Jade's story really got my attention, and I couldnt put down the book until I was finished. She was also raised in a very rich family, her parents going through a divorce. She was 16 or 17 years old. She was put in the middle of all of their fighting, and was dealing with her own emotional problems from it. She was raised in a "bubble" as she called it, and she never thought anything bad could happen to her. Both of her parents faught over custody, as if she were some prize trophy, and yet neither one of them really wanted her to begin with. She was a major burden to both of them financially, and she took a lot from their careers. She eventually found her way onto the internet and joined some chatrooms. She made a friend with a boy who claimed Jade decided to run awaay. She had finances from a checking account that her parents set up to make her more independent. She withdrew money from the account and got on the first flight to Los Angeles where the boy supposedly lived. Upon arriving, she met the boys father. They spoke for a few minutes, waiting for the boy to return home from the store with his brother. The dad gave her a tour of the house, and eventually brought her to the boys room to wait for him. He wound up locking her in. He came back a short while later, and she passed out. When she woke, she was nude, but not molested. She was tied to the bed, and had no clothing what so ever (to keep her from running away). She was there for a day or so, only untied from her feet when she was going to eat. The dad treated her as if she was someone who had left him and was coming back to him. He wanted to keep her forever. When she was eating, she untied her other hand, and tied it loosely so that she would be able to escape. He came back and tied her back to the bed. After he left, she untied herself and waited for him to be quiet in the house or even leave. She grabbed the blanket from the bed and wrapped herself in it. She managed to somehow unlock the door, and found her bag of clothes close by. She put on clothes quickly and headed down the 3 flights of stairs, never knowing when she would run into him. She found him asleep in the living room. She could not escape from the front door because it was a lock that needed a key to open, he kept it in his pocket. After further investigation, the windows did not open wide enough for her to fit through, and the other doors needed the key as well. She found the grandfather clock and discovered that she was able to fit behind it and hide. She knocked on the front door and ran to hide. After doing this twice, the dad got up to answer the door. He heard something that he thought was upstairs, and went up to check. He forgot to lock the front door, and she ran out as soon as he was out of eye shot. She ran to the closest restaurant, and called a taxi to take her to the airport. She flew home, and realized nobody even knew she was gone. She told her parents she was sick so she didnt go to the honors society banquet. She listened to her parents argue and blame eachother for her not going, and was so upset by it that she screamed about her incident and that she could have been killed and ran out. Her parents tried to get information about it, but she wouldnt give any. She was still in the middle of their fights, but at least now they were trying to deal with their problems without her in the room. She gave an update for her life, saying that the judge questioned her about her life, her parents, and if she wanted to be with either one of them. She had no preference, but hoped that her answers to his questions werent the deciding factor for the judges decision. She didnt want to disappoint either of her parents. Eventually it was decided that she would have split custody wtih both parents, and her life was beginning to settle (as much as it could).
I really enjoyed reading about Jade's story, when she spoke, it was as if she was trying to release herself from her past, and it seemed to be working.
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