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We all just look at Frankie. “I don’t trust you, so I am going to take your sister here with me up to the roof to make sure that Hope is really there.” Frankie says as he grabs me. “You’re not taking my daughter Frankie!” My mother says to him. “Rose you really have no says here. Plus I think there is something about this one that you are hiding from me. So until I get Hope back I am going to keep her close.” He says as he hugs me tight. Frankie puts a gun to my head and I can’t help but laugh. “You think this is funny?” He asks me. “You’re not going to use the gun, you’re too curious about me to kill me. I just don’t get your fascination with me. I am no different from my sister and brother but you seem to be drawn to me.” I tell him as he puts the gun away. “You have eyes I have seen before.” He tells me. “You wish.” I tell him back. He laughs at me. “No matter how drawn I am to you, if I don’t get my Hope back I will kill you to prove a point. Do you understand me?” He asks. I look him in the eyes and nod yes.

            We slowly make our way through the warehouse to the stairs that lead to the roof. “Have you ever met Hope?” Frankie asks me. “Just recently. She came to help my parents find my little brother. He was kidnapped by my deranged older brother that you just met.” I keep walking. “You see that is where I can’t help but scratch my head.  Why would Hope come to help your parents when they casted her out? That is the part I don’t get.” We keep walking. “I am sorry I don’t know this story. I met Hope only when she showed up.  My parents never really explained who she was to them.” I tell him hoping to hear what he knows. “Well your parents and Hope were in love according to Hope, so much so she left everything she knew to be with them. She got pregnant with your father’s baby.” He stops talking and looks at me to see my response. “Really? What happened to the baby?” I ask. “She had a stillborn; the baby was dead in her stomach. After the baby boy was lost they casted her out. She wasn’t as much fun, so they kicked her out. That was why she never saw them again. That is what she told me.” Frankie says. “Well seeing as I am my parent’s child you can understand why they wouldn’t tell me that story.” I say as we walk up the door to the roof. “Here we are.” I say as I stop in front of it.

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      Daniel smiles at Frankie. “Kill me!” Is his only response. Frankie just seems to growl at him as he walks away. We all just look at Daniel. Kill him? That is really all he has to say. “Just as I suspected, you won’t hurt me because you care too much about finding Hope. So how about we make a deal. You go away and let me finish what I am doing here, I will gladly give you back Hope alive and well. How does that sound?” Daniel says to Frankie. Frankie shifts his head back and forth. “You see that doesn’t work for me. So how about I counter your offer.” Frankie says as he snaps his fingers.
            All the guys with guns grab us. They have a good grip on me, Percy, Grace and my mother. “How about I kill them one by one and ruin whatever it is that you’re doing.” Frankie says as he points a gun at Grace. “Or how about you kill him and we search for Hope.” Grace says. I look over at Grace who is struggling to get free from the man with the gun. Frankie looks over at me again and walks over to me. “What do you think I should do?” He says as he walks right in front of me and looks me in the eyes. “Kill us all.” I say. “What is your name?” He asks me. “Why does it matter?” I ask him. “Her name is Julia.” My mother says. I am not sure why she just lied. Well I guess it’s not a complete lie, Julia is my middle name.
            Frankie keeps circling me. “You don’t look like a Julia to me.”  He says as he sniffs at me. “What do I look like to you?” I tell him as I try to back away from his sniffing. “You look like a little warrior to me.” He says to me. I can’t help but think of how I got my name. “What is a little warrior?” I ask him. “It is a child with death in their eyes. I have only seen one other girl with this. I use to call her my little warrior my Hope.” He says this with such love. I look Frankie up and down. “I am not you’re Hope nor if you let me feel will I inspire any hope trust me.”  I say as I try to step towards him. The guy with the gun pulls me back. He looks over at my mother. “I think I’ll keep her.” He says with a laugh. “You can’t have my sister.” Daniel says. “Wait you were doing all of these to your own family?” Frankie asks Daniel. “They are my family to do what I want with.” Frankie smiles at Daniel’s response. “Give me Hope and I will leave your family alone.” Frankie says. “Fine, she is on the roof.” Daniel says. Finally Daniel tells us where she is and she is here. I can’t believe it soon I will have my mom back. I can’t help but smile to myself. “See now was that so hard?” Frankie asks Daniel. “Yes it was. Now why don’t you go get her and leave me to what I was doing?” Daniel says as he points at the stairs. “No that’s not going to work for me.” Frankie says.