(Madi's Mom's POV)
Eighteen years earlier:
"It's a baby girl," the doctor says as he hands me my new baby girl. I start to cry because I know I can't keep her. She is so beautiful. Even if she did come from a one night stand mistake, she most definitely is not a mistake. She has her father's eye color and my nose. Her eye color is a crystal blue and she has a few freckles on her face. I'm stuck in my thoughts when a nurse comes over to me.
"Miss...Miss...." She tries to get my attention. I grunt in acknowledgment, telling her to continue. "What will you name her," she asks as I stroke my daughters face. I smile at my daughter. "I'll name her Madison. Madison Briana," I tell the nurse as I look up at her for the first time. The nurse has brown eyes and a kind smile. She's in her green scrubs and white nurse shoes. I start to feel my eyes close as she takes my daughter from me. Usually I would freak out, but I was too tired to care right now as I close my eyes and drift into a deep sleep. After 15 hours of labor I deserve a nice sleep.
A few days later:
I let a big sigh go as I knock on the door. It's painted red and the paint is chipping in some places. The windows of the building need to be cleaned, but this was the top rated orphanage in the town. The door opens to an older lady in her early fourties or so. She gives me a confused stare as I stand there, my daughter in my arms, crying my eyes out.
"Can I help you miss," she asks looking down at the baby then at my crying face then back at the baby. She does that a few more times before I finally speak up through my tears. "Yes. I..would like..to..give my daughter...up for adoption," I tell her, having to pause every couple seconds as I choke on tears. The lady gives me a startled look. "Oh my. Come in, come in," she says ushering me into the orphanage.
The lady takes me to the back of the house. I don't really know what it looks like because I'm looking at my daughter the whole. I make sure her face is etched into my brain. I don't want to forget what she looks like. She stops in a room in the back of the house. It is a small room, with a desk and a few filing cabinets. I sit in one of the chairs in front of the desk as the lady sits behind it.
"May I ask why you want to give your daughter up for adoption? It is obvious you love her," she says pulling out an empty file. I look down at my daughter. "I do love her, but I can't support her right now. She needs a good home that will be able to porvide for her." "Ah, I see, well she will be very happy here and we will do our best to make sure she ends up with a good family," They lady told me as I wiped away a tear that had escaped while I was talking.
For the next hour the lady had me fill out paperwork and she asked me quesstion. At the end of that she took Madison from me and put her in one of the cribs in the baby room. I started crying as I took a look at my beautiful baby girl for the last time. I shook the ladies hand and walked away. I walked away and never looked back, but I cried the whole time I was walking away.
Back to the present:
(Madison's POV)
I did a little dance as I packed my bags with all my belongings. I was finally getting out of this hell whole. My whole life I spend in this orphanage, and I hated every second of it. The people were nice and the food was decent, but I have never been part of a real family. I wasn't very close with the kids here. I kept to myself most of the time because I didn't want to start a friendship with someone and then they leave to go live with a new family, and once again I am left alone. So I found it is just better to be alone.
After I pack all my stuff I packed it all into the new car the orphanage gave me as a going away gift. I was finally 18, and that means I am an adult so the orphanage can't look after me anymore. I gave the head owner Ms. Berch a big hug, I gave all the other kids in the orphanage a hug as well. Ms. Berch, along with a lot of the younger kids, were crying. I gave them all a sad smile and got into my car and drove off to the new apartment I bought with my money from my many jobs. I babysat, worked at Publics, did things around the orphanage, and was a lifeguard during the summer for the past three years. I was finally able to save up for an apartment on the other side of town.
I drove up to my apartment building and grabbed my bags from the back. I found my room and opened the door. It wasn't much. Wheen you open the door there is a little hallway and after that there is the living room. To the left of the living room is the bedroom and bathroom. To the right is the kitchen and laundry room right beside that. When the people who owned the apartment before me heard about me being an orphan and were gracious enough to leave most of the furniture. The living room had a brown couch and a brown matching love seat. The floor had a rug drapped over it in front of the TV. The TV was small, but at least I had one that was already hooked up. The kitchen was a standard kitchen with a stove, oven, dish washer, sink, cabinets, a small pantry. The couple even left some cups and plates they werent going to keep. The laundry room had a washing machine and dryer. I was left with enough detergent to last about a month or two. The bathroom had a toilet, a sink, and a shower with a shower curtian. The bedroom had a small walk in closet and a bed in the middle of the room. The bed was a queen size and the couple left me with their mattress and sheets. The sheets were a dark blue color with weird designs on them.
I dropped my bags into the bedroom and decided to go on a walk. Something to clear my head would do me good right now. I went out of the building and started walking. I was slightly freaking out. I have my first semester of college in a couple of weeks. I've never been to a public school before. Ms. Berch thought it was better to be homeschooled so she signed all of us up for an online school. I was nervous as to what people were going to thing about me. I only got into the school because I got a scholarship for a full ride. It was something about being and orphan or something, but the school paid for my books and materials plus my tuition.
I was so deep in thought I didn't even realize I was crosssing the street until I heard a car honk. It was all a blur. First I was walking the next I look up and see a car coming at me and then all I can feel is extreme pain. It felt like I was dieing, and all I could do was let tears stream down my face. The last thing I remember is someone telling me to open my eyes and then everything went black.
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