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Personal Narrative: Kansas Bound

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Kansas Bound On May of 2010 I went to Kansas City, MO to see my Grandma. This was my first long car ride since I can remember , nine hours going speed limit. First, we were in the rough side of Kansas, mostly because we lost signal and got lost. We couldn’t look out the side of the window or there was a fifty fifty chance we may or may not get shot. My father of course being him , decided to race out of the avenue we were then chased out by a gang. However they did not start a drive by and we made it out safe. Later, we made it out safely to Abuela’s house. She greeted us at the door with milk and cookies. Then we started to talk and get to know each other and then I realized that she was going to be my best friend. She started speaking
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