Under The Sheets: Forsaken
“Are you sure you’re going to be fine with us going away for the night? We can turn back now?”
Daphne chuckles at her mom’s incessant worrying and questions.
“I’ll be fine, mom. Don’t worry about it.”*
Her mother sighs, mumbling under her breath.
“Alright then, sweetie. We’ll be back on Monday. Make sure to feed Scooby.”
“I will! Hablare contigo mas tarde, madre!”
“Bye!”
She hangs up, stretching her arms out as she yawns. Everything inside the house was sealed tight and locked. Daphne pulls her red hair into a ponytail and puts on a purple fuzzy robe.
“Scooby, where are you?! It’s time for dinner!”
Silence
Daphne sighs, yawning. She figures he’s probably just tired. She heads to her room, only to see the door was slightly ajar.
That was weird. She could’ve recalled that her door was closed when she last touched it. She shrugs it off, deciding to head into her room and get ready for bed.
She lays in bed that night, pulling the sheets over her body.
And when the sun rose up an early Monday morning, Daphne never woke up.
Instead, her body was discovered in a horrific display by her boyfriend near the back doorway of her house.
What people didn’t know about Daphne was she was interacting with strange people online. People she never met in person before or ever talked to face to face. They were given an easy entry to her personal life and where she lived and where she went to school with.
Daphne was a cheerleader, a student, and someone loved by all those who met her. And during that horrific night, she was taken by someone she thought she could trust.
They had slipped in through the dog door, prepared to commit a heinous crime. Everything was set in stone as they sneaked under her bed, waiting for her. When she was comfortably lulled to sleep, that’s when they struck. A forgotten friend that had been forsaken.
Not everyone is your friend. Be secure and safe, so it doesn’t happen to you like it happened to my daughter.
Daphne, I’m so sorry.