It wasn't any other Monday at my desk, this morning was different,and changed my life forever. I opened up this email,and I wish I never did it ruined my life. I never thought of anything bad happening with opening this email, but was I wrong. The email subject said, Welcome back to work, I thought was an email, telling me welcome back congrats on the new baby. This Monday was my first day back after having my baby boy. Little did I know it was going to be my last. This email was definitely not welcoming at all it was life threatening. The email read your past is about to catch up with you, and you're about to pay. I did a lot of bad things in the past , a lot of stupid stuff as a teenager so, I was trying to narrow it down,so I can figure out what they was talking about. One. I left a hit ,and run scene,two ,I gave up a baby when I was sixteen,three,I left a friend behind when I shouldn't have. So the hit, and run wasn't so bad ,we was sixteen, and drunk ,and we known we would of got in trouble so we didn't stop. The car we hit just glazed it and barely made a mark, and the guy didn't get hurt so couldn't be that. So has to be something from the other two things I did was a lot worse. I believe giving a baby up , and leaving a friend behind like I did is something no one forgets. Okay I know what your thinking giving up a baby is not that bad a lot of people give babies up at sixteen,but how I did it was horrible. I was sixteen, and stupid strung out on drugs,I don't even think I remember who the father was. My mom kicked me out once again stole a bunch of stuff of hers just worried about my next fix. I only worried about,my next fix and that was it. I didn't even know that I was pregnant until I was giving birth to a baby girl in the back alley behind a dumpster. I didn't even take her I left her behind , didn't even know if she made it or not. I later heard she was okay someone found her , and took her to the hospital. I also found out she got adopted shortly after,but if she ever found out how she became into the world could mess someone up a little. Now back to the friend I left behind ,I didn't just leave her behind,I abandoned her with a creep,at a party. I know I shouldn't left her behind with him , but I was pretty messed up at that point. I left with some guy I met a few weeks ago , I been crashing at his place,so I wanted to leave and pass out. I tried to get her to come but she wanted to stay and drink so I said see you later. The next morning I heard the guy she was drinking with drugged her drink , and raped her it was pretty bad she stopped talking to me after that. I got clean at the age of twenty. You would think giving birth behind a alley ,and leaving my friend behind should of been my rock bottom it was not. My rock bottom was driving under the influence,and about killed a child in a car wreck I caused. The kid made it thank God they gave me ten years in prison, but I got out in seven. I did probation for the other three. I lived in halfway house for a year where I met my husband there. He was a security guard at the halfway house I was living in ,he had to check bags and keep us girls safe. He definitely kept me safe because two years later I was living with him in his apartment. I was getting my life together I took my GED,and started online college classes ,and became a drug counselor,I was helping people get clean ,and feeling good about it. Two more years later I was married ,and had my second baby but first one I was raising, clean ,and sober. I was happy living my best life until two years after that when I gave birth to my third child but the second ,like I said clean and sober. Now you see at this point I thought nothing can go wrong been clean for fourteen years,with a great husband ,two healthy boys and a great job,I didn't think anything could go wrong. I got the email said meet in the parking garage where I work,if you wanna make this right. I thought was just an old friend or the kid I abandoned to let off some steam, man I was wrong. The father too the baby girl I left behind or he thinks he's the father. I got in the parking lot thinking just to talk but he was angry,with a gun shaking it around like a mad man. Jimmy I shouted put down the gun and tell what is that about? I was so confused what could Jimmy be so upset about, I left him in a good place at least I thought. Then he said you left our baby in a dark Alley behind a dumpster how could you? I said Jimmy I'm sorry I was just a kid then I didn't know any better, saying it with tears running down my face. Jimmy I said with my hands in the air trying to speak calm as can be since he still has the gun at me ,I don't even know if she was yours for sure. He shouted at me and she is mine I was at the hospital where they took her I over herd a nurse said there was an abandoned baby that someone left it behind an alley,and that alley was right behind my apartment. I asked the nurse for a DNA test ,and told the nurse I had no idea my girlfriend was pregnant I told them. They told me an nurse was already filling out adoption papers so I let it be but I was angry. I was a banged up druggy I couldn't take care of a baby by myself so I tired to find you. He was still pointing the gun at me while finishing up his story,he shouted I couldn't find you , you was no where to be found. The adoption already went through the last I heard of ,see Bailey you blew my chances with ever having a kid. I shouted back at Jimmy there is still time your still you , can find someone to make a life with it's not to late. He said it Is to late my wife she can't get pregnant so only thing is going to make me feel better is to watch you die. Jimmy he had the gun pointing at me pulled the trigger,and there I was on the ground,and Jimmy took off running , and they last thing I heard was someone call nine, one , one. I thought I was dead I easley could I flatline a couple time but I woke up with my husband at my bed side and I felt safe once again.
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