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Clotilde's Revenge
Clotilde's Revenge
The air was crisp and clear as
Rose went out the door,
She took a deep breath with a skip in her step,
And wondered what was to be in store,
For while her home she had loved,
One thought in her mind had always crept.
She had a life any would cherish,
With parents, aunts, and a
grandfather by her side,
Never had she felt she had anything to fear,
One day when she was young
a story her aunt had told,
Rose remembered how often with her aunt she would abide.
As a familiar story, she would harken back to
Of how a group of young girls traveled to find a home,
As the one who led them had urged them through,
Rose would listen for what seemed like hours as her aunt's voice would rise and fall,
As glints of sorrow and excitement in her face had often shown.
One day she finally asked, "Aunt Carol, why do speak as if this is true?"
For surely, she thought, such a thing couldn't be,
And her aunt would smile and like clockwork ask her,
You think this is not possible?
"No, Rose said with no hesitation to be found,
Even so, after her aunt left she always wished it were a reality.
She came back home to find her mother preparing for dinner that night,
"Mom where did Aunt Carol learn that story? she asked as she had before,
Julie would look up at her daughter as she'd stiffen up while trying to make things light,
And answer simply that it was probably a fairytale she heard in the past,
And that night confided with John with the worry that they couldn't hide this anymore.
Yet they never had an answer to this dilemma they now had to bear,
And so as done in past they put that worry out of mind,
They knew that sooner or later their past they would no longer be able to hide,
So they decided as soon as they found the chance they'd tell her all,
But unbeknownst to them such time they would not find
As the next day, while Rose took a stroll,
A woman hid nearby to glimpse her as she went,
As Rose walked with a feeling of dread a look she stole,
As the woman dove quickly away,
But before Rose could get home a note at her foot had been sent
Taking the note she had noticed a plea,
That if she had wanted to know the answers to the questions she placed,
Then she should find this person that night,
She then promised she'd be close by,
Rose knew it was a bad idea but her curiosity had longed to taste
The answers which had eluded her for many a year,
And though alarm bells had been ringing at her so intensely,
From the threat she would not steer,
And late that night that lady she went to see,
As Rose came to her, the stranger gestured imploringly
Yet as Rose approached, the stranger had fled,
instead of turning back she chased after to where she felt she must be
When she came to the spot where the woman had stood,
While looking in the dark she couldn't see,
Just behind her the woman did tread.
"You came, the woman said as she knew she would,
"Know the story my aunt has told? I thought it was a fairytale."
"Hardly, the woman laughed in a harsh tone,
"How...? How do I know? woman the finished
Well dear it's because I was there Rose turned to see her on the trail.
Do you wish to know more? the woman asked turning to flee
If so then you must come right this moment
But what about my family? If they wake and they don't see me...
I'm intentionally only telling you because they already know
Rose froze her fear now apparent
She then tentatively went after her determined even more so than she'd been,
"Mom knew? and if she did... then why did she lie to me?"
Rose and the stranger walked for several miles when a small cabin came into sight,
Coming through the cabin everything seemed dark. Suddenly the door slammed shut,
Rose looked back suddenly afraid, and as she turned towards the door she started breathing heavily
"In here, the woman said from another room,
Entering the woman poured some tea, and after a few moments placed the cup in front of a seat,
After a few minutes the stranger appeared with a newspaper and videotape Rose assumed,
The newspaper read: fire took home whereabouts of occupants unknown
"What...Rose stuttered as her sentence she could not complete
That story you said your aunt tells you all the time was far from fiction,
Rose slowly stared at the woman asking what is the video supposed to show?
The stranger found a video player and stuck it in and a burning image came into view
This video the woman said was of our home in Paris.
Our mother, your grandmother was abandoned
While the woman who claims to be your mother ran out to safety, our mother was let go.
"Our mother? My grandmother?...
Are you saying my mom is not my mom and that she left her to burn?"
"Not only that but she wouldn't allow her sisters to think about it and acted as if it had no significance."
"No, there has to be some kind of mistake!"
This isn't true, she screamed as the truth she wished she hadn't learned
As she turned to leave for the door,
The woman came up to her and pulled out a stun gun and knocked her out
You're mine now the woman said as she smiled angrily now for the 2nd part putting things into place with due diligence
Meanwhile, Julie awoke with the feeling something was wrong and thus leapt from bed,
All seemed as quiet as could be yet there was an element which it now lacked,
"Rose...Rose honey, she called again and again suddenly dread had begun to settle in,
Seeing some pillows under the sheets of her bed and seeing all of her clothes gone,
Julie ran to John as the feeling of fear had attacked
"Julie, what's wrong? asked John as he came to her side,
And where is Rose? but the silence was all he'd received,
As Julie ran about yelling for Rose. And not finding her collapsing then cried,
John ran to her and sat her in bed, not knowing what else to do,
"We need to find Rose. Her stuff is gone." John understood saying all that she had to believe.
"I'll go to the police, they should be able to help. And I'll let the rest of the family know,
Stay here and rest, we'll find her, he said reassuringly
After John left, Julie thought of the last few days and suddenly felt sick,
She did some checking with the police and found out that Clotilde had been released
Upon hearing she had been let go her fear was replaced with angry anxiety.
A few moments later John returned with Julie's dad and the others in toe,
The police said we have to wait 24 hours before they can file a report,
"They may need to push it up sooner, Julie said explaining how things must go,
"This is my fault, Carol moaned. I shouldn't have told that story",
Julie looked at her saying, "right now we can't think anything of the sort"
We need to let the police know about Clotilde,
Even if they say we still have to wait, How are we gonna find out where she's gone? asked Joe
We should ask around here to see if anyone noticed anything
We should all look as well and hurry before we're too late.
Rose woke up in a bed and found that her head throbbed in pain
And suddenly she began to shiver though she didn't know why,
She got up and changed into the clothes provided realizing no memories did she retain,
Uncertain though she was she followed the smell of food,
"Hello, is anyone there? she asked as a young woman came out telling her to come and she complied.
"Who...who are you? asked Rose and who am I?"
The woman set a plate of food in front of her saying, "you must be hungry, eat. Then I'll explain,
Rose ate the eggs, potatoes, and bacon on her plate,
Then the woman said, Your name is Therese and I'm your mother,
What happened to me? asked Rose.
Why did my memories not remain?
You experienced an accident.
The impact on your head as well as the trauma of the accident itself,
That's what caused this, the woman went to a bookshelf and took a picture along with a sheet with the baby footprint,
This, the woman said is me holding you shortly after you were born and these are footprints from yourself,
"Oh, said Rose trying to relax. "Your memories will come back, you'll see,"
"Go on and rest, said the woman, You'll recover faster once things settle and sit.
"Alright, night mom, Rose said heading back upstairs,
As she left, Clotilde silently cheered at the success of the first part of her plan,
Now the other part of her plan had to begin,
She left a note and some food with sedative inside on the table then went back towards Julie's home,
She sliced all the tires to every car then ran
Slowly they came out and noticed that each tire was flat decided to walk to each home,
Asking if there was anyone be a girl or woman that any hadn't seen before
With everyone gone Clotilde snuck inside hiding behind a cubby zone
Leaving a thinking of you basket on the table that bore food and drink in which sedatives did reside
Julie seeing it as suspicious until seeing the police signature she didn't worry as much anymore.
Opening it she ate some fruit and sat down to think,
Soon John and the others returned and ate of the basket they obtained,
Slowly Clotilde watched them begin to fall and sink,
When at last they all gone-she tied them up and took all that they owned,
And when all was bare and nothing had remained
She took those who were unconscious with binds held tight,
Then went quickly on her way,
Unknown to her, Julie had come to as her binds she had cut,
But by the time she had broken free
She took pictures of her license plate number as she drove away.
She then went to the others and took off each restraint,
Then called the police to report her car,
And then took off in search as she at this rate,
Had feared what the result might be,
But in the end she did not have to go far.
Clotilde returned to her place to find Rose eating the food,
Then Clotilde said, We're gonna be moving soon,
As I think you should go where I used to live,
Do you mean Paris, Mother? asked Rose
Yes, and we'll leave tomorrow on a cruise at noon
Ok, said Rose, I'll pack every bag,
Once they had loaded every bag, buckling in,
Rose's shoulders drop
"Sorry dear, said Clotilde.
Now that I've taken everything she had,
We have one last thing I must see to, running to get gasoline from inside,
As she's about the throw the match she hears "Clotilde, please stop."
Clotilde turned in horror and Julie stood there,
And as she started to approach Clotilde said, "come any closer and I'll light us as we stand,"
Meanwhile Rose woke wondering why she was buckled into a car-a response quite fair,
Getting out and looking at the strange house ablaze as her mom comes out shouting in rage,
Charging as her mother before without a thought she took command
As she was about to pull her out, Clotilde grabbed onto her, and with the last of the effort she had,
Rose was pushed to the safety outside
She cried as she remembered that aunt she'd heard about.
So afraid that she in the end will still have passed,
She suddenly wished to have someone with whom she could confide.
When the fire had been put out Julie and Rose stood in wait,
To see if the body would be found,
With a sigh of relief paramedics carried Clotilde in a living state,
Rose went to meet her and embraced her hand,
" Thank you, came as that of a whispering sound
To the same hospital, they had went,
Once she'd recovered enough all Clotilde could do was grieve
In Rose's eyes the redemption she earned to which her mother agreed,
She may have made mistakes in the past,
But in the end, by saving Rose, from her mistakes she earned her reprieve
The End
