The beginning

The water was cold. I took a deep breath and jumped in."I didn't have a choice. "He said. His deep manly voice said, "If you don't jump, your sweet, innocent mommy would die in front of your blue, little eyes. And you wouldn't be able help her. " The knife came close to my beloved mom's throat. My mom's face was as calm and still like when a tiger is about to pounce on its prey. I know she didn't want me to jump.

But I did. I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE. Now I was floating in a cold lake only God knows where. Old thoughts and questions came up in my mind. But the most prominent one was, " How did I get here ?" It wasn't a matter of a week that I was living the life of an ordinary life of a teenager in Chicago and now look at me.

He again said something above the lake but I couldn't hear it. The only thing that triggered my senses was the sound of a gun shot. I rose above the cold lake only to see the man who started all this, hands covered in blood. Next to him a helpless body of I am guessing his assistant. I was shocked and scared. He then screamed," Get back in or else." I took another deep breath and went down the cold water.

My body started to feel numb. My lungs were screaming for air but all I could say was no. It then hit me that the more quickly I find it, the better it will be. I started to swim across the some what little lake. I was cold and scared thinking about what might happen if I fail to get the box. My eye caught a bunch of seaweed plants, thinking that the box would be there I swam over. Thank God for my luck !

I found the wooden box it was frozen from I could figure the box was really old. I held the box and rose above the lake.

I got out of the lake, my body was shivering and my teeth were chattering. He asked," Did you get it?" I gave him the box. As I was about to go to help my mother. The man took out his gun, pulled the trigger and pushed the button all aiming at my mother. She was DEAD is all I could think about but no that was not it jealousy, anger and mostly REVENGE even came to my mind as I wiped my mother's blood off my face.