The head of the orphanage looked at the quiet kid sitting beside the middle-aged woman Infront of her and asked "Are you ready?"
The kid looked at her, smiling and nodded her head in response.
"Thank you very much for your patience, Mrs. Manoban" The head said to the middle-aged woman
"No need to thank me. I am really grateful for the smooth successful processed" Mrs. Manoban answered
"She is still welcome to visit. We will miss her here "
"Thank you. We would love to visit sometime. She will surely miss all of you as well. After all, you guys is her family"
After three hours of preparing and finalizing, the middle-aged woman held the kid's hand and happily walked to leave. But before they went outside, the kids said farewell to each other. After all the luggages and important things of the kid placed inside the compartment, they finally left the orphanage. They travelled for about four and a half hours before they have arrived at the middle-aged woman's residence. The middle-aged woman called Mrs. Manoban. As they entered the house, the kid look around inside and looked at the house's decorations, color of the walls, the sofa, tv and so on and so forth. The house is nice, calm and clean.
"This will be your new home starting today" Mrs. Manoban smiled happily at her. She also smiled in return
"Feel yourself at home. You can go and see your room. I left the door open so you could find it easily. I'll go and prepare dinner" After saying that, the woman headed to the kitchen
The kid feels kinda weird. She's nervous, happy and excited all the same time. She started to walk and familiarise herself. Heading to the second floor of the house, she glanced at each door she passes by. Two rooms on her right, side by side and one on her left. She noticed the door which is open and when she reached the open door and look inside, she knew by then, that will be her room. So, she went inside and wandered her eyes around.
The walls covered in cream colored paint, windows with white curtains, side table, computer and a soft comfortable bed. She headed to the wardrobe and opened it. She gasped in surprise. Inside, it has shirts, dresses, skirts and trousers in different colors. She slowly dropped the bags in her hands on the floor and touch the things inside the wardrobe. Since she came to the orphanage, she used to wear plain shirts and trousers. Shorts, skirts and dresses aren't her thing. Because she's special. However, looking at those things, she is extremely happy and she really appreciates the effort her adoptive mother spent on this.
"You've finally seen it. I didn't know what your favourite color is so, I bought different colors each. I hope you like it" suddenly a gentle woman voice spoke behind her
The kid turned around and look at the middle-aged woman. Her adoptive mother
"My my my, sweetheart, why are you crying?" Her adoptive mother panick
The kid was shocked she doesn't even know a single tear ran through her cheek.
"Are you happy?" The woman patted her head lovingly
"Yes. Thank you, Ma'am"
"You're welcome. However, I think you should stop addressing me as 'Ma'am'. We are a family now, dear"
"You can call me, Mother or Mom. Don't be shy and hesitate"
"Okay, m-mom" she said in a shy tone. The word sound strange to her as she spoke.
Mrs. Manoban smile "It's fine if you feel uncomfortable. I understand"
"It's fine, M-mom"
Her adoptive mother looked at her in a gentle gaze "Alright, let's fix your things first so we can have our dinner"
They started to fix her belongings with the help of Mrs. Manoban, they finished quickly. After they finished, they went downstairs to have dinner together. They both eat in peace. After the dinner Mrs. Manoban spoke "Go and rest. I'll take care of this. Rest early, it's been a tiring day. I have something to explain to you tomorrow"
The kid nodded and obey her adoptive mother. She headed to her room and rest.
Early in the morning next day, she woke up at past 7. She bathe before heading downstairs. Passing by the kitchen, she saw her mother already preparing breakfast
"Goodmorning, darling"
"Goodmorning"
"Did you sleep well?"
"Yes"
"After breakfast, let's talk."
"Okay"
They had eggs, toasts, ham and warm milk for breakfast. Afterwards, they sat on the couch in the living room.
"I'll explain everything so you understand and don't get confused in the future......." Her adoptive mother begun to explain
Mrs. Manoban is a widowed woman. Her husband died due to health issues but she still insisted to use 'Mrs.' rather than 'Ms.' She was once a military and resigned to be a doctor while teaching in a university. After a few years of being a doctor and a teacher, she resigned on both careers. So now, she is a scriptwriter. She explained everything to the kid and went on different topics afterwards. Seemed like they are getting to know each other as mother-daughter.
"So, what do you want me to call you?" Her adoptive mother asked
"My name is Lisa, so I think you can call me by that name" she said in seriousness that made the woman stunned for a moment
"Alright, dear. I'll call you Lisa then"
"By the way, I just noticed from the information document that your birthday is right around the corner. You're turning nine. Do you want to do something special on your special day? What about a party? I'll invite the kids from the orphanage. Sounds good to you? What present do you want?" Her adoptive mother keeps on asking her a lot of questions
She let out a soft sigh "Anything is fine. Thank you, Mom"
The woman melted by her simple words. An 8 year old well-mannered and adorable kid. Something popped up in her mind. She remembered the head from the orphanage briefed her about the kid's history. They told her that this kid is mature in mind, despite her age, she knows a lot of things. Also, she think differently from a normal kid. The kid's background is not as simple as she thought. Her past. Her experience shocked Mrs. Manoban. This kid is special. She got kidnapped. She had experience a lot of sufferings before she came to the orphanage. She got kidnapped at the age of four years old and escaped at 6 when she came to the orphanage, the police officers who investigated the case found out that her parents already passed away before the incident due to starvation.
So, she had been passed on her relatives. And they had also found out that she was sold to those men who kidnapped her by her relatives. Life truly been hard on her. She was just a child. A kid. Innocent. When she came to the orphanage, all the kids were afraid of her because she was reserved and aggressive when she's being alert. And she was alert all the time. Fortunately, years passed and she learned how to control those. So she started to gain friends. She has a sharp senses because she had been living in a forest for almost 2 years. In those years, she lived in hell with other kids. They'd been starved and tortured. In the orphanage, no one was allowed to touch her. She wouldn't allow it. She'll become aggressive.
And even she started socialising and gain friends, she doesn't want to be touch. She doesn't trust people. She carefully choose people she could and would trust. So when she received the news that someone will adopt her, she tried to test the woman to see if she is trustworthy. However, not even a day had passed, she trust the woman. Because she felt no need to test her. She trust her instincts. She could sense the good, pure, genuine and sincere intentions of the woman. Since she trust her, she told herself the responsibility to protect this adoptive mother of hers to repay the present and future act of kindness, care and love.
