Bria POV

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A 16 year old girl was waiting to take a taxi after having ditched school to spend the day with her 18 year old boyfriend. It was now after 3 and she knew if she didn't got home by 4pm the latest there would be hell to pay from her mother, because her mother was strict and doing what she had done today and countless times within the four months that she had gotten into a relationship with this boy , she knew she was putting her life at risk becaue her mother would literally kill her .

She checked the time , 3:15 and exhaled in frustration.  She had already wasted 15 mintues and it took 30 for her to get home and another 10 to 12 to walk through the lane to reach her house and worse she had to get home before 4pm not just because of her mom but, she needed to find a way to remove the hickeys her boyfriend had left on her neck after they had had sex.

She hadn't wanted to have sex today but, he had bought her the new IPhone she wanted and lunch so she figured having sex with him would be the least he deserved plus she enjoyed it , even if it was difficult for her to walk afterwards. She checked the time again, 3:25. OK she needed a taxi right now . She knew she shouldn't have came today because getting a taxi to where she was going from his community was hard but, the phone , lunch and sex made it worth it .

As if hearing the answer to her silent prayer for God to send her a taxi, a dark blue probox stopped at her feet and the windows were heavily tinted,  so much so you couldn't see inside and she stepped back cautiously, yes she needed to get home but, alive not dead , although again , she will be if she made 4pm caught her on the road.  The driver's window on the front rolled down and he smiled at her as he asked her where she was going and she told him and he told her to get in as he was going in that direction.

She hesitated but, he reassured her that he was going to her destination so against her better judgement and ignoring the small warning voice that screamed in the back of her mind, she reached for the back passenger door and opened it and that's when she saw them but, it was already too late . Strong arms grabbed her , pulling her into the vehicle even as she kicked and screamed and a damp cloth with a strong overwhelming chemical was pushed down over her nose and mouth as the car door slammed shut.

She struggled trying desperately not to inhale whatever chemical the cloth was soaked with but, it was no use . Eventually the vital need to breathe took over and she inhaled and her vision swam and began to go dark almost immediately.

Her struggles ceased and her body went limp as she lost consciousness. 4pm would arrive that evening and her mother would be at home fuming wondering why the hell her daughter wasn't home yet and 4pm would give way to 5 and then to 6 and panic and worry would replace her anger . She would alert the police and report her 16 year old daughter missing but, she would never be heard from or seen alive again .

END .......

The police continued to search for Tray but, it was as if he had disappeared and I hated the fact that he was somewhere out there possibly enjoying his life after what he had tried to do to me . I  eventually put it all behind me after my CXC results was released and I had passed all 9 subjects with distinctions.

I immediately called Mickayla and she was on the phone screaming with excitement and joy because she had passed 8 out of the 9 subjects that she sat and I was so proud of my best friend.   I couldn't wait to start college and get started on my journey to achieving  my masters in medicine so I could become a doctor.

The relationship between my parents and I wasn't the same after what I had found out but, as Mickayla said , there was nothing I could change about what had already been done and the Tomlinsons treated me like their own daughter so I accepted that but, that didn't erase the hurt and damaged that had already been done. My mother even bought ne another IPhone to replace the one I had lost during the night involving Tray and I thanked her for that.

I finished up with everything that was needed for my college application and sent in the required documents and three months later on a sunny October afternoon I was packed and ready to leave for UTEC. My parents had arranged with a friend that lived overseas who they knew quite well and who owned a two bedroom apartment in Kingston close to the college campus, to rent the apartment out to Mickayla and I, which was more than I could have asked for.

" mi still cah believe this a happen.  Then watch wi a tek on adult life" , Mickayla said after my dad had picked her uo from her house and we were on our way to UTEC in Kingston.

" this a just eh calm before eh storm, yuh soon si wi a mad out and a grow gray hair from stress weh a kill wi", I replied and she laughed. We arrived in Kingston about 1 and a half hours later due to the heavy Kingston traffic and we  made a stop at our apartment and left our lush before we headed to UTEC University campus.

" wow , mi cah believe a yahsuh mi aguh guh fi eh next 5 years . When mi did come up here fi eh tour mi neva actually realised seh a suh up yah big enuh", I said as I looked around the vast campus,  taking everything in .

" si how it look good , a pure stress and money aguh kill wi but, as long as mi a get weh mi come here fi learn and achieve then mi good ", Mickayla stated and I silently agreed with her. We went to the Office of Admissions & Enrolment Management (OAEM) which was located on campus to collect all the relevant information needed pertaining to our classes,  professors, programs and opportunities offered and overall just general information about the campus on a whole .

After that we toured the campus for a bit before, my father dropped us off back at our apartment and reluctantly left after handing us the key. Standing in the living room Mickayla and I looked at each other with part anxiety and part excitement.

" suh wah happen now?" , she asked and I laughed,  " yah ask mi , mi nuh know. Mi cah believe wi deh pon wi own , jeez this feel strange and weird ".

" well , welcome to being an adult I guess . Weh yuh seh ? Mek sumuh fi eat  and just relax fi eh rest a the evening?,she asked and I nodded.

" alright , anything otherwise from lef here suh because mi nuh know nuhweh inna Kingston ", I replied . The first night I spent alone in a strange apartment without any form of familiarity otherwise from my best friend,  felt strange and it made me a little scared in the sense that this was it, I was finally basically on my own and would have to encounter the adult life and made wise decisions and poor mi, mi deveen sure if mi lock off eh stove afta mi done use it most a eh time and haffi double check and mi affi guh responsible fi mi owna future .

I started college the following day and the first day was definitely a wake up call, a tell mi fi get ready because the work aguh haad and plentiful especially wid eh major weh mi choose.

1 year later .......

I finished with the assignment I had and submitted it to my professor and then I rested my laptop down on the coffee table in the living room and stretched , feeling the relief from the tension in my joints and muscles. Two days from now was my birthday and I couldn't wait to go home and see my parents and Celine.

It had been one year since I had started college and between classes and the overbearing workload , I hadn't been able to call or texted as often as I would have liked and I missed them . College was hard and it was taking a toll on both Mickayla and I , I had seen my best friend cried herself to sleep a couple of times because of the workload but, we did have some fun times and we did became friends with quite a few people in our majors who made our masters and degrees  worth suffering for.

" mi cah wait fi guh home tomorrow ", I groaned as I got  up off the couch and onto my feet. Mickayla who was stretched out on the other couch across from me , her eyes on the TV focused on the show she was watching replied,

" tell mi bout it. Mi head still a kill mi from class and mi just tired. Mi aguh tell  mummy seh mi want har fi push mi back up inna har  because mi neva sign up fi this " . I laughed in spite of myself as I made my way to the kitche to warm up my dinner of cornbeef mixed with sweet corn and rice , best food afta mi done do mi assignments ,this or curry chicken wid white rice.

The next day by 12:30 midday,  Mickayla and I was on a bus back to Ocho Rios where would take a taxi to Mobay . Originally I was supposed to reached around 4pm but, I decided to leave earlier simply because I couldn't wait and I bought a box of donuts for Celine because I knew she would love it .

"alright, lata babz . Text mi when yuh reach home ", Mickayla said as she got off the taxi . She had to come off before me and I waved her goodbye as the taxi pulled away from the bus stop. When j got home , I was surprised to see my mother's car in the garage especially with the fact that she said she would be at work.  I checked the time on my phone, 2:30 . Weird seh she deh home but, mi nah complain mi nuh see har fi a year like , mi actually miss mi parents.

I unlocked the front door and entered,  deciding to try being quite to surprised her. I checked the living room expecting to her seated on the couch but, nothing and she wasn't in the kitchen or dinning room either. Maybe she deh upstairs inna had room,  mi think to miself , suh mi climb eh stairs guh upstairs to har room and then draw breaks before mi push eh door open because , a wah that mi a hear a come from inside mi parents dem bedroom?

Mi listen closely,  all a stop mi breath suh mi cah mek sure mi nah hear doubles , yes a definitely moaning that but, mi fada nuh home because mi neva si him car inna eh garage suh if anuh him mummy in deh wid , then a who? Matta a fact , eh deeven sound like a nuh nuh man she in there wid .

" mummy?", mi call out as mi knock pon eh door and then push it open and wah mi si , mek mi drop eh box a donut.  Mi mada did naked a wear eh strap on dildo sumuh weh mi did si inna har dresser eh time but, a neva that shock mi eh most . A the look a shock and fright inna mi mada and mi best friend mada eyes when dem si mi a stan up a stare pon dem , completely speechless.

Same time mi phone start ring and mi pull it out a mi pants pocket and ansa it ,

Mickayla's voice cut through eh shock inna mi brain as she ask,

" yuh reach home a ready ? Mi mada nuh deh here enuh and mi a call har and nah get har but, maybe she busy a work plus she neva expect mi fi reach until bout afta 4 suh mi just aguh wait until she come home " .