Dear Mom,

moving in

dear mom,

when i told eric and elizabeth about moving in with cedric and his family,

they seemed both upset,

but understood since they knew how much distress i was having,

and they both believed that a different atmosphere would be healthy for me.

when i was packing my clothes,

and belongings.

benedict came inside my room,

and asked me if it was true that i was moving in with cedric.

i told him that it was true,

and for a second his serious face,

turned actually into a frown.

he came over to me,

and of course i was completely nervous,

and i was expecting him to do something,

but instead he just hugged me and gave me a smile.

"have fun."

his low voice with a hint of amusement told me.

after he left,

iggy came in with her hair dyed blue,

she gave me a devious smile,

and told me she wanted to give me a goodbye gift.

so as she guided me into the bathroom,

she dipped my hair into a baby blue color,

and smiled telling me how my natural light brown hair looked pretty with the blue dye.

after she finished,

i hugged her and told her that i would miss her.

i then hugged everyone,

and as i was heading out of the orphanage with aunt violet,

i saw angie and marcus smiling and waving at me,

it stung a little but i smiled as i waved goodbye.

i went into aunt violets jeep,

and watched as the orphanage disappeared.

love,

ann

scribbled on a notecard with pictures of everyone from orphanage.