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Chapter 2 in the night
I was brought out of my sleep by loud laughter. It was my mother and a man I never saw before. They were getting in the car. They tried to get in the same door at the same time causing them to fall. My mom fell across the front seats as the man fell on the floor of the passenger side. Their laughter got louder as my mom scrambled into the driver's seat, and the man struggled to get off the floor.
He had brown greasy hair, it hung in all different lengths, the longest pieces just barely touching his shoulders. He was thin and he had what looked like indents or dimples all over his face.
"Mommy" I cried scared, dazed, and confused "What's going on?"
The man turned toward me and then back to my mom "What's with the kid?" His deep voice boomed.
"Don't worry about her," she said placating to the man, "Bella baby, go to the playground while mommy hangs out with her new friend."
I looked down at myself. "But mommy, I'm wearing my pajamas."
Pajamas which consisted of one of my mother's t-shirts. It was purple and had what looked like stars on it with a kitten right in the middle. It came down to right above my ankles and hung loosely on my shoulders. She dismissed it with a wave of her hand,
"Oh hush, now no-one is there. Look, you have a whole playground to yourself." She pointed to the playground across the park we were parked in front of.
"But mommy-" I started but she cut me off sternly saying.
"Isabella, go now!"
I quickly got out of the car and went to the swings. I climbed up onto one and was glad I could still see the car. I sat there staring at it. I think it was old. It wasn't shiny like the new cars I've seen, it had dents and chipped paint, you could see the different paint colors it has had during its existence, the top layer being a dull yellow color. I could see a brown color, as well as an orange, and green color in there too. There was rust in certain places especially around the bottom rim of it, but it still worked. We could still go places in it when we had gas in it.
I felt myself start to fall as I was drifting off to sleep again. I jumped awake and clumsily climbed off the swing. My mom didn't call me back to the car yet, and I didn't want to get in trouble so I went to the slide. I laid down, I tucked my knees up under the shirt and wrapped my arms around them curling up on the bottom of the slide. I closed my eyes as I rocked back and forth. Trying to sooth myself. I started to hum till I fell into the peace and darkness of sleep.