Chapter 11
Elaine jumped in her seat and covered her ears at the crash of the plate as it fell and broke into pieces. She looked up at her aunt, surprised at her reaction. After a pause, Aunt Judy started to cry. "How could she? IS she really, Elaine, is she?" Aunt Judy said through sobs.
Elaine sat back in the sofa and thought. Something was wrong. "But then, how was she dead when you saw her on the floor, remember? Even the police said she was dead. Then how is she alive? That makes no sense." Elaine asked her aunt.
Aunt Judy looked at the ground. "Elaine, Elaine, I didn't tell you the whole story. But I didn't want you to get scared. Elaine, promise me you won't be." Aunt Judy said in a worried tone. "What happened?" Elaine asked. "After your birthmother's death, I came home one day and they were gone. I waited so long, they never came home. That night, I got a phone call. There was a man and a woman, I don't know who they were, but they told me that they had your parents. They told me that I would never see them again. They gave the phone to your mother and she tried to tell me where she was. They probably realized what she was doing, and I heard a shot in the phone and then I heard her scream. Then, I heard another shot and your father was killed. They told me to turn you over to them, but I told them that I would never let you go. They told me that when you turned sixteen, your life would." Aunt Judy stopped in the middle of the sentence. She stared at Elaine. "They told me that-that your life would be in danger and sixteen days later, you would, you would-" "I would what?" Elaine said angrily, standing up Aunt Judy paused and said in a voice Elaine had never heard her use before, "You would die."
Elaine jumped in her seat and covered her ears at the crash of the plate as it fell and broke into pieces. She looked up at her aunt, surprised at her reaction. After a pause, Aunt Judy started to cry. "How could she? IS she really, Elaine, is she?" Aunt Judy said through sobs.
Elaine sat back in the sofa and thought. Something was wrong. "But then, how was she dead when you saw her on the floor, remember? Even the police said she was dead. Then how is she alive? That makes no sense." Elaine asked her aunt.
Aunt Judy looked at the ground. "Elaine, Elaine, I didn't tell you the whole story. But I didn't want you to get scared. Elaine, promise me you won't be." Aunt Judy said in a worried tone. "What happened?" Elaine asked. "After your birthmother's death, I came home one day and they were gone. I waited so long, they never came home. That night, I got a phone call. There was a man and a woman, I don't know who they were, but they told me that they had your parents. They told me that I would never see them again. They gave the phone to your mother and she tried to tell me where she was. They probably realized what she was doing, and I heard a shot in the phone and then I heard her scream. Then, I heard another shot and your father was killed. They told me to turn you over to them, but I told them that I would never let you go. They told me that when you turned sixteen, your life would." Aunt Judy stopped in the middle of the sentence. She stared at Elaine. "They told me that-that your life would be in danger and sixteen days later, you would, you would-" "I would what?" Elaine said angrily, standing up Aunt Judy paused and said in a voice Elaine had never heard her use before, "You would die."