maryandmikaela

Alexa peeked out through the crack in her door, her parents were fighting again. Alexa was eight years old, she had dark brown hair, she was about 48 inches tall, and she had blue-green eyes. Alexa could hear her father Tom yelling, “ Let’s give her back, I don’t want the little brute anymore, all she does is get in the way. We already got the money, let’s give her back!!!!!” Tom Robinson was Alexa's father she didn't like him 1 bit on her last birthday he gave her a musty yellow colored sock. He also had a terrible temper. Ever since she could walk if she forgot her chores he would explode. Mrs. Robinson was his wife she was o.k. Sometimes she would be nice, but if Alexa felt sick and went into her parents room Mrs. Robinson would get so mad. “ I don’t want her anymore than you do but they will find out what we did if we give her up." "Give who up? Me? Why would they do that? They're my parents." Thought Alexa. Alexa began to think something was happening that her parents were not telling her. Alexa’s parents were going out to a party that night. Alexa decided to look around the house to see if there was something she could find that would tell her what her parents weren't telling her. When the front door had slammed behind them, she went into her parent’s room. She opened the desk drawer to find a bunch of papers that looked important. They were letters that never got sent. They were written to a man named Joe. They talked about stealing a girl that was 4 and a half . They would steal her, kill her parents and steal the money. The parents lived at 23 Birk St., Smoky Hollow, Tennessee. The letters were 3 and a half years old, according to the date on the top of the page. Something struck Alexa’s mind, 3 and a half years ago she was 4 and a half. The next letter said something about how the child was going to live with the Robinson's who were partners with the robber. Another thought struck Alexa’s mind, the people //she// was living with were the Robinson's that little girl was probably her! Then she heard voices in the garage she quickly closed the desk drawer and ran to her room. Just as she closed her bedroom door her "parents" came into the house. They came into the house arguing, “ I want the money!!” yelled Mr. Robinson “ No I should get the money I have to spend all day with her.” Yelled his wife, Mrs. Robinson. They were arguing about who got the money for keeping Alexa. Alexa decided she would run away. She quietly started packing her clothes and other things she needed. After she heard her parents snoring, grabbed the money jar and a couple days worth of food. She silently slipped out the door. She ran towards the highway. Once she got to the highway, she sat down on the grass and took out a banana to eat; she was hungry after all that running. She decided to get off the highway she walked through a deserted village and found a shack to spend the night in. When Alexa woke the next morning decided to go exploring. The village was in bad shape, the houses looked liked they had been burned down. Something shiny caught Alexa’s eye, it was an address plate on a house, and it said, **//23 Birk Street//**. Alexa remembered that on the letter, this was the address of the people the Robinson's had helped to kill. This must be the house of her real parents. She walked inside. She found a picture of three people, a women who was tall and she had dark brown hair and blue-green eyes, a man had dark brown hair also, in the picture the mother was holding a little baby girl, that girl was her. She could tell from the picture they would have made great parents. The fathers eyes are dancing with laughter. Suddenly she heard a voice. “ Anybody here?” She grabbed the picture and ran. The man who talked was faster then her. He grabbed her arm and pulled her face to face with the man. He was old and frail and looked as old as a grandfather. She thought he would hurt but suddenly his expression softened. “ What’s your name? “ He asked kindly. “ Alexa “ She responded. “ Where are your parents? ” Alexa pointed back at the house. “ They were there, ” she whispered “ They died in the fire didn’t they? “ the old man asked. “ Yes “ Alexa responded. “ You’re coming to spend the night with me, while we sort things out. “ he said “ My name is George Toffy. What’s your name? “ “ My name is Alexa, but before we go I need to get my stuff.” Said Alexa. “ O.k., I will wait for you here.” Said George Alexa ran back and got her stuff. George’s house was messy, but cozy. George lived on top of a joke shop, which he owned. When they reached his house, George put Alexa’s stuff in a spare room that he had in the back. After Alexa unpacked her stuff, George gave her a tour of his apartment, and of the joke shop downstairs. Alexa looked around the joke shop, while George got ready to open the shop. While Alexa was looking at the fart spray, George went to make phone call. When he came back, Alexa had moved on to the fake blood section. “ You will stay with me until we can find a relative that is still alive that you can stay with. I can offer you a job working here until then if you would like.” “ I would like that very much.” Alexa replied “ Then you will start tomorrow, the shop opens at 9:00 a.m., you have to be down here at 8:30 a.m. It was 10:00 p.m., Alexa decided to go to bed. The next morning when Alexa awoke, it was 8:00, Perfect thought Alexa. She got dressed, and went to the kitchen, on the table was breakfast. She ate quickly, and went downstairs. George was already down there getting ready to open. “ So,” George said, “ why were you at that deserted village anyway?” Then the whole started to spill out, Alexa told George everything, from before she found the letters up until the time when he had found her in the deserted village. George listened to it all, and when Alexa had finished, George was speechless. “ Wow!! Now let’s open up the store.” When the joke shop opened Alexa got behind the counter to be the cashier. George opened the door and outside Alexa could see the sign that hung over the doorway. It said Georges Joke Shop. At first business was slow, later in the afternoon a bunch of kids came in. They started to look at the magic cards. “ OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!” bellowed George. The kids sprinted out of the shop. “ Why don’t you want them in the shop?” Alexa asked George. “ They always mess up every thing on the shelves and try to take it.” Replied George. “ Oh.” Said Alexa “ It’s about time to close the shop. If you want to help that would be great.” Said George “ Cool, what should I do?” asked Alexa “ You can shut the shades and turn the open sign to closed.” George said. When they were finished George told Alexa she should rest while he made dinner. They both went upstairs and when Gorge was making dinner Alexa sat in the kitchen and read. For dinner they had pasta and rolls. During dinner they talked about what they should do about her fake parents. She was definitely going to be staying with him for a while. At 8:30 George said Alexa should be going to bed. Alexa went down the hallway and got into her pajamas and went to bed. Meanwhile Alexa's fake parents were searching for her wondering how much she knew, who would find her, and if they would be caught. Then Mrs. Robinson suggested they tell their criminal friends. "O.k." said Mr. Robinson. He quickly wrote a letter to his criminal friend Joe. They set off to find a mailbox once they mailed the letter they went home. They were having a pleasant evening until they figured out that Alexa had taken money from them. The next day flew by quickly. Around dinner time George asked Alexa to run down to Zonko's (the joke shop owned by his brother Joe) he wanted to invite him to dinner. On the way she saw the Robinson's (her fake parents) she quickly ducked into an ally way. After a few minutes had passed, Alexa peeked out of the alleyway and saw that the Robinson's had went away. She ran to Zonko's and asked Georges brother if he would like to come to dinner. " I'd love to." George's brother Joe said. " Cool, George is making dinner now." When they had arrived at Georges house. George had dinner ready. They all sat down for homemade pizza. After dinner they sat in the living room talking. Alexa served Joe a fair amount of wine. " How have you been?" George asked his brother. Joe started to seem a little loopy. " Good I have been workin' with these people and we gained a lot of money by kidnappen' this kid and killin' her parents." " You have?" asked George " Ya, kid looked kind of like that one there" Joe said After Joe left Alexa looked at George with big frightened eyes. "Let me think things though right now, forget about it, you should get ready for bed. Tomorrow I will have to talk with Joe." said George. Alexa silently went upstairs and got ready for bed.

The next day Alexa and George went by Joe's house to talk to him. George rang the doorbell, no one answered, George rang it again, but there was still no answer. Then George tried the door, it was open. George and Alexa went inside. They walked into the kitchen they decided to look around. They walked through most of the rooms. Then Alexa opened a closet door and screamed. George came running. Inside the closet was a women. " Lorraine!!!!!!!!," George yelled. "Have you been here all along?" "mmftrsd" Lorraine said. "Oh!" Said George, as he took the tuck tape off Lorraine's mouth. "George!!" said Lorraine. "Say Wha'?" Said a confused Alexa. "Go get a kitchen knife Alexa quickly I'll explain in the car" said George "Ok" said Alexa, she went to the kitchen, and grabbed a knife. She met Lorraine and George at the door. They dashed out the door and into George's car. He drove to his house. When they got out they hurried to the kitchen and untied Lorraine George got her some food and started explaining how Lorraine was his wife, how she was kidnapped because she was rich. "I cant believe my brother..." George kept saying. Then George told Lorraine Alexa's story. "Really?" said Lorraine "Yes" said George "That means Joe, your brother, kidnapped me and killed Alexa's parents, All for the money." "I don't know if he is my brother," replied George I remember him from my childhood but he could have had surgery or something. "Alexa are you OK?" asked George "Yeah, hang on" She said than ran to her room. She pulled out a photo album and brought it to the kitchen. Inside were pictures some folded bills etc. She finally turned to a page with a picture of her parents. Under that was a picture of two people at a party. She flipped the photo over on the back said Lorraine and George 1987. Everyone stared at the photo for a minute "You" Alexa whispered after a minute. "What was your moms name?" asked Lorraine "Emily" said Alexa. "She was my sister. I lost contact after the acc........ after the accident" Lorraine said. "What accident?" asked Alexa "Right after your parents got married we had a little girl named Sara and your parents had you. You were such good friends, with Sara when you and Sara turned four we took you to an amusement park. Emily was driving when we were going home and a truck was coming the wrong way we crashed. Sara has been in a coma ever since. Your parents wanted to forget. Emily thought it was her fault." "Was it?" asked Alexa "No one knows" Lorraine replied Suddenly Alexa said "I think I'll go to bed." "O.k. Alexa" said Lorraine "See you in the morning." said George Alexa woke up to hear hammering and strange beeping. Slowly she went downstairs. "What's going on?" she asked when she saw Loraine in the kitchen "George is putting in an alarm system." she replied. "Oh" Alexa said while yawning. "Do you want scrambled eggs and toast?" asked Lorraine "Sure" Alexa said After Alexa had eaten breakfast she went to watch George put up the alarm system. Later after George finished they went into the kitchen. Then suddenly the doorbell rang. No one got it. It rang again. This time George pushed Lorraine into the broom closet and went and got the door. It was Joe.