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ith all my essentials and a flyer I'd p
en trees, busy streets, and huge houses that seemed fit for royalty.
image drew me in. I felt a spark of excitement and cur
hope and the smell of a new start. This place was a dream I'd had all my life,
ave, Sister Nova. We can talk to Mother Superior Angela and explain th
hanages walls, nurtured by the sisters who port
like I was abandoning a haven for a den of lions. Despite
hanage's walls. The prospect of being adopted into a fami
lurked outside the orphanage's gates only added to my anxiety, mak
over me like a dark cloud. Stories of girls being mistreat
g family. The longing for my parents, who would have shielded me from all this uncertainty, was
but I promise I'll be fine. I want to find a b
rust me for once?" My voice was soothing, and Lila responded with
I'm going to miss you so much. What if something bad
ncertainty. Despite my own weaknesses, I
childhood, with me being just a year older. I knew m
walls. My plans were to further my studies, start my own business, and be my
hunny bunny," I promised,
I intend to keep. Ever
e I got into the car with Sir Tho
you enjoyed
ughts by the air hostess stand
om the memories, I didn't e
, her concern genuine, noticing
ckly, wiping
said, her voice cheerful
e like a slap in the face. I took a deep breat
er's grin approached me. "
you take me here?" I asked, showing hi
g to town isn't
d like I know why he
small bag from my hand
tion to the passing scenery, soaking up
air, but my mind kept drifting back to
heading to, and that unk
ty and the driver's sudde
t of the car, and the driver sped off, le
were hurrying home. I was in a new
flyer, but the house in front of me was noth
ine. It soon dawned on me that I was stranded in a city I hadn't been
rings, My stomach growled as the scen
kins Pastries, its neon sign flickering like a beaco
he door, stepping into the warm light.