A Parents Worst Nightmare
Chapter 1
Jackie Stokes was in a great mood. She was only a little over a month away from giving birth to her second child and she had never been happier. She was making dinner in the kitchen, humming to herself. She had a turkey in the oven and was now busily making a cucumber salad. Her husband Nick was at the gym and her two year old daughter Jasmine was upstairs taking a nap.
"It's hot in here" Jackie said to herself.
She went and opened the backdoor so it would cool off and noticed the screen door still did not shut all the way, it left a decent size gap where it did not close.
"Nick, you have got to fix that thing." Jackie mumbled under her breath.
She sighed but left the door open and returned to her salad. About 5 minutes later she heard the washer go off, she went to the upstairs laundry room and transferred the clothes that were in the washer to the dryer and then went back to the kitchen. She finished making her salad and then she went to check on Jasmine as she often did when the child slept. She expected to see Jasmine sleeping peacefully in her room but when she entered the room she was horrified to find her daughter was gone.
"Jasmine" She called frantically but did not get an answer.
A truly horrifying thought entered her mind as she remembered the broken screen door.
"Oh my god, the kiddy swimming pool." Jackie said out loud as she dashed out of her daughters' room and down the stairs.
Nick had bought the pool for Jasmine because Jasmine loves to swim, and Nick or Jackie always emptied the water from the pool every time Jasmine was done swimming for safety reasons but yesterday while Jasmine was swimming it began to sprinkle so Jackie had quickly grabbed Jasmine and went inside, she had had every intention of draining the pool after the storm but it had slipped her mind. "Please God no" Jackie prayed silently as she raced outside and over to the pool. She looked in the pool and saw…
To Be Continued.