48 Hours to Live

while im reading his letter for ransom,

im too scared, it even got so bad i had to take it to maury,

let me stop with the talking and just tell you the story,

i get home one day and my familys not there

its no big deal and i really dont care,

they may have went out because my family was handsome

i wasnt frightened until i saw a letter up for ranson

it said "I HAVE YOUR KIDS AND YOUR WIFE TOO, IM GOING TO KILL THEM UNLESS YOU DO WHAT I ASK OF YOU, AND IF YOU CANT DO THAT, THEN THEY'LL ALL DIE BY THE BERETTA, MY GHAT, read closely and do this for me leave $20,000 in the death valley tree, P.S. you have 48 hours for me, or your whole family will D-I-E..."

now im sitting here hot as a red pep, because how did I lose my family to a man himself,

hour 1-i'm not knowing what to do, hour 2-I started reading for clues, hour 3-i'm like did he mean beretta the ghat?, hour 4-or the lady secretary where my wife works at?,

so i'm thinking my wife's job has about $10,000 in volunteer money,

I tell them my story they say "here you go honey"

hour 12-I get home and theres another letter, it says congrats on getting your wife back she's with the lady Beretta,

now its time to start breaking some rules, dont your kids go to 2 different schools?

one schools high and mighty, the others kind of poor, to get all of this money you may have to visit the money store, it said P.S. enter through the bottom floor, o yeah, and i'm not writing you anymore...

hour 14-I really want to give it up, 15-my wife smacks me and says get up, 16-still not knowing what to do, 17-then I thought about the 2 different schools,

my daughters school had the most money so I went there first, they were stubborn with the cash so it made things worse, they had ten thousand dollars but they only gave me five, so i STILL had to fight to keep my son alive,

I went to my sons school they gave me all they had, it was $3,000 dollars which wasn't half bad,

hour 36-I know that im so close, 37-my daughters back and she heightens my hopes, 38-$18,000 all i need is two more, 39-and then i thought about the money store...

anything could happen if I robbed the bank, I could get locked up, shot up, or maybe get shanked

it was a risky situation but it had to be done because I got the girls back but, i really love my son

its the 42nd hour and I enter the bank, turn the alarms and cameras off and im starting to think,

I steal the $2,000 dollars and I escape, all the while wondering and hoping...i'm not too late

its the 49TH hour and I get to the tree, a man pops out and says "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN D?"

I say I know i'm an hour late, but i have the money(screams) he stabs me in both my legs, the blood starts running,

I look him the eyes I yell WHERE IS MY SON? he comes from behind the bushes but he's all tied up

they hold my eyes open and set my son on fire, I sit crying wondering why consequences were so dire,

the man says THIS SHOULD TEACH YOU TO GET ALL THE MONEY WITH A CRIME!!! my son yells WHY COULDNT YOU BE ON TIME?!, my son dies, the man runs I say SHOW ME WHO YOU ARE!............

it was my brother...thats how he got them in his car, and held my family ransom,

and all i could ask was "why?," he said "because little brother, you've never been on time..."