| Chapter 1 |
| We had just finished a show. It was dark & stormy outside, but we ignored it & paid attention to the crowds� screams & the humming of our bus. We ran to the bus with our security, but I saw something move in the shadows of a wall behind a trashcan. There was a little girl who looked to be 6 or 7 sitting there. She was crying, her clothing were shredded & looked like rags on her frail body. I heard the calls of my security guard Mike, but I ignored them. The little girl looked up at me & started to scoot away. �Don�t be scared I said. I don�t bite,� I said in a soft voice. I walked up to her to see bite marks, cuts, & bruises all over her body. She looked me straight in the eye. I saw fear in her eyes. Mike came around the corner & called my name, but I was so lost in her eyes I didn�t hear him. �Howie move your scrawney butt to the �� Mike said but stopped when he realized what I was looking at. �Howie who is that?� �I don�t know I found her here just a minute ago.� I debated whether or not I was going to ask her to come with me for the night to stay at the hotel. �What�s your name?� I asked. �Jacquelyn,� �Where are your parents?� �He killed them, there was a gun & they got shot. I ran, but he came after me & did this to me.� I felt so sorry for her. My heart seemed to just rip apart when I heard this. �Come with me.� |
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