I reached out and ripped the photo off the wall. Why is this here? I tried to think of a reasonable explanation. I felt a sharp pain in my back then blacked out. I woke up in the hallway of another house. The rug I lied on felt familiar. Am I back home? I thought to myself. A familiar person walked down the hallway to the front door.
“Dad?” I asked confusedly. The figure didn’t respond. It walked to the door and opened it.
“Dad, don’t leave!” I screamed in a utter confusion and desperation. The figure walked out the door and faded to nothing. I dropped to the floor as streams of water ran down my pale cheeks. I passed

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