world as we know it

chapter 2

A little girl. Maybe around 6 or 7. She was holding a little doll. Definitely not julie. I walked over to the little girl and asked for her name. 

“K-kk-katie”, she said like she was very scared. “Hey Katie, im jassey. What are you doing out here this late?”, I ask. “M-my parents are f-fighting”, she says. “Hey it's ok, is it safe at your house, are they going to hurt you?”, I say. “My dad, he hits my mom”, she says and starts to cry. 

I hug her and ask if she wants to come with me. “W-where are you going?”, she questions. “I'm looking for my sister”, I replied. 

Katie says she wants to come with me. I realize providing for 2 people is going to be hard so we needed more food. We went to a gas station down the road. I told Katie before we entered,”you go in and talk to that woman, distract her so i can get us food”. “Why?”, she asks softly. “You will see”. We went into the store. 

I give the women a quick glance. I was wondering why she didnt question 2 girls in the gas station at 2 am. Katie walks up to her with her doll and shows it to her. I grab all the food I can carry and as soon as I see the womens distracted I yell “KATIE”, she runs over to me and we leave the store. 

The woman yells for us to stop but we keep running. She yells “I'M GONNA CALL THE COPS!”, and she did. We heard sirens and saw flashing lights. We ran into a forest about half a mile from the gas station. 

That's when I realized we're gonna need a place to rest for the rest of the night because Katie looks tired. I put the food in my bag. I tell Katie that she needs to sleep, we have big days ahead of us. She yawns and we both sit.katie falls asleep in my arms. 

That's when I knew I needed to do everything I could to protect this girl.

When she woke up I got some snacks for us to eat as we got ready to move. We walk for what seems like hours when she looks at me and says her legs hurt from walking so much. 

All my bags were in a wagon so I made some room and let her ride in it. She falls asleep again. 

We found a little spot where we could sleep for the night. Before I go to sleep I check my phone, 30%, I need to charge it. I told Katie that when we woke up in the morning we were going to the park. That got her excited. 

When I woke up Katie was already up. She was eating an apple and handed one to me. I thank her and start to pack up. She gets in the waggon with all the bags and I check my phone to find the nearest park. But when we went to the park something was wrong.