Chapter 1

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The sun rises and the birds are chirping. There's a medium-size house that has a color of gray, black, and white windows. A woman wakes up and stretches; yawn and rubs her eyes. She gets up and puts on her slippers and goes to the bathroom to brush her teeth. She starts the shower and steps in welcoming the warm water with open arms. As she gets out, she grabs her towel and wraps it around her body, drying herself off.

The young woman who looks about in her 20s hums to herself as she puts on her clothes. She seems to be in a happy mood as she eats her breakfast and swings her feet. She puts the plate in the sink, grabs her jacket, locked her door, and leaves to go to her car. She unlocks the car door, puts her bag in the passenger seat. She starts the car and turns on the morning radio.

The young woman parks the car and gets out, walks the door, and opens it. The minute she gets in the building, children are being heard, light chatter and adults talking. The young woman says hello to the familiar faces and walked to her 3rd-grade class. There she sees a woman and a young girl. Both are wearing cute black bows around their necks in a neat fashion. " Hello Ma'am, Welcome to our little town". The lady who was next to the young child turns to the teacher and smiles that don't reach her eyes, pats the young child's head, and leaves. The teacher thought it was weird but maybe the mother had to go to work and was late. The teacher shrugs and looks at the child that looks no more than 6. " Hello sweetie, what is your name, are you new to the town.?" The little girl turns to the woman. " My name is Brenda Louis, nice to meet you, ma'am". Smiles the adorable child; eyes twinkling. " I love you and you're mommy's bow, it's adorable, do you remember where you're mommy get it from? "The smile never leaves the young child's face as she answers " Thank you." But she never answers the question. Unbenounced to the teacher, the little girl's smile was inviting but her eyes were not. They showed something evil and sinister.

The oblivious teacher didn't notice the sudden shift in the little girl's eyes when the question was asked. The teacher figured the young child didn't want to speak about it because maybe her mother put it on her for a great first impression as many mothers did. As the morning bell rings, the teacher opens the classroom door to her students and lets the young child in first. " Good Morning, Ms. Night". The young teacher smiles and greets the young children in a cheery mood. " Hello, my little Suns ." The children start to whisper to each other while looking at the new face in their classroom. The teacher looks at the girl, feeling bad; knowing that young children can be brutal with name-calling, she stands next to Brenda and introduces her to the class.

"Class, this is little miss Brenda Louis, you're new classmate; treat her well". She said looking around, raising her eyebrows at one particular child that likes to cause trouble with the newcomers. All the children answered, " Yes, Ms. Night." Ms. Night tells Brenda to sit next Rain Andrews, a good girl who does her work and doesn't get into trouble. Both girls smile at each other.

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