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When She Was Stolen-Chapter Two:
Alone
Chapter Two:
I was alone in the hospital, not that I expected anything different. I had been looking after myself and Brianna for years. The only thing I could think about was how alone and terrified she must be.
I was kept busy most of the time with various therapies, but that did not stop my mind from going back to Bri, and everything that went wrong the day she was stolen.
The scars from the bullets would remain with me, but what hurts more are the ones that were there because of what happened to Bri, and the ones that came from our Mother’s lack of care.
There is no way I could have handled the hospital stay, or the days that slowly turned into weeks without knowing where Bri was, if she was hurt or worse. I did not want to let my mind go there though.
Lord, Bri must be so scared, so please keep her safe, comfort her and bring her Home. Don’t let her be in terror Lord.
It was too much time for my mind to wander to places I didn’t want to go when it came to things that might be happening to Bri. Were they feeding her, caring for her? She was kidnapped from our front yard, why did they take her?
I couldn’t help but think that our Mother was somehow responsible for this. I know she may have tried to…
