Chapter 19
I WOKE IN THE MORNING WITH A THROBING IN MY HEAD, AND I STILL wasn’t feeling at my best. I got up and dressed in skinny jeans and a red wine colored v- neck shirt that reminded my of Pace.
Pace. I sighted. He was so fun to be around, always said something I could reply to sarcastically to, always looked right into my eye with his intense gaze when he spoke to me, hummeres, dark and mysterious. Oh and not to mention his accent, I could sit all day and just listen to his majestic voice. Could I really live without him?
WAIT! What did I just think? I meant to think… no I think what I thought and that thought can’t be anything other than what I thought or think. What did I just think? Or thought?
Oh right. Do I really want to not see him again? And my response bothered me as much as the question.
No.
No, I really didn’t want to have him out of my life. I mean, I liked him, he- AHHHH!!!!!!!
What AM I THINKING!! My mind is going to explode!
I slammed the palm of my hand to my forehead on the way to the bus stop, trying to clear it.
“WAIT!! WAIT!!” I voice called out to me, making jump.
“Oh, hi Sandy. What’s up?” I ask, wondering if it’s about my adoption.
“Okay, so, I emailed the couple who stent in the adoption form, and said I had the perfect little girl for them. But what you won’t believe is that this morning they had done all \the paper work and faxed it over and all in one night too! That’s months worth of paper! And I’m not ever sure if that is illegal! So all we seem to need now is you to sign a few papers then the earliest they can pick you up is tomorrow! Oh, but who do you think they really are? I mean-“ she blundered on.
My mind was racing. All the adoption forms in one night? How was that possible? Picking me up tomorrow? Somebody must really want me, and some how that filled me with sadness.
“What if I say no?” I ask, guessing the answer to come.
“Mmm…” she thought, “I suppose you could take it to court. Why?”
“Never mind…” I mumble, planning my escape from my adopters. But this whole ‘adopting me in twenty- four hours’ is really starting to unnerve me. What was it all about? People wait months, and sometimes years for this to happen. If they ever had to wait, why wasn’t I informed? Our little orphanage doesn’t draw much attention. In fact, adoption forms are only send in once or twice a year, and even then they’re only for the younger kids. No one wants teens and no teens really want to be adopted, henceforth my case. Sure I wanted a fresh start on thing but not like this. Sure this life was Missouri, but I could wait a year till I turn eighteen and get a job. I guess I would just have to work something out.
I fallow Sandy into her office and confront a large pile of paper. She tells me to read the small print. My eyes read it and the images of the words pool in the back of my memory. But one word kept popping up at random times, distracting me. Scarlet. That word led to a memory of Pace. The way he said my name, the way it felt when he touched my face, or the way his dark sea eyes looked into mine. Sadness welled up in me at the thought of Mrs. And Mr. Scarlet would take him away from me. My sadness turned to anger and I once more worked on a plan for escape.
A sudden knock on the door made me jump, then the office door opened and sandy came in with a tray of food.
“There,” she said smiling down at me, “it’s noon, and I thought you might like something to eat!”
“Thanks,” I say and she left me to my half finished work.
By three o’clock I had successfully gotten all the forms signed, read, and aching Carpel tunnel in my right hand. My eyes itched and my back and butt hurt. I told Sandy that I was going to take a nape and as soon as my head hit the pillow, like a sudden spell, I fell in to a restless sleep.
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Who do you think is going to adoped Nova? Will she never see Pace again?
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Romance17 year old Nova, has always been a orphan, and is most certain that she will always be. But her world is shattered by one step in the wrong direction and she finds that some old legends are not what they appear to be. She is thrown into a whirlwind...
