The Graveyard Short Story

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The Graveyard The body everywhere. One Sunday night this little girl died, her name is Angelina. She died from a car accident. In the car accident she was thirteen and sitting in the passenger's seat and the truck hit the car and t-boned it. The was trapped inside the car for four hours and they couldn't get her out. Angelina ended up dying in the car that day. Her mom was with Angelina, the mom's name is Laila. Her mom got out fine and was depressed for days. Angelina was her miracle baby and she loved her to death. Laila wanted to die before she would ever, and seeing her die was the worst possible thing in her life. Angelina's dad on the other hand was an alcoholic and his name is Taylor. He she got hit he was out partying . When Laila called Taylor, he was drunk and didn't care about her. The next morning he was looking for Angelina, and couldn't find her. Laila sees him walking around and asks " What are you looking for"
Taylor screams "Angelina, where is that little girl"
"She died last night I told you" Laila scarcely says "My little girl" He cries Two years …show more content…

He looks around for Laila, he thinks she is at work. He decides that he wants to go and get food. Once he's in the car he remembers that Anisya the detective is coming to see Angelina. That night Anisya comes and scoped out the place while Taylor and Laila aren't there yet. She see this guy coming out the car and she get excited to meet the family. Then she realizes that it's not a family it a guy with an ax. She starts to scream her head off and get crazy. The man gets her and chops her up, right before she gets killed he says in a scary voice " I'm getting everyone who comes here." When Taylor get there he see two of every body part, he decides to call the police. When the police get there they are all confused and wonder who is doing all theses things to the instant people. The police decide that they want to call another

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