The clock struck 5p.m. when the three friends arrived.• • •Everything always felt so safe and secure between them, Anna noticed, ever since they were very young, still homed in the orphanage down the road. Anna felt as if she could tell them anything.Almost anything.She had been keeping a secret from them for what felt like ever and the guilt of them not knowing was eating away at her. Was telling them the right thing to do? She didn't know. How would she even tell them? That didn't matter much, as long as they found out through word of her mouth.Cameron and Jacob had been suspicious of Anna and her secretive acts. It started on a cloudy Tuesday when the kids were sitting outside in the yard of the orphanage together, while the other children played freely. Anna was asked to step aside by one of the nuns. Her friends sat back and watched her be taken back inside.Once inside, Anna was told that someone had important news for her. That's when the pit of guilt formed.Since then it had been five years. Anna felt so drained due to this secret. So, so drained that she felt the need to tell.Cameron's birthday.
