My New Life.

Chapter 9

"I don't understand," I spoke.

"Wouldn't we already know this? That we have a brother and sister?" Carson asked.

"Well, see, we weren't supposed to happen. Do you remember that one year, seven years ago, mommy and daddy said they had to leave for a buisness trip and then you had to stay with grandma and grandpa for about seven months?" Alice asked.

I looked back at that year. Remembering mom's belly getting a little bit bigger. Mom just used the excuse I'm gaining a few pounds. Of course Carson and I believed her because we were younger and didn't really understand a few things like that.

"How do you know this stuff?" I asked.

"Our foster care told us. Two years ago, we were adopted by Sherry. About five months later, she poisioned us. She treated us like her own children, took care of us, loved us. But then one night, she started acting different. It scared both Dalton and I. I don't know why but she locked Dalton in the room and locked me in the basement. Nothing was in there but two ropes hanging from the ceiling. About an hour or so she took both of us in the living room, sat us on this very couch, gave us a cup of tea, and then asked me what I saw in the basement. I told her I saw two ropes hanging from the ceiling. Then she smiled and said enjoy your tea then went to her room. Next thing you know, we're dead hanging from a rope in the basement," Alice explained. She just looked at the floor.

"I-I'm sorry," I softly spoke.

"Then we started seeing children come here and the same thing happened to them but they just got thrown in here. The more children came the faster she would kill them. We're the only ones who got hung. We aren't sure why, maybe because we were her first children she killed," she said.

No one said anything for a few minutes.

"We'll help you," Dalton said breaking the silence. "I mean, we're family right?" He smiled.

For some reason I didn't want to leave. Maybe because I'll be leaving my brother and sister who are dead, hanging by a rope in a basement but are really here with us.

(A/N: Hey guys! Sorry its kind of a short chapter. I'm not feeling the best. I'm sick and I feel so achy and stuffy and sore. It sucks. Well anyways, I hope this chapter was good. I know not a  happened in this chapter but I just wanted to basically explain the cliff hanger from last chapter. So yeah haha. Well I'm gonna go. Comment, vote, and follow!)