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Briars POV
Every step I took the pit in my stomach grew, my heart fluttered and my lungs tightened. I was nervous, no I was down right scared.
I joined the foster system 3 months before my twelfth birthday, meaning I've been an undesirable, annoying and difficult teenager to any potential parents. Not to mention the feral state I was in when I first arrived at the group home.
This meant I had never done this before. Never met up with potential parents. Never had adoption within my reach. Never felt hope. And I was struggling.
What do I say? What do I do? How do sit? What if they hate me? What if they think I'm a boy?
Questions swirled around my head like a sick whorl pool, making my stomach churn and throat clog up. I was standing out side the kitchen door. I could hear them. Hear them talking, I couldn't make out what they were saying but I knew it was about me.
Taking a breath I grabbed the door handle, slowing turning it before carefully opening the door, the loud screech it made causing all conversation to stop and all eyes to turn to me.
"Briar, there you are, took you long enough"Miss Clarence said before looking me up and down "couldn't add even a little bit of colour?" It wasn't really a question, more like a judgement. I was the middle of trying to burn her with my eyes when a soft voice made me snap my head away from Miss Clarence "I think you look lovely, sweetie"
The couple from the fair were sitting across from Miss Clarence at the kitchen table, holding hands "I'm Mia and this is Gabby" said the smaller one. The one who wanted to take care of me, who thinks I look lovely, who called me sweetie like she actually believes there's something sweet about me.
"Uh, it nice to uh meet you, again" I said awkwardly as I sat down next to Miss Clarence, she just shook her head at me. "Briar, these two women have decided they would like to foster you for the time being and if you both decide you want to legally be a family you can then apply for adoption, how does that sound?" Miss Clarence said as quickly as possible, obviously wanting me out of her house.
"You don't have to make you mind up now, if you want we can have regular meetings and outings, get to know each other before moving in" Mia said softly, looking at me with concern "you're a very intriguing girl, and we want you to be our daughter but only if you want us to be your parents" Gabby chimes in, scanning my face for micro expressions of uncertainty and fear.
I've been wanting out of this house since the first day I was dumped here, and not just out of this house because it's too full and being dumped on a random persons doorstep. I want to properly leave, go somewhere I actually feel safe and comfortable. For some reason Mia and Gabby made me feel safe and comfortable.
"I'd like to go home with you" I said before I could overthink and stop myself. I was greeted with two big bright smiles from both women "oh that's lovely" Mia exclaimed "you can come back here any time you want" Gabby reassured "I'm pretty happy not coming back here at all, actually" I joked, though I was totally serious.
Gabby and mias smiles seemed to fade a little "I really hope you like our home, your new home then" Mia said, subtly squeezing Gabby's hand.
What are they so concerned? Did they actually think I liked it here? Or did they just want me to have a happy life? Do they genuinely care about me?
"Go and pack you bags then, you'll be out of here in 15 minutes since you hate it so much" Miss Clarence snapped "the sooner the better" I snapped back before leaving the room to pack.
Holy shit, I'm finally getting out
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Finding Family
General Fiction**sequel to "Mafia Princess" can be read as a stand-alone but to better understand read the first book** Briar has been through a lot, the kind of stuff that would give you nightmares and destroy your belief in happiness. She's scared and alone, stu...
