"Alice?"
"Alice, sweetie, we're home now."
I was shooken awake by Hannah. The car was now stopped and we were parked in front of the house.
What was that? Was it a dream? No. It was too real. I felt like I was really there. But it couldn't have been real. No. That's impossible. It was just a dream. A very real-like dream, but still just a dream.
"Alice, sweetheart? Are you okay?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah. Sorry," I said as I leaned up, taking in the real world. I opened the car door and jumped out of the truck, making sure to grab my bag as I went. I then walked up to the door of my home.
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"Alice! Dinner!"
"Coming!"
Dinnertime. This is it. This is when I tell them. But will they believe me? I hope so...
I stood up from my bed and walked towards my door. Once out of my room I headed down the stairs to the kitchen where the smell of straight-out-of-the-oven food was spreading. I sat down at the table, waiting anxiously in my seat. Hannah and Joshua soon joined me, Hannah handing me a plate in the process.
"Alice? Is there something on your mind? You seem a little out of it." Joshua said.
Well, it's now or never.
"Well, you know my sister I told you about?..."
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Living In Lies | #OnceUponNow
Roman pour AdolescentsAlice, the girl with the unknown last name, has been stuck in an orphanage, because nine years ago her parents were killed by... herself? Once Alice is finally adopted by a strangely sympathetic couple, Alice realizes her life will never be normal...
