I had almost been excited to go to Sue's house for the first time after what Kent had told me. She seemed to be an okay person. Oh little did I know.
We arrived in the afternoon, and I remember staring around at all the land and at the horses. Kent pulled me into the house. For the life of me I can't remember whether Justin was with us or not. But I felt completely alone during the time we spent there.
Kent and Sue went out into the yard once the sun had finally set and set up Kent's microscope to look at the stars and planets. They had ordered me to stay inside and get to know the kids, so I did as told and sat on the couch watching them. I was afraid to go down the stairs to meet Sue's daughters, so I sat like a lump not sure what to do with myself.
I was 5 years old and here I was sitting quietly doing nothing. At one point, two of Sue's daughters came up to get something and noticed me sitting in the dark. They took little notice of me until I had gotten up to say hi, wondering if they could somehow help in my boredom. Margaret looked at me with a look of annoyance and kneeled down.
"I know a really fun game you can play. Want to hear it?" She asked me. I nodded of course, being young and stupid.
She smiled. "Alright, you're going to pretend to be Sleeping Beauty. So lay down on the couch and pretend to be asleep."
I did as she said and watched Margaret and her other sister walk back down the stairs to their rooms. It took me a good half an hour before I finally realized what they had done. I wanted to get up, but for some reason I was frozen in fear, worried that something might happen had I done anything.
Eventually, I did sit up, looking out the window at Kent and Sue. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I watched them, a feeling of abandonment filling me. I had no words to say when Kent later asked me what I thought. I just shrugged my shoulders and told him I was tired so I was going to go to bed.
I forgot about it for a bit, putting my attention on my friends and playing with my Barbies. But Kent and Sue continued to see each other, and I found myself back at her house for another visit.
Two of her daughters weren't home at the time, but Margaret was downstairs once again. Justin walked off with Sue's two sons Mike and Jake. As any normal little sister would do, I followed Justin and watched a movie with them. This proved to be a mistake on my part.
While now I look at Justin knowing that all he was trying to do was have fun, I wonder if Jake at least had some other meaning in what they did to me. They told me they were going to play a game, wanting to include me. I was overjoyed at the thought that they wanted to play with me.
I watched as Jake pulled out some belts, but his smile was still on so I didn't think much of it. But fear began to flow into me as they put the belts around me, making them tight and hard to get out of. I squirmed as the boys laughed, starting to get even more frightened, tears welling up in my eyes.
They stuck me in a dark room, a closet perhaps, and left me tied up in there to scream and cry while they went off and did something else. I tried everything I could to get myself out of the belts but it was impossible. They had been done too tightly on me. I screamed as loud as I could, tears soaking my shirt and the belts. I knew that Kent and Sue wouldn't hear me since they had once again left to go somewhere alone.
I had almost given up hope when Margaret opened the door to find me in my panicked state. I looked up at her as she undid the belts, letting me out of the dark place I was in. For the rest of the day, I spent my time on that same couch from before, the horror of what the boys had done to me still fresh. I just wanted to close myself up and not see anyone anymore.
I wish I had known that Justin had begun seeing the horrible fate that was being decided while I sat alone and cried. If only I had seen how afraid he was of this union. Or maybe if Kent had listened to Justin's warnings, it wouldn't have progressed as it did... How it changed my life:i can not even begin to say how this changed my life...
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