Hi, my name is John. I am a son and a brother. I usually take care of my baby sister Sonia because mom and dad were fighting a lot. I wish life could change for the better. This story is about how I lost my father, who got me through almost everything.

On July 27, 2000, I was born into Ohio State. Then, when I turned five in 2005, my mom, dad, and I moved to Indiana, where my mom and dad had a nice paying job. In 2007, my mom became pregnant with my baby sister Sonia. On February 9, 2008, there, out of my mother’s womb came Sonia. I was so proud at the age of 7 that I became her brother.

After three months ,my mom start teaching me how to help take care of Sonia. After that day, my mom disappeared after my dad went to work, I was still sleep when she left. She left me and the baby home alone. When I woke up, I went to go check on the baby when I heard her start to cry. I ran to my mother’s room to get her cause I didn’t know what to do. When I open the door, I saw a clean room. “Mom the baby is crying. Mom, Mom I don’t know what to do,” I said while I walked in the room and looked around.

When I didn’t see her I began to worry. I called my dad’s job to see if he knew where mom is. So dad left work early to see that mom was in the car with her ex-boyfriend Jake. So he went in the house and get Sonia needs met. When my walks in she sees me, dad and Sonia on the couch looking at her. “Hey James, why you home so early?” my mom asked my dad. “Why aren’t you home with the kids,” dad asked mom.
My mom just went upstairs to her room and dad followed. All me and Sonia heard was stuff flying. Then all of a sudden, that man that was with mom came in the house, and heard the noise so he went upstairs. After that, we heard something fall down stairs. I went to look and saw dad. He looked like he was in so much pain. I sat there yelling up the stairs to the man at the top of the steps with mom. When all of a sudden he came and pushed me out his way, and dragged dad and his stuff outside. Mom just held me back while laughing. I was mad as a hungry baby . After the man came in I looked out the door and I saw blood. So I ran outside and dad was gone. “Come and get your sister a bottle,” mom yelled to me. So, I came inside and got her a bottle.

On June 1, 2009, I became the third child, my mom had my new baby sister Scarlet. When she was released with the baby 3 days later after the pregnancy my came home with the baby to a clean home. When my mom went upstairs she saw that I did the baby’s room she was so proud of me.

On July 27, 2009, the day after my birthday the police banged on the door. So my step father, Jack, went to the door and opened the door up. “Are you Jack,” the police asked. As he tried to shut the door the police got the door open. So, Jack was running to the back where he grabbed a knife and Sonia. “If u come any closer I will stab her in the stomach,” Jack said in a nervous voice. “NNNNNNOOOOOO!!!” I yelled as the police held me back. “What is going on!” mom yelled as she came down stairs with the baby to where I was. She told me to hold the baby. Then went to jack. “Please don’t do that, just give her here this is not her fought,” mom said to him as he threw her near me, then grabbed my mom. He knew she was having another baby so he pointed in at her stomach. Mom was screaming in fear. The police officers called for backup. “Kids go upstairs,” my yelled to us as I ran me and my sisters upstairs. My mom started screaming. So, I put my two sisters in their room together, and then went downstairs to check the noise. I walked down and saw nobody but a messy living room.