Shattered Lies

Thump. Thump. Thump.

Loud, heavy impacts shook the walls of the house, dragging me from the suffocating darkness of my unconscious state. My eyelids fluttered open. I stared blindly at the familiar ceiling of my bedroom. The last memory hit me like a runaway freight train. The muddy footprints on the grass. The crushed plastic toy. The crumpled ransom note.

*They took him.*

Thump. Thump. Thump