Let's Get Lost

01

I'm in a cab on my way to my dad's house . It's very sunny in Los Angeles , so I'm not really used to this weather because it was so different back in Montana . I'm informed by the cab driver that for me to get to my destination will be about 30 minutes . I nod in response and say thank you . What am I doing in a cab ? Why am I in Los Angeles ? Well it started about 7 years ago , in Montana , when my parents divorced . My mother was heartbroken and she always had depression and anger in her but she never took it out on me when my dad left with my older brother , Daniel  . It's been 7 years since I last saw or heard from my father , and two years since my mother's death . Those two year I spent in Montana motherless were like Hell . I was never understood at the Quincy Orphanage For Young Ladies I stayed in . Even though my mother was a professional boxer and quite the legend in MMA , all the other girls there treated me like they treated any other orphan girl . That was two years of my life wasted . Hopefully , living with Daniel , my dad and his fiancé will be a better choice I've made in two years .

I look out the window and see a sign that says Rosewood Beach . I study my environment more and see that we really are on a beach . I'm sitting in the middle seat in the back . From the position I'm in the beach is on my left and there are a bunch of beach houses lined up next to one another on my right .

" nice view huh ? " the nice cab driver says .

" you're telling me . There's nothing like this where I come from . " I respond still lookin out the left window .

" My name is Gilbert . I'm one of your father's private cab drivers . " he smiles .

" Nice to new you Gilbert . " I say smiling back . He stops talking and focuses on driving .

Meanwhile , I'm thinking and thinking about what's to come in my new life as Anita Jaxon .