Chapter 1

The day seemed to go faster than usual. Sara thought to herself as she closed the door to her three daughters room. At one three and five they were only reason Sara was still here. In her early teens life had been hard on her and before she got pregnant with her oldest she had no reason to live. She was living on the street since she was only ten years old. The lights were off but she had no trouble going across the hall to the bedroom she shared with her husband. The carpeted hallway masked any noise her footsteps would have made. The walls were covered in pictures of her small family. Looking over the pictures a black shadow was lingering on her last family picture. It only lasted a second and was gone. Sara blinked and it was gone but there was still sinking feeling in the back of her mind. Opening the bedroom door the only noise to be heard was air conditioner blowing in the back window over the bedroom. Her husband Benny was sound asleep. Sara felt bad for him knowing he had worked a long week and needed a break. Not that she was not also tired. The large room held there queen size bed two long dressers and a walk in closet. When they were looking for a house she had to choose between a walk in closet or a master bath and the closet won out. She spent very little time in the bathroom anyway. Slipping off her long night shift, she climbed into bed and kissed her husband goodnight. He smiled but otherwise did not stir. Moments later Sara slipped off to sleep as a bad feeling crept into the pit of her stomach.