The Day That Never Happened

Have you ever had a memory, but you aren't sure whether you dreamed it or read it or saw it in a movie? Have you ever had a day that changed life as you knew it, but no one ever spoke about it again?

For me, that day started early on a Sunday morning in June 2005. I had just turned 12.

Half-asleep, I heard footsteps surround the corners of my bed.

My mother's voice flooded in from the doorway. "Please," she said. "Let me wake her."