"You bastard!!!!" I tried to hit him, but he grabbed my arm, and threw me down. "You sick little bitch!" he pionted the gun to my head. "Take me!" I screamed and spit in his face. "Take me. I want to be with them, take me away!" He smiled maliciously. "Oh, I'm not going to kill you. That would be too kind of me. I'm going to let you live, so you can suffer." and he pressed the gun against his head, and pulled the trigger. He fell to the floor, and the gun clattered out of his hand. I crawled over to my parents, and I held them both. I started sobbing "Mommy, Daddy, please wake up! Please the bad man is gone it was just a bad dream please wake up I need you!" I pressed my face into my mother's hair. I could hear my sobs ripping my throat, and I kissed her hair, over and over. "Oh Mommy...my sweet sweet mommy.." I looked over to my father, and I kissed his forhead, and cried harder. "Daddy! Daddy please wake up I need you to be okay please daddy I'm your babygirl I need you please daddy please!" Charlie trotted downstairs, and rested his head on my arm. "They're gone baby...they're gone." He walked over to my father, and laid down beside him, and my dog started to cry.
The police showed up 10 minutes later. They asked me what happened, and I could hardly tell them. "Do you have any family?" he started going through my records on his computer. "Not that I'm aware of sir. My mother was an only child, and my dad only had a sister, but she and her husband died. I don't know if they had any children together." I pulled Charlie closer to me. "Do you know of any siblings you may have?" I shook my head. "Not that I'm aware of. As far as I know. I'm an only child." The officer continued to look through the files on his computer. "Well Audrey, based on these records, you have one living relative left. That would be your cousin, Jeremy Ferguson." I have a cousin? And they didn't tell me? I guess it was for the best they kept it a secret... "So....am I going to stay with him?" He sighed, "If we can get in contact with him, then you will. And if we can't you will be sent to an orphanage. Until then, do you wish to stay here?" I looked around my house, and at Charlie. "Yes, if that is an option. I would like to stay here." He held my hand. "Alright Audrey. If you need anything, just come down to the station, and ask for Officer Williams." I squeezed his hand, and thanked him. We stood up, and I walkd over to my parents bodies. I kissed their forheads, and told them I loved them. "Would you like funeral arrangements made?" I shrugged my shoulders. "There is no other family left. I don't see a reason why. And I'm 16, so I wouldn't be able to afford it." Officer Williams cut me off. "No honey, I'm paying for it, and I will treat your parents like a member of my own family. I will take care of it. Would you like a service?" I shok my head. "No, that won't be necessary. I just want them buried, and I want pretty flowers on my mothers grave. I want there to be pink roses and dasies. On my father's grave I want there to be a blue rose. I want the flowers to always be there. I want my mother buried with mine and hers favorite mixtape we made together. I want my dad to be buried with my locket. And I shall ask for no more." Tears came pouring down my cheeks. The officer hugged me. "Yes ma'am. And your mother will be buried with flowers, just like the ones that will be planted on her grave, so that they will never die. This, I swear to you." I left one sob rip it's way out of my throat, and he gave me an amazing hug. He rocked me back and forth saying "Shh baby it's gonna be okay." I gripped him tighter. He let go, and smiled at me. "After we get everything cleaned up, I'll stay and keep watch here until we find your cousin, okay?" I nodded.

After about an hour or so, it was just Officer Williams and I. "Please, sir, make yourself at home. I won't be here all day, since I have to go to school." I started to walk back upstairs when he stopped me. "There's no way you're going back to school. I'll have someone go over and pick up your work. Just go sleep. I'm not leaving until we find Jeremy." I nodded. I walked upstairs into my parents bedroom, and found Charlie on the bed crying. I walked over, and laid next to him. I rubbed his head, kissing his nose. I laid down and cried. He didn't leave my side. I clung onto my best friend for dear life. He cried with me, and that's all I remember until I cried myself to sleep.
I woke up, and looked at the clock. 2:43pm. I petted Charlie, but he didn't move. "C'mon baby. We need to take a walk." He still didn't move. I shook him. Nothing. I put my ear my his nose. "No! Charlie not you too!! Please dear god no! Not my baby!" I buried my face in his fur, and I held his limp body close to my chest. I hear Officer Williams walk in. "Oh Audrey..." He walked over to where I was sitting. "He died of a broken heart." I nodded my head. "He's gone too...now I really am alone. I have nothing and no one."
After I finished sobbing on some level, Officer Williams walked outside to my back yard with me. I held Charlie in my arms, and we buried him. I took his collar, and I'm going to keep it forever. I kissed his head one last time, and then we laid him to rest.
When we walked back inside I walked up to my parents rom, and laid on their bed. I took out my phone and put my earbuds in. I played "Done for you" on a loop. Over and over. Until my sobs slowly rocked me to sleep.

Notes

sorry if there are typos, I was crying so hard I could barely see what I was typing