Chapter 1
“We’re moving?!” Jim Barkers screamed. Her parents were very calm. “Yes, your mother has been transferred to Austin, and we hope to make a new life there,” her father said. “What? How could you do this to me? I already endured being the new girl once and that went along with being laughed at for my boy name! And that was just a month ago!!! Why do we have to move again?? This is the 8th time! Don’t think I haven’t counted!” Jim was crying now. But before her parents could comfort her, she ran up the stairs and slammed her door shut.
Jim’s parents soon came in her room to find her missing! They searched the whole house to find but a note, reading:
I’m running away! Families stink! Don’t bother trying to find me because I won’t go back!
Your forgotten daughter,
Jiminy (Jim) Barkers
Jiminy (Jim) Barkers
Jim’s mother was dialing 911 in a second. Her father was already out calling her name in the cold, dark night. They looked and looked with the police, but never found a trace. This went on for days, even months, but nothing was found. They had her face on milk cartons and newspapers, but Jim’s parents lost hope. Their only daughter was pronounced dead.
