Fire Of Lies

Chapter III.

Why look behind if your past
is in front of you?

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"I'm sorry, Ray, I need to go." Mia rushed out of the classroom and left her invite die in the air. It's almost the New Year's and her friends all rejected coming to her party–which is fine. Totally fine.

I mean, it's normal to be dramatic when you're in middle school, right? This is normal, right?

She's not sure.

But she's crying inside a cubicle silently right now and her tears gross her out.

"I'm so pathetic. Damn." She's left out. And she feels like she's the one at fault. They liked going to parties but when it comes to hers, they're all busy? Okay. Seems about right. Who wants to go to a birthday party of an orphan anyways? No one likes pity parties.

"I want to go home."

But home is just a metaphor for the orphanage; a fake word for a fake place.

She does not belong there.

Her parents dropped her off when she was just a baby and this information was drilled into her brain so early, it's the first thing she remembers from her childhood. I'm telling y'all, pathetic as fuck.

Maybe that's why her birthday is January 1st. Didn't even bother thinking of a fake date for her to celebrate being birthed by a stranger.

It's fine. She'll just lock herself inside her room again. Birthdays are overrated, anyways. She doubts the orphanage would even throw her a party, so maybe it's a good thing they all rejected her.

The little girl grabs her things and Mia is laughing her ass off with their friends at the nearby park. She smiles at them, one 'Must be nice' thought, then she's out.

The Old Lady who was managing the orphanage was at the gate when she arrives, waiting for children to come back from school. She bows to her then walks but she heard her say, "Meet me at my office at 8."

She takes a deep breath. Why is she so unlucky today? Got to be the worst Friday this month.

"Who told you to sit?"

She springs up the chair and stands beside it. Ray Mond forgot this Old Lady is a bitch. The Old Lady looks at her from head to toe, she almost rolled her eyes.

"A family was looking for you. They're with your brother." the Old Lady states. "Let's see, yes. It was... Mr. and Mrs. Sykk."

"M-My brother?"

Ray wasn't aware she has a brother. She thought she was alone this whole time–no relatives, no nothing!

"Sykk.." Her eyes are sparkling with hope but the Old Lady interrupts with her tongue clicks.

"I told them you're not here." Ray's eyes, shocked, made the Old Lady smile. "I told them you don't exist."

She always knew this bitch hates her, but goddamn is it more evident today. Holy shit.

"What are you smiling for, Ray Mond?" She smirked at the child's face. "They left you too. Here. Alone. They didn't even question any further, they just gave up."