(A few weeks later, June 23, there was an accident. While Tara was at the academy, Dr. Hatch came into her suite.)
Dr. Hatch: (solemnly) Tara, I'm so sorry. Your family's house caught on fire this morning. No one escaped the fire. Your family is dead. I am so, so sorry. (Tara's eyes filled with tears.)
Tara: What caused the fire?
Dr. Hatch: The fire department said it was an electrical fire. But don't worry. There was a clause in the contract your parents signed that states that if anything happened to them, I would receive legal guardianship. That means that you can live here at the academy with me permanently. (Tara cried and it took her five minutes to calm down.) I know. It's very sad. But I have some good news too to help you feel better. We have discovered that you were born a twin. When your biological mother, a teenage girl named Gail Nash of Monrovia, California gave you both up for adoption, you were the first to be adopted. You went to a home right here in Pasadena, just three miles from the academy. Your twin sister Taylor Ridley on the other hand was adopted by a family in another state. And everyone knows how inefficient government bureaucrats can be. Her records were lost in the transfer between state agencies. She vanished like a grain of rice in a rice paddy. But I promise that someday, we'll find her.
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Tara and Taylor: The Twins Story
FanfictionThe story of Tara and Taylor from the Michael Vey Series. Tara and Taylor were put up for adoption at birth, then separated at only four years old.
