"Please don't tell" Tears welled in my eyes and spilled out onto my cheeks. " I won't do it again." She sighed and remained silent for a minute.
When she finally spoke her tone was quiet, " It's against the law for me not to tell Anna Lee... but I know that you are having a hard time." She fell silent again, I wiped my tears, " But if I find out you did it again, I will have to tell."
I rose from the ground walked to her and wrapped my arms around her. "Thank you." I said. She patted my back and rose from the ground.
"I will be checking you every day though." My stomach flipped a little as I prayed in silence for got to grant me a good dream that night. "Okay".
We walked back towards the door we came out of slowly and reluctantly.
Orphans never got to go outside. You were considered lucky if you got to go outside. Jenny used to go outside all the time with Pastor Aaron. She'd come back and she'd describe everything. How the pastel flowers dotted the emerald fields. How the near by corn fields tainted the air with their bitter scent, and how the breeze felt on her skin. She still talks about it even though it's painful now.
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True Dreams
Novela JuvenilAn orphans dreams aren't just dreams. They're real. Nightmares and all. WARNING: Content is intense please be prepared for the unexpected.
