“Vonne, wake up,” Dad said as he shook me awake.

I opened my eyes and tried to focus on the watch on my hand. It was 5am. Why was Dad waking me up at this hour?

“What is it?” I asked annoyed.

I sat up and observed the room. Next to my father and older sister, Desiree, were two men.

“What’s going on Dad and who are these people?”

“Listen, Vonne, I know things haven’t been going right since the death of your mother but if you continue going down this path you’ll end up in jail or dead. You know I wouldn’t do anything to hurt you but this needs to be done.”

“Oh, please Dad save me the “This is going to hurt you more than it does me speech”. If you want me to go I’ll just go,” I said as I stood up.

Dad placed his hand over his face and cried as Desiree tried to comfort him. The strangers placed a black pillowcase over my head and dragged me from the house as though I was on The Most Wanted list and dumped me into a vehicle. If my dad didn’t want me then I didn’t want him.

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