4. Lost and Found

*Writers note – I am so sorry it took so long for me to update. I finally got a day off work and away from the world to write. Thanks to all of you for being patient!*

“She had a stare that stretched to infinity. She was, in that moment,
not my mother but something separate from me.”-Alice Sebold (The Lovely Bones)

I started that day just like any other. I went out for a jog across old mans river run.

But this time I heard something down near the water. So I went to investigate.

I found a baby boy laying wrapped in a blanket.
His diaper was over full and he looked ravished.

I wasn’t sure what to do. I didn’t want to leave this baby laying out here.
But I was certainly not the right person to handle him.
If she ever found out…

I decided I would take a chance and bring him home and decide what to do with him there.

I just needed to think first.

I would call a babysitter then go out and consider my options.

On my way out I was wondering if I would be able and go to the bar without being
bothered when suddenly I felt as though someone was watching me.

But when I turned around…

no one was there.

I ignored my fear, I knew I was just jumpy, just afraid.
But I had to show that I was ahead and she couldn’t outwit me.

I jumped in my car and headed in town.

Smiths bar was one of the many building which dated back to the 1800′s
This was a small town in the middle of a desert back then, now Riverview
has been transformed mostly into farmland. But a bit of the old southern
architecture still remains.

Luckily the bar was slow tonight so not alot of people were there.
Just the regulars, myself included.

I started thinking about the baby boy. Like who left him there by the river?
Why didn’t I just call the police. Actually that was a dumb question.
I knew why I couldn’t have anything to do with the police.
Even if I made the tip anonymous they could still trace the call back to me.

Suddenly a bunch of boys from a Frat house from the local university entered the bar
and all peace was gone. I immediately jumped up and decided to head out for a walk.
Walks always calmed me down.

I quickly learned that a walk was not a good idea.
It was getting late and the sun was already down.
I was already jumpy enough as it is.

I went to the playground but that was stupid. The last thing I wanted to think
about was children.

As I was leaving I got the suspicion I was being watched again.

But once again when I turned around, no one.

I decided I should just head home before I go crazy.

But all the sudden I heard laughter…

from a child…

a girl…

“Ashley…”

“I won’t let you get away with it again Gina.”

“I will find a loophole… I will find my way back.”

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