Her jewel was gone

Kristen’s POV

My mouth became parched the moment she said that. I kicked the grocery bag away and rushed inside the house, hoping what Brianna had said was far from the truth. My heart felt clammed with so much pain.

“No no no…” I recited inside my head as my lips trembled. I got inside the house, which had been scattered. The couch had been flipped over and the TV was smashed on the floor. I did not care about that. I rushed all the way upstairs to see if my son was in his cot.

It felt like a nightmare when I got there and he was not there. The room was scattered. Even his cot had been broken. Tears slipped out of my cheeks as it became difficult to breathe. I remembered how much I saved to get the cot. How much I worked to make sure my son got a better life and didn’t suffer.

All that had gone down the drain. I slipped to the floor as I held my chest. More tears came down my cheeks. “Ahhhhhhhh” I screamed. He finally had Hardy, how would I ever get him back.

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