Dark Secrets

Ashley 3

Two weeks had passed and Emma and me have been bonding. I know almost everything about her and she knows almost everything about me except for that one secret.... "Good morning Ashley!" I looked up at her. Emma was wearing a beautiful pink T-shirt and jeans that matched along with lovely black boots. "Wow! You look almost as good as me!" "Thanks for letting me borrow your clothes! It means a lot." She smiled at me and I smiled back. "Today is our last day. What should we do?" Emma asked. "Chill!" And I jumped on the bed. I tried getting service until I found a great spot, the toilet! Ooh! Gisselle is getting cosy with Mr.D! Oh they look so cute together! Someone's calling me! "Hello?" "Hey Ash!" Gisselle said. "Gis! So how are you?" "I'm fine but I miss you! Can't wait until you're home!" I smiled. "Yeah, me too!" "David and I are going to the movies today, I'm so happy!" "Yay! Good for you Gis, listen, when you fetch me tomorrow, can you bring me my diary?" "Oh sure!" "But no peeking!" "No, of course not!" (Gis and me laughing) "Well, got to go! Talk later, ok?" "Yeah sure and dad misses you a lot, like really! I don't know what's up with him, I mean it's like, you are his kryptonite or something like that...." I froze. Dad missed me? Now that I think about it, it's been 3 weeks. He hasn't had his daily.... "Ash?" "Yeah?" "I love you! See you tomorrow!" "Yeah, ok, see you tomorrow!" She ended the call. "Your sister?" Emma asked. I nodded. I jumped on the bed and started sleeping.... Beep, beep! Beep, beep! Beep, beep!
I jumped and turned the alarm off. Hmm.. funny Em isn't here. I checked Emma's bed but she wasn't there. I went out and saw her throwing stones in the lake. "Good morning Em!" "Good morning!" She replied. "Last day? My dad and my sister are picking me up. If you want we can do something tomorrow?" She nodded."Sure. Ash? How does your dad treat you?" What? Why is she asking me that? "He's ok..." My phone started ringing. "Hello?" "Hey! Um, I can't find your diary! You must have brought it with!" "Huh? I never..." And as Emma turned around, she threw my diary to me. I gasped. "Gis, I'll call you back. Emma? How? Where did you find that?" "It was in the bathroom. I didn't know what it was but when I read it, I realized it was your diary. I'm not always a goody two shoes. I have my bad moments and I had to lay down your diary and give it to you but I read it instead, every little secret and thought. I thought we were friends! Why didn't you tell me?" "Tell you?" "About your dad!" I stared at her. "You read that, you know?" "Yes! Why didn't you speak up! I could've helped you! Why didn't you tell anyone?" "Because I couldn't! If I told someone that my dad was abusing me then he would kill Gisselle! I couldn't let that happen! She's my sister! I love her!" "Ashley? Why didn't you tell me?" I turned around to see my sister and dad standing there. I gulped. "Dad! Nice to see you!" "You little! You told her!" My dad shouted. I backed away. "No, I didn't, she read it, my diary!" He didn't care. He grabbed my sister and took a knife out. "No! Dad, stop, don't do it!" Emma backed away and ran. "Dad! No!" Gisselle screamed. As dad was about to slit her throat, someone shouted: "Drop the knife!" I looked back. Martina was holding a shotgun. "Step away from the girl and everything will be ok." My dad stared. He then held the knife up and then suddenly fell. Emma had hit him on his head with a rock. Gisselle hugged Emma and then ran to me.