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12/28/2001 |
| We were on our way when my mom saw we were in need of
gas, so we got some and the cell phone rang. It was Ashley's mom
saying that she ran away and it's the church's fault and if we
harbor her then we are harboring a run-away and she'll get the
police involved. Now, there is no law in Oregon about run-aways.
It's not against the law to run away here. Besides, she will be 18
in six weeks. We went and got her and asked if she would rather go
to our house, or to the movies with us. She said the movies is fine,
it will help get her mind off it. She was crying and she said that
the thing she feels the worst about is what this is doing to her
mother who has the best intentions. She thinks Ashley is in danger,
but that's because she doesn't understand. So my mom went with the
kids to go shopping and Amy and I went to go get the candy. My mom
doesn't like buying candy at the dollar store and sneaking it in the
movies because it is dishonest, even though the candy at the movies is so expensive. I went with
Amy to go to the dollar store, but kept a look-out for my mom, hehe.
We were going down one of the places of the mall when I saw my mom
and the kids up ahead and I said "There they are!" and turned around
and quickly went out of sight. Amy didn't hear me but saw me leave
and she followed and asked what happened. I told her. The dollar
store was further than where they were, so I decided we would go
outside and enter the mall on the other end where the dollar store
was. We went out and almost slipped on the grass, but entered the
mall and got into the dollar store and stood in line to pay. There
was a low wall covering the lower part of the window and I said I
wondered where they were. Amy said "Right there!" and ducked. I
looked over the wall and saw Matt and my mom looking toward me and I
ducked before they saw me. I made sure and saw they were going into
a store.
After the movie, my dad picked us up and since Ashley's mom knows
where we live, he asked where she would rather stay. She wants to
stay with us right now. I really felt like hugging her, but I know
that God can help her a lot more than I can, and I just would feel
weird hugging her |
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