A Lost Child

By Michael Lucas

A Lost Child is a story of a little child who is lost in a world. This child encountered a lot of obstacles in life, until one day these obstacles made him a better person.

This book is made to let the people know that its not too late to change or become a better person.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: May 9, 2017
• ISBN: 9781524684334

Michael Lucas

Michael Lucas loves listening to music most of the time. He also reads Bible and loves to communicate with other people. He is married to Rosemary Lucas for a year and 3 months. They are blessed with 2 children. Michael is also blessed with another 3 children from his past relationships.

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CHAPTER 1

Robert comes from a family with high expectations. His father was a lawyer and his mother was a nurse. Mr. Robert and Regina Washington were his parents. They name him Robert Washington Jr. Mrs. Regina decided to name him after his father. Robert had always been an optimistic person since he can remember. He was always curious about everything the world had to offer him. The only problem with that Robert always chose the wrong things. Older people, like Grandma Jenny, try giving him good advice like normal people. That didn’t work because Robert wasn’t a normal kid.

Robert was the kind of kid that thought he knew everything. So he never listens to what people say. He always had that I know what best for me attitude. His parents always try telling him right from wrong. But he was young and really didn’t care at the time. What they said usually went in one ear and right back out the other. Although Robert was just fourteen years old, in his mind he thought he was grown. He wasn’t your average fourteen year old because he looked more mature. People have always mistaken him to be twenty or twenty one years old. He believed in using that to his advantage to manipulate females that were older than him. Of course, just to get what he want from them or anybody else for that matter.

He even found many ways to manipulate his parents into doing what he wanted them to do. It should have been the other way around. Whenever they told him no, Robert just found a way for them to say yes. He would go as far as telling them a lot of lies. He was good at it. There were plenty of days when Robert made his parents felt like they were bad parents. He had it pretty bad going in his father wallet or his mother purse taken $10.00 to $20.00 out at a time. He played on his parents’ emotions any way he could to get what he wanted from them. His parents never wanted to feel like they were bad parents and he knew this. That was their favorite subject during dinner time. Grandma Jenny old smart mouth would say, There are no such thing as bad parents just bad kids.

Robert response would be, Don’t forget bad grandparents Grandma Jenny … especially the ones with no teeth.

Robert always threatened his parents whenever he got upset with them. His favorite line was I am going to run away. Grandma Jenny was quick to say, I wish you would. Go ahead and run away. So this house will have some peace.

Robert would respond, It would be at peace if you would just die you old coon face.

Grandma Jenny would smile and say, You not going to amount to anything. I am going to be the only grandma in this community that has a puissant for a grand son. Robert would flip Grandma Jenny a bird. His father would immediately send him to his room for the rest of the day. Robert parents try everything in their power to change his wicked ways. But nothing worked. They started thinking that he was possessed by a demon. So they called a catholic priest over to the house. The priest started throwing Holy water on Robert. The priest was screaming, Demon … you come out of this child right now! Come out of this child Satan!

Robert was laughing so hard inside. As a joke, he decided to play along to play on their emotions. He fell down to the floor kicking, shaking, and drooling out the mouth. Then he started making all kinds of crazy sounds and rolling his eyes to the back of his head. Robert thought it was so funny the way his parents were looking.

Grandma Jenny replied, There is nothing wrong with this child. All he need is a good beating.

That made him very angry with Grandma Jenny to suggest that he get a beating and he had a trick for her. The next day Robert was determined to get back at Grandma Jenny. She loved drinking her coffee in the morning. So he decided to pour out the sugar in the container and replaced it with salt. Grandma Jenny was in for a treat. Robert hurries up and finishes his breakfast. He definitely didn’t want to be at that table with Grandma Jenny when she drinks her coffee.

Robert ran and hid around the corner with such laughter. He was just waiting for Grandma Jenny to take that first sip of coffee. She took that sip and started spitting out her coffee. He laughed and laughed until he couldn’t laugh anymore. He can hear Grandma Jenny screaming from the top of her lung, My grandchild is a demon child from Satan! He ran to his room laughing so hard at her. He could still hear Grandma Jenny going off.

She was screaming up a storm. She kept saying, That Holy water didn’t do anything to that demon except made him more evil. It should have been hot water. Robert knew Grandma Jenny wasn’t very fun of him then. But he was not through with that old bat. Grandma Jenny was forever calling him a puissant. He just loved the negative comments that he got from her. That was the closest love that he was going to get from that old lady. Grandma Jenny kept him laughing.

She would always fart and scare herself. That use to have Robert rolling. Grandma Jenny was crazy about her some red meat knowing that it just only upset her stomach. He ran every time he saw her eat red meat. That gas passing through her body was something serious. Robert thought the government should have declared Grandma Jenny a national threat. The truth is Robert reminded Grandma Jenny of herself when she was his age.

She was once a trouble child herself. It was hard trying to manipulate Grandma Jenny. She always saw right through him like a mirror. Robert walks up to her talking and being nice. She would scream, Get back away from me Satan. Grandma Jenny knew he was up to no good. But she didn’t know he was plotting to get some of her cigarettes. He stayed around her the entire day watching her like a vulture. As soon as Grandma Jenny placed the cigarettes on the kitchen table and went to the bathroom, he quickly grabbed him two from her pack and ran down to the basement.

That was the one place that he knew she wouldn’t come. He stayed down there getting his smoke on. He didn’t think that old lady would miss two cigarettes, but she did. Grandma Jenny knew off back it was him because neither of his parents smokes. He could hear her moving around up stairs searching for him. She wouldn’t come to the basement because she was afraid of the sound that the air vents and pipes made.

She grew tired of waiting for him to show back up so she could confront him. She became very frustrated and told his parents. By the time she told them, Robert had made back to his room playing games on his PlayStation 3. His parents knocked and entered his room to confront him. He stood there in front of his parents and Grandma Jenny looking as honest as he can and told a bowl face lie.

Grandma Jenny said, You’re going to go to hell for that bowl face lie you just told.

Robert replied, You first.

Robert figured since she didn’t have any proof, it was his word against hers. So he started fake crying saying, Grandma Jenny telling stories on me. He sounded so convincing his parents bought his lie. Just stay in your room, they said. Soon as they turn their back, he smiled and licked his tongue out at Grandma Jenny.

CHAPTER 2

If looks could kill Robert,