Narration:
Part I:
As I sat down & told my parents that I wanted to rescue animals, I knew that I would never get their approval. I knew from the moment that hey opened their mouths that the answer was NO. But when I got the answer I was looking for, I couldn't believe my ears. My parents, Rebbeca & Buddy had approved my decision. I would start as soon as possible (A.S.A.P.) I didn't know it then, but I had to have a permit. Days turned into weeks as I rescued one animal after the other. Weeks turned into months as I rescued more & more animals. Little did I know that my siblings had told my friends, my friends had told their teachers. Their teachers told the principal.
Part II:
The principal was going to tell the whole school. On that particular day, I was late to school. The announcements were already started. As I walked into my first period class, clapping rang out. I didn't know why until my friend told me. I got all red in the face. My sisters were in trouble. I was the oldest out of my three sisters.
On the bus, people were talking about my animals & me. As I got off the bus /my friends, I got a sick feeling in my stomach as I saw Walker & the other rangers trying to hold back animal control. I heard my eagle & looked up. She landed on my outstretched arm & I knew that they were being taken. I ran all the way to my house. My horse was neighing. Tears rolled down my eyes as I saw all my animals being tranquilized.
Sidney came over & told me that I needed a permit to have all the animals on the property. That one of my neighbors had called animal control. She said the neighbor had told them I was abusing all the animals. The animal control came & started taking my animals away. Just then, a man came over & took Angel from me. My parents weren't home. I ran into the house & locked the door. I grabbed a duffel bag & started to pack it.
I put food in it, clothes, a blanket, a little pillow, pictures of friends, family, & of my animals. I put it under my bed & waited for nighttime. It didn't come fast enough. At midnight I grabbed the bag, my coat, shoes, & ran away. I went to my friend, Sarah Johnson. I told her everything. She lived /her mom & brother. Her brother was in high school & she was in middle school. I would stay there as long as I wanted to. I started middle school in Houston. I changed my last name & told Sarah's mom not to call my mom. I had worked for the rangers when I ran away. Three other friends had worked with me. I was missing for a week when the rangers, my friends/family, & school started looking for me. My last name was changed to Robinson & my first was changed was James.
Two months after I ran away, my boyfriend, Sarah, & I were walking home from school when a car with the town gang in it drove by.
My boyfriend new about the life I had run away from. We were coming out of a store when it happened. One of the Dallas gangsters recognized me & started shooting. The bullets hit me in the chest, Sarah in the leg & Brian in the arm. Carlos & Trent were driving by, (on the other side of the road), when they saw what had happened. They parked the car and rushed over.
As they came near, they saw Sarah & Brian conscious. They called an ambulance. As Brian made his way over to me, he saw the blood on my chest. He took my head in his arms. I was unconscious. Trent saw my face & knew that it was I, (Jamie Laurene Santaigo.)
At the hospital, Sarah, Brian, Sarah's mom & brother were sitting by my bed when the Walker & the doctor walked in.
"How is she?" Laura (Sarah's mom) asked.
The doctor told everyone that I probably wouldn't make it through the night.
"I called her parents & they're on the way over right now," Walker said.
