Manuela is standing in front of me, pointing a gun to my head. I have stopped crying. Daddy and Penny have been gone for like twenty minutes now and I am happy that they are safe and away from this crazy woman. I can't believe it was Manuela though. I liked her so much. She is just walking about the room panting and talking to herself under her breath. I think from the words that I caught that she loves Marco. Suddenly the room Bursts open and I see daddy, penny, and Gus rushing in. Manuela holds my neck and points the gun to my head. I scream, her tight hold around my neck hurts. "Manuela... Why.. " I see hurt washing all over Penny's face. Daddy looks like he is gonna have a heart attack. I swear I have never seen him this scared and helpless. Gus looks all around the room trying to

