Chapter 3

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The next morning I woke up early to try to get an early start. My adopted dad must have had the same idea, because he was waiting in his study.

"You ready?" he asked.

I nodded in response.

"Who would you like to find and meet first?"

"My real dad, please."

It didn't take much pleading with him today. We left as soon as I changed out of my pajamas.

"Are you nervous?" my adoptive dad asked as we neared my real dad's house.

"Nervous? Me?" I said sarcastically. It was then when I felt my hands get warm. It wasn't too long till they burst into flames, and I started to freak.

"Jessie, just calm down and the flames will die down." My adoptive dad reassured me.

I took a deep breath to calm down and the flames calmed as well. I relaxed after the flames were gone, but my nervousness came back when the car stopped in front of a house.

"Ready?" he asked.

"As I'll ever be." I replied.

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