THE
UNSPOKEN
Damaris
Cruz
Before I could get my eyes open fully, I heard my mom screaming, “CALL THE DOCTORS, HE’S WAKING UP.” I started to hear a bunch of footsteps swarming into the room. My eyes were open slightly, but not enough to get a clear view of who was in my room. All I could hear was the beeping noise from the heart rate machine and the sound of my mom sniffing as if she was crying. I didn’t even know what was going on, or why I was in the hospital. My eyes fully opened, and a doctor flashed a light in my face. “Teejay, do you know where you are?” I knew I was in a hospital, I just didn’t know where. I tried to move but, for some reason, I felt pure pain throughout my body. “Ahh!” flew out my mouth as soon as I tried to move. The doctor thought it would be a good idea to take me to get some x-rays and blood work done to see if I was okay. I asked my mom and sister Aniyah what happened and why I was in the hospital. They couldn’t even look me in the eyes. My mom couldn’t even stop crying to tell me what was going on. My sister just came out and said, “TeeJay, you were kidnapped five years ago. They found you in the North woods.” My body froze; the hairs on the back of my neck started to stand up. I would have never thought this would happen to me. You see shit like this in movies, but you never actually think it would happen to you. WHAT THE HELL?! I had so many questions I wanted to ask at that right moment, but my sister already looked like she was holding back tears trying to be strong and my mom couldn’t even look at me without crying. The doctor came back in. I couldn’t help but to think he was about to tell me the worst, tell me I’m dying or something. I don’t know it’s just so much going through my head I couldn’t even think straight. 89
