I had just finished packing and now we just finished the movie night. So I was overly ready for bed when there was a knock at my door. I quietly walked over to the door and opened it. To see my little sister who is only 5 years younger than me. “Sis, why do you have to go? Can’t you just stay here with me,” she asked. “Kendra you know how much I want this but…,” I said while pulling out a box with wrapping paper on it. “I was going to wait until your birthday, but I think you should have it now.” I said handing her the box. “I hope you like it,” I finished off with. As she opened it she almost screamed, but I covered her mouth signaling with my fingers to be quite. Than she nearly choked me to death with a hug. After she said thank you a million times I shooed her out. When I was in my bed ready to go to sleep, I look up at the picture of my old best friend. Dixie, the best dog a girl could have. Then my mom walked in, “You still miss her, don’t you?” I turned to my mom and let a few tears fall and just nodded my head. She came over and hugged me. “I know Kenzie, I know,” my mom is the only person who ever calls me that any more otherwise I get called Mack. “Thanks mom, but why are you still up? I thought you wanted to get to bed?” I asked. “Well I did, but I want you to have this,” then she hands me a book. “Its all of your pictures of your life,” she explained. I hugged her, “Thank you mom this means a lot.” “Kenzie you will never know how proud I am of you,” she said. Then I asked, “What do you mean mom? I never did anything special.” “When you told your dad to stop and that you have never put your life in front of your brother's and sister’s because they mean to much to you to have anything happen to them,” she paused for a second and continued. ”When your father was going to kill me if I didn’t give you guys to him...” I cut in, “But you kicked the gun out of his hand and tackled him.” “Even though you knew the outcome wouldn’t be good,” I zoned out while my mom was talking and then I remembered what happened that night and I shivered.

*Flashback*
I just finished walking home when I heard my dad yelling at mom. He normally did this, but this time I could tell it was bad. My dad wasn’t suppose to be with my mom or in a matter of fact nowhere near her. I started to dash for my house. When I get there I heard my mom saying, “Rob the cops are on there way leave before they come.” Go mom, I thought. That’s when my dad said, “Amy. Stupid little Amy. Don’t you know that you will be dead by the time they get here,” that’s when he pulled out his pistol. “Its a shame if only you would have told me where the children are.” He said that when I lost it. I ran in the house and kicked the gun out of my dad’s hand. And tackled him to the ground. While I kicked the gun out of his hand I heard a big bang. So once I got him hurt pretty bad. I looked around. I looked at mom to see she was alright, then I saw my best friend and the best dog in the whole world laying there dying. Once I realized it was her, I ran over to her but she was already gone. After that, I went over to my, “dad,” and kicked him and screamed at him, “YOU KILLED HER!!!! YOU KILLED HER.” When my mom came up behind me and hugged me, she said, “Shhhhh it will be ok. Everything will be alright.” At that time my little sister and brother where running in the house along with the cops. The FBI and my mom’s brother Paul came also and the best part was he came all the way from London. He was like a dad to me when my real dad changed. He even lets me call him Teddy Bear. So they were all here and my mom, Kendra, Teagan and me had to move right away and my mom said, “Cail” and I knew it was for me. Since my best friend moved there a year ago.
*End of flashback*

After my mom calmed me down after seeing everything over again. She left to get some sleep and that is what I did, too.

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