Riley Bollar: A Short Story

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Riley Bollar
“Riley Bollar! Get you rear end down here!” Riley’s mom, Liz, exclaimed. “Just five more minutes mommy,” replied two and a half year old Riley. She was in her room reading, and she learned to talk just a week earlier! Now, all Riley did in her spare time was read. Her parents knew she was going to be extremely intelligent. However, they didn’t know just how smart she would become…
-13 years later-
“How about you Riley, do you know the answer?” asked Mr. Anderson, her college professor. Without a second thought Riley spewed off the long, complex answer all of her college classmates had no idea how to solve. The professor, who had been thoroughly trained, was at a loss to explain. Riley Bollar now attends Duke University in North …show more content…

It was 8:00 p.m. now and dark. She pulled up to the curb across the street from the house. The porch lights were on. Riley snuck around back and looked through the window. She saw a very gross and messy house through the glass. Then she spotted him. The sick monster that had taken her mom. The man came into the kitchen where Riley was looking in. He went to the fridge and pulled out a clear bottle of something. He took it and went in the other room. Riley slowly opened the window and silently climbed in. She headed toward the basement as she thought that that is where her mom would be. She tried to be as quiet as possible when going down the stairs. When she got to the bottom she saw her mom. She was tied up with zip ties and had duct tape across her mouth. Riley ran over to her mom and hugged her. She ripped off her duct tape and asked, “Are you ok? Did he hurt you?” Liz replied, “No, I’m fine. We need to get out of here. He is coming back soon,” Riley cut the zip ties and freed her mom. Suddenly, they heard footsteps on the stairs coming down. They hid in the bathroom next to the stairs. The man walked pass the bathroom and into the room where Riley’s mom had been held. Before he had realized what happened, Riley and her mom bolted upstairs. The man heard them and chased behind them. When Riley got to the tow of the stairs she locked the door and trapped the man down stairs. “No! Let me out!” he screamed. …show more content…

“Help!” yelled Riley. A doctor came and they put her on a stretcher and took her to the hospital. The doctor told Riley that they didn’t know what was wrong with her mom. “It is probably just a reaction to the traumatic experience your mother went through,” said the doctor in a calming tone. “You should go get some rest while you mom sleeps,” the doctor told her. So, Riley returned home with her father to get some sleep. They woke at 7 a.m. to the phone ringing. “Hello,” said Riley’s dad. “Hi, this is Doctor Steven from the hospital. Your wife is awake and is eating breakfast. You can come see her if you want,” “Ok, we’ll be right there,” replied Riley’s father. They got in the car and drove to the hospital. They took the elevator to the third floor where her mom was. When they walked into the room her mom had a confused look on her face. “Who are you?” asked her mom. “What do you mean? Quit joking around mom,” replied Riley in a chuckling tone. “I have no clue who you two are and I’d like you out of my room. Nurse!” yelled her mom. Riley could tell that she was being serious. What’s happening? Why can’t she remember me? Riley started to cry with frustration when suddenly a thought popped into her mind. She remembered reading in a book about memory loss. The book said to talk to the person about happy memories they had shared. Riley walked back inside the room and started sharing experiences. Soon enough, her mom

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