The Depth of Fate ~on hiatus ~

Chapter 2

I woke up and I didn’t recognise the place. It was warm and I was in a bed. I sat up and looked around. I was in a hotel and I was hooked up to an I.V. on the chair next to me I saw a blanket and Cher’s coat on it. I thought I was still dreaming. I got up and walked out of the room with my I.V. Cher was sat curled up on the couch on the phone. “Can you get them sent to my house?” I shut the door and Cher looked at me. She looked like she had been crying. “ok I gotta go now cause she’s awake… remember get the papers sent to my house so I can fill them in when I get back… is the rest of the stuff sorted?... ok thank you… I will talk to you later… bye.” And she hung up. She then stood up and helped me walk to the couch. She then sat down beside me.

“What time is it?” I asked looking out the window to darkness, “and how am I hooked up to this I.V?”

“Well honey, its 3am and you slept all day. I brought you back here after you passed out and I called the doctor to come out. He put you on the I.V because you were dehydrated and malnourished. He said to me to call him when you woke up so he could come and take out the I.V.”

“Ok but I don’t remember passing out… actually I don’t remember anything after telling you my name.”

“Well…” Cher looked concerned “you told me about your mom and dad and…” Cher stopped talking because she was about to cry. “Emily?”

“Yes Cher?”

“I want you to come live with me in Malibu.”

“Cher, I can’t do that!”

“Yes you can! I want you to! You can’t go on living like…” Cher stopped talking. “Em… I wanna do something else and I don’t know how to say it to you…”

“Just tell me.”

“Well you know I was on the phone when you came out?”

“Yes?”

“Well it was my lawyer…”

“OK???” I said very confused. In my mind I was saying ‘why is she telling me this’.

“And…Well…Ummm…I…I…I wanna adopt you!”

I was speechless. My mind kicked into overdrive and it started talking for me. “But why me? Why choose me?” that was all I could get out.

“Well you’re a sweet girl and I know what you have gone through over the years.”

“How…”

“Well… I talked to my lawyer and he got your records and stuff…

“But how…Aren’t they private?”

“I am Cher…” she winked at me and I giggled.