Shattered But Not Broken

Chapter 7

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I was woken up by a ringing noise. It took me a moment to realize that it was the telephone. I stretched out my muscles and reached for the phone. When my hand grabbed ahold of it, I brought it up to my ear. "Hello," I said yawning.

"Hi Jessica," I heard. It was Irene.

"Hi, Miss. Adler," I said. "Is something wrong?"

"Oh, no, nothing's wrong," she replied. "Umm... Richie told me the other day that you just recently lost your mother and you're staying at a children's home. Is that true?"

"Yeah," I said. Maybe she just wants to know more about me. I lifted myself up against the backboard of the bed.

"Well, I was just thinking..." there was silence on the end of the phone. "Maybe if, now you don't have to yes but if you would like to stay at our home for a bit, like fostering, you can."

My eyes lit up. "Really?" I spoke into the receiver.

"Yeah. But only if you're up for it, and then we will see how it goes. I have a spare bedroom upstairs and you could have it if you'd like."

"Yes, I would love that. Thank you so much." I was so happy that she wanted to take me in. Her family seemed so nice.

"Yay!" I heard voices on the other end cheer. It was Richie and Cheryl. They must have been listening to the conversation.

I giggled, not expecting anyone else to talk.

I was glad because living in the children's home was hard, especially since I didn't have any friends or family there made it lonely for me.

"Umm... I would need to know the address so I can contact them," Irene said.

"Yeah, sure." I thought for a second trying to remember what the address was. "It's 1359 New Garth Road."

When we both hung up the phone, I was so happy, I started dancing. I know that's a weird thing to do but we all have our weird sides.

When my leg started to hurt, I sat back down on the bed.

I was all awake now so I turned on the  T.V. and put on MTV and jammed out to the songs for a few hours because I had nothing better to do.

The rest of the day alone like normal. I got my food, watched television and slept.

The next day, doctor Reed said that I would be able to leave in two days. I was excited and I wouldn't be going back to the children's home. I kept on thanking God that Miss. Adler was willing to bring me in and have such a kind heart. She already had it hard, raising two kids and be a single mother, that I didn't know how difficult it would be for her to look after another child.

That day when Richie came, he told me how happy he was. He also told me that my new bedroom is really nice. It already had furniture in it and he would prefer that room but its a little girly for him and it wouldn't fit all of his computer equipment in it. It was his mother's room when she was a teenager.

"Rabies is going to love you," Richie said to me. "He loves people."

My face went blank. "Rabies. Who is Rabies and why is that his name?"

"It's my dog. Don't worry, he doesn't have rabies. At least... we don't think," he laughed. "I don't know why he's called that. Cheryl named him."

I laughed along. "Now I just feel bad for him."