Finding My Sister

Chapter 2

It had been 12 years since I had last seen Eleanor. She went missing the same day of her birthday. After eating cake , i went to put the plates away and when i returned to the room, she was gone. I figured she was playing hide and seek but when my parents came back inside , we couldn't find her. The cops were called, we were questioned and me being fourteen, I was confused as hell. My parents had somehow convinced me she was not missing and to stop looking for her. They told me she'll come back and that she just ran away. Nothing made sense , she was only twelve. Who in the hell would believe that? Twelve and alone in the woods. We left the cabin the very next day. I kept begging and begging my parents to go back to find her. They refused. At Eighteen I moved out of my parents home and continued searching for her. I convinced my parents that I was over it and bought their cabin. Every weekend I would come to the cabin just in case Eleanor showed up. Twelve years and she never did. A part of me blames myself . If i never left her alone, she would still be here. Wouldn't she? I finally gathered the strength and courage and opened up the letter. 

                                Stop looking for her. She's gone. Why can't you just listen? Here's proof. Didn't you two have matching ones? You'll never find out what happened. You won't ever see her again. Going to the cops won't help. 

By the time I finished reading the letter , my heart had stopped. I couldn't breathe right. I grabbed the bracelet and held it in my hand. Taking closer looks at it , It was for sure Ellie's. I had taken off mine and hung it in my closet. Before i knew it , I was sobbing. My phone was ringing and i didn't care. I didn't want to talk to anyone right now. I let it go to voicemail and started my car. I just wanted to go home and cry in a corner. Ellie is not dead. I can feel it. When I got home , my husband was awake and cooking in the kitchen. He looked startled as I walked i and set my tings on the table. Grabbing the envelope , i ran into the room and sank into the bed. Reading the note over and over again until i couldn't. He came into the room and looked at me. 

"Babe ? are you okay? You're back , super early."

"I got a letter. Someone knows I'm still looking for my sister.They want me to stop."

He grabbed my hand and took the letter from me. 

"Should we go to the cops anyway?"

I looked at him and wanted to cry again.

"No. They won't help."

I held up the bracelet for him to see.

"This was hers. We had matching ones when we were younger. It was our promise to each other to never leave the other behind and to never let each other down. "

I was crying again. He pulled me up into a hug and squeezed me tight. 

"We will find her, we will not stop looking for her, I promise. But right now , our priorities include our baby girl. Right now , we need her to be healthy and her mom to be healthy. okay?"

I looked him in the eyes and nodded my head yes. He handed me a cup of tea that he had brought in and I sipped it slowly. Whoever sent that letter is going to regret it. My phone rang again and it was my parents. I'm still mad at them so i refused to answer. They left another voicemail. Ever since they found out i was pregnant they had been trying to be more into my life. When they found out our little one is a girl , they wanted me to name her after my mom. I refused and decided to name her after my sister. My mom broke down and cried then fainted. My father blamed me and told me i was torturing my mom. Since then , i have not seen or spoken to them. I'll call them back later but for now , I wanted to go back to sleep and dream of my sister again. It's the only way i ever see her.