Adopted

chapter 9

"Bret was taken by child services the day after you got knocked out." Shelby said. I clenched my fist. "I would of liked the truth earlier." I said crying. "Sorry, oh wait he left a note." Shelby said trying to cheer me up. Shelby took a crumbled up paper from her pocket. "That's my napkin." She said laughing. "Oh, here it is." She said pulling a paper folded neatly from her other pocket. She handed it to me. I snatched it from her hand and opened it. The note said: Dear Zoe, I'm sorry I couldn't say my last goodbye before I left. I'll miss you. I wish the best for you and everyone in the household you live in. I wanted to apologize for not being there for you when you needed me but they dragged me to the car, I couldn't fight them. I love you so much and I hope that mrs. Dahvie doesn't throw me into the basement lol. The note made me cry. I couldn't take it. I got up and grabbed my crutches. "Get in the bus." I told shelby. "it's still broken." Shelby said. "Were going to the barn." I said. Shelby looked at me. "You have casts on you stupid fuck." She said. "I don't care." I said. I got up and walked down the stairs slowly, shelby there if I slipped. I made it safely to the kitchen. "What are you doing up?!" Ronnie said worried. "I'm going for a walk, right shelby?" I said. Shelby nodded her head. "I'll be with her." Shelby said. "Okay." Ronnie said. I put on my riding boots and shelby did too. We walked out the door and made it to the barn. I tacked up two horses and ripped my casts off. "What the fuck are you doing?" Shelby said. "Their not healed enough!" shelby yelled. I laughed, "I'll be fine!" I said as I put my helmet on. Before we knew it we were heading to the orphanage to get bret. I got out my phone and got it on Google maps. "10 miles away!?" I yelled. "Festive." Shelby said. Our horses ran as fast as they could. By the time 5 miles was up it was 10 at night. I continued. "Let's take a break and let our horses get a drunk from that lake over there." Shelby said. "Fine." I said. We stopped at the lake and the horses took a drink then we set off again. We were finally at the orphanage. It was 3 in the morning. Mrs. Dahvie had gone home for the night, right across the street. I picked the lock and opened the door. I ran in and looked around. I checked every room, no bret. I ran into mrs. Dahvie's office to see where bret was given to. He was in a house another state over. "Dammit!" I whispered. "We're gonna have to loose the horses." I said. Shelby nodded her head. I called a taxi to take us to where bret was. It was going to be $300, I took it from ben's bank account. He never checks that thing. The taxi came and I gave him the money. We were on our way. It would take until tomorrow night to get there. THE NEXT NIGHT: I was still awake, the taxi stopped. We got out and knocked on the door. Two men answered the door. "I'm here for bret." I said. "Oh, he's upstairs." They said. "BRET!" One of them yelled. Bret came downstairs and saw me. He ran over to me and hugged me. He cried, tears were dripping from our faces. He leaned in and kissed my lips gently. "We miss you." I said. "I missed you." Bret said. I started walking back to the taxi. Bret didn't follow. "Aren't you gonna come with us?" I said pointing at me and shelby. "I have a family now." Bret said. I felt a rage run through my veins. I knew I'd have to fight. "But..." I said. "I love you but I have a family that cares about me." Bret said looking loyally at his parents. That's when bret realized something. He looked at his parents. "YOUR JUST IN IT FOR THE MONEY!" Bret yelled at his parents. "What do you mean?" They said nicely. "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!" Bret yelled. He ran with us to the taxi and hopped in. "Rides on the house." The driver said. "Thanks man." I said happily. THE NEXT DAY: the taxi pulled into the driveway of our house. Ronnie was there waiting for me. We all hopped out. When Ronnie saw bret he looked very surprised. The taxi left as Ronnie ran toward me. "WHERE WERE YOU!" Ronnie yelled. "I WAS GETTING BRET!" I yelled back. "YOU SCARED ME!" HE SCREAMED. "OK, MOM!" I said laughing. Shelby laughed too. Ronnie leaned in for a kiss but I backed away. "Hey, Zoe wanna go on a ghost hunt tomorrow?" Shelby asked. "Sure." I said as I grabbed bret's hand to go get him cheese from the kitchen. We saw Jc in the kitchen, Shelby kissed him. I gave bret cheese and he happily ate it. We went to my room with shelby and jc. We just talked about random shit and lauged. That's when Ronnie came in. "Zoe, I'm sorry." I looked at him. "You have to pick." He said. I looked at him confused. "Me or bret." He said. I stood there. I finally thought of an answer "I choose........" TO BE CONTINUED!