Epilogue To Ava's Diary

“Her sleep like an untamed good object, like a soul in a body.” The eloquent and careful description of the daughter sleeping makes each and every person who reads this story feel connected to the scene. The comparison to a soul in a body shows the love behind the mother’s words. That even her daughter sleeping can be such a beautiful, angelic thing in her eyes. Through the description, the author makes the picture perfectly clear, and not just the scene, but what she thinks of her daughter. Since the author describes her daughter in such an angelic way, the love and affection that the mother has for her daughter is unquestionable.

At night, Carolyn walks into Jillian’s room, which is covered in rainbows, unicorns, and teddy bears. Music from Jillian’s unicorn jewelry box slowly fades out. Carolyn turns her daughter’s nightlights on asking if Jillian said her prayers. She tucks her daughter into bed and kisses her goodnight. She walks out of the room leaving the door ajar.

As her eyes filled with confusion, the little girl asked “Mommy, why are there strange people in our house?”

One night Chelsea was at home in bed and she had woken up from a dream. Her dream was about her mother being dead and she was hanging on a cross like jesus was. So when she woke she was crying and went looking for her mother. She was walking around the house and she wasn’t in there. So she went outside still crying screaming her mother's name “mother” “mother”.

Ava was a quite girl living a quite life with dull brown hair and grey eyes but it that all changed when she decided to go out to a party with one boy, Evan the star football player with blonde hair and bright blue eyes. She wakes and it is the morning after the party, as she stretch’s she looks around and realizes that she isn’t in her room but in a hotel room; being curious she moved the covers of the bed and discovers she is in a white top covered with tiny red dots, it must have been from the party. Ava decided to look around the room and as she does that she finds a remote for the TV in the corner of the room but when she turned it on she saw something she wasn't expecting.

“Go to sleep. You have school tomorrow. You don’t have to tell Daddy until you’re ready. Good night, Allison."

I stood still screaming, panicking in the dimly lit room while the baby of whom I was unconditionally devoted to vibrated unsteadily. Then a light hand gently squeezed the top of my shoulder hand did not have a voice, however it explained my pain would soon be relieved. Her shaking had ceased and the once distressed infant looked peaceful as her clear inexperienced blue eyes shut tightly. Hearing sharp murmurs from behind, I swiveled 180 degrees and murmurs slowly disintegrated into the frothy air, resulting in a women with mousey brown hair and a warm maternal face to start moving towards me as if she had precisely planned each step. The freckles on her flushed face mingled with one another while she spoke, asking if I’d remember to take my

“Why is there a dog in my daughter’s room?” the Mom said in a state of anarchy.

Her mother just stared blankly at the floor when she started to tear up. “Lights out”, she replied as tears started to flow down her cheeks like a waterfall. “Mum, I’m really sorry...I..I..didn’t mean it”, said Rydie. In silence, she walked back to her room while her mother sobbed quietly in the shadows of the

Before she went down she went into Lil’s room and made sure her little sister slept soundly. Lil snored and clutched her Little Mermaid doll in her small hand. Angela wondered if Father ever touched Lillian the way he touched her and pushed the thought from her head. It hurt her heart to think of

Margo was more scared than she had ever been in her life. She woke up to a loud banging coming from the basement. Margo dreaded that basement. The last time she went down there she thought she saw at least seven shadows on the wall, when she was the only one down there. All was quiet in the struggling Mcgraw's house. Her mom was asleep in her now lonely and depressing bed, where Margo's dad no longer slept. Margo saw him snoring on the couch in the living room, which was closest to the basement. Margo's parents were divorcing, and it was the worst time to do so, especially since she's been having these strange dreams. The divorce had taken a toll on Margo and her sister, Rachel, who, for all Margo knew, was struggling with problems

Lavender woke up in a cold sweat. She’d had the same nightmare that she’d been having. Lavender didn’t know why the same dream kept replaying every night or what the flash of green light meant. Her mom came into Lavender’s room to wake her up. “Is everything okay, Lavender?” her mom asked.

Gretel changed into pajamas and climbed into bed. Thoughts again wafted into her mind about her future in this new house. Either the “adventure”, as mother called it, would ended up being the highlight of her life or the complete opposite. She hoped that it really would be an enjoyable change in her

Charlotte heard noises from the front of the house. She quietly crept through the hallway following the sound. Once she reached where the sound was coming from, she stood staring in disbelief. A portrait of Charlotte was on the wallpapered wall. Charlotte, forgetting where she was and what she was doing, let out a huge gasp. Jack suddenly jumped up in fear.

My fists curled into a ball.The blood pooling in my hands as I squeezed my fingernails into my palm made me whimper. I could feel the blood rushing to my face as it turned bright red. “Leave me alone!” I screamed, my voice cracking as tears welled in my eyes. I spun around and grabbed the door handle, jerking it open. “Rachel!” I heard her scream before I stormed out. That was the biggest fight I had ever had with my mom. I stayed outside until 9 o’clock that night. I only slipped into the house when I knew she would be fast asleep. I lept into bed, exhausted, and slept the whole night through knowing I’d wake up to an empty house….