Goldilock’s Submission 19

Chapter 19: Goldie

"Mom, please! I won't ever run away again!" I cried at the top of my lungs yet no one answered me. Yet I didn't want to give up.

"Mom, you don't want to lose another child please!" My cries were no longer as strong as they were on the first night they caught me. It has been four days now and they just kept me up in the attic without food or water. I was growing weaker by the second yet my hope remained intact.

At first, I had stayed quiet because I was certain Everett would come home and when he didn't find me there, he would come here to look for me.

But I was wrong.

He didn't come. No one came and I knew that if I was going to survive this, I had to find a way to convince my parents to give me food at least, hence I ended up crying out to them for mercy.

"Mom please!" I begged as I sat tapping the door weakly.

I should have never stepped out of that cottage. I should have just sat there and waited for Everett.

"No," I said out loud as I shook my head slowly. He re