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My Mom Ana Torres
I live in a very small town, were lots of people get kidnapped, and sometimes are killed because the kidnappers ask a lot of money, which families from here can not afford to pay. I was in the house alone and calm with my mom cooking dinner, when suddenly something weird occurred. The lights went off. A second later, they turned on again. My mom is a very sensitive and delicate person, so I told her really quickly, "It is ok mom, it was probably just an electricity problem," but I realized I was completely alone in the kitchen. I started yelling, "Mother!" all over the house, and realized she wasn't in the house either, I was really confused, how could she have left the house so fast? I went out into the street and started asking for help. Some very nice neighbors were helping me find my mother. We looked for her for about three hours, but we never found her. I was going crazy and I was crying. So I finally decided to go to the police. They told me they would do their best to find her. I gave them a brief description, then I went home. Some days passed and my mom was still missing. The next day, I received a very mysterious letter, I very slowly, almost shaking opened it, it read, "Your mom's life will cost you $1,000,000, we will call you tonight at 8:00pm. "I can't pay this much of money!" I said to myself. I went directly to the police. They just told me to wait for the call. That night when I heard the phone ring, I froze, I almost couldn't think, I couldn't move. I got near the table and grabbed the phone. Very slowly and shyly, managed to say, "Hello?" Suddenly a very rude and rough voice said, "Do you have the money?" "Give me proof that you have her!" I waited a second and I started to hear some voices in the back. This is what I heard, "Hey Tom make the old lady talk! If you don't talk lady, you are going to get it!" Then the rough voice said again, "your old lady won't talk. Believe us or not, it is not our problem! But if you don't have the money by next week we will kill her, did you hear? WE WILL KILL HER! We will call you next week." Then I heard a long silence, then they hung up. I didn't know what to do. I was confused. I couldn't think. I always saw these cases in television, but I never thought it would actually happen to me, but I also thought what could made them think that I could be able to gather up $1,000,00. I always thought they investigated the person first, and if they investigated me, they wouldn't think of kidnapping my mom, because I am so poor. That night I couldn't sleep. My mom and I are very poor. We only had barely to eat. I couldn't, not in a million years, pay that kind of money. I week passed and I didn't even had a thousand. When they called I told them, but they instantly hang up on me. The next day they called again and said, "Hey lady, your mama is dead, but if you wan her body, you have to give us at least ten thousand." I, almost crying, said, "Look sir, I am really poor, I can't pay all that mon…" but before I could finish my sentence they hung up on me for the 3rd time. I never heard of them or my mother again. I guess they buried my poor mother, but I guess I will never know. Right now, I am going to identify a body a fisherman found in a lake not far from my house.
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