slipping in and out

Ellie thought she might go into convulsions. She sat up then. She knew Kate was near, and it wasn't right. She wasn't able to speak to her.

"She's with Evan. isn't she?" She got out of bed. She could hardly move, but she felt she had too. Kale stirred then from sleep.

"Why are upset about that?" Kale winced. "She's not exactly here you know."

"Why isn't she? Why can't my sister be with me?" Ellie went to look at the mirror. "How come I can't see her? What have you done?" Why hadn't she thought this sooner? Why hadn't she asked?

"Look, the less we have to worry about, the better, all right?" Kale told her.

"No, its not. Its not all right. I want to go home Kale! I want to go home, thats all I ever wanted?" She woke the baby then.

"You are home." Kale promised.

Ellie went to check on Emily in the make-shift laundry basket.

"What are you trying to tell me?" She wasn't buying into this anymore. It wasn't an escape. It was prison.

"You'll see, it'll be better than last time." Kale watched her with the baby. "You'll see. We'll be just fine. The three of us."

"I had a life," Ellie squinted hard. "And you took it away from me. You took it away from me!"

The truth hurt. And she knew it now. How in the hell would she ever get back to her family now.