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The woman

Think to myself its just a dream sure it creates pleasure but its not for real. Elvira remember that and you will be living free soon. I promise.

I heard something from the front office. I get up and as I get closer I hear my name yelled.

"Let me see Elvira she is my daughter!" Yells a woman

Mrs.Landry replies "I need some sort of paperwork that identifies you and your legal rights to her."

I then run to my room and get a shoe box from under my bed. It was the stuff I was left with. A letter, and half of a necklace. The letter reads...

Elvira.
Im sorry we had to leave you here. I was incapable of taking care of you at the time and your father was an abusive drunk. I didn't want to raise you in that kind of environment. And I knew the shelter would be better. And you have the necklace with a picture of me in it. I have the other half with a picture of you. I hope that you can one day forgive me for leaving you I'm sorry.
-mom

I then grabbed the crown with my mothers picture in it. And with the lettter in hand I go back to the front office.

"Umm excuse me Mrs.Landry."  I say shyly

"How can I help you sweet one?"

"I have something to validate her."

"Huh" they both say looking in my direction.

I pull out the letter and hand it to Mrs.Landry and I grab the locket and ask to view the woman's.

"Maybe I see your necklace?"

She replies with a simple but cautious yes.

I put them together they match up. I then see if Mrs.Landry will let her enter to our living room. She nods I walk in taking in the woman and sitting her down. None of the other girls are around. So its just me and her.

"So your my mother?"

She nods "Elvira I wanted to find and ask you if you wanted to come home with me.

"W..what"

"Do you want to come home?"

"Where is home" I question.

"New york city".

"No I don't I don't want to go with the woman who abandoned me and gets high and drunk all the time".

"How can you say that."

"I'm not a dumb little girl anymore I'm a smart woman I know those are needle marks on your arm and you reek of cigarettes and beer."

"Listen I'm not like that anymore"

"I can have mrs.Landry look into your profile and see where you work. And who your with. So tell me the truth or leave."

⚠trigger warning⚠

She Grabbed my wrists and turned them over

"Then what this huh tell me don't you hate it here"

"I love it here its my home. I only do that because I hate myself. I feel like it was my fault i was left here."

She slaps me and I started to cry but quietly.

"You little bastard you are coming with me Now."

she grasps my wrist really hard and it hurts she continues to hit me. I assume Madelaine saw it because she ran out of the room. Then she starts to touch me below my stomach in between my legs and she hurts me. I then get up and run as fast as my legs carry me I blast out the door to find a police car outside. But I keep running around the corner and trip down the hill I then bump into someone or something.