CHAPTER 2

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I GRABBED THE 2 LARGE SUITCASES UNDER MY DORM BED AND I BEGAN SLOWLY AT FIRST AND THEN FASTER GRABING AND TEARING ALL MY CLOTHES AND BELONGINGS FROM MY SMALL DRESSER. FINALLY I CAME TO VERY BOTTOM OF MY DRAWER AND MY FINGERS FELT THE THE SMOOTH TOUCH OF THE LETTER ENVELOPE, THE LAST OF WHAT MY PARENTS LEFT ME WITH. MID THOUGHT I FELT A HARD TAP ON MY LEFT SHOULDER, I TURNED AROUND TO FIND MYSELF STANDING FACE TO FACE WITH MADDIE MONROSE. 'WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING HU".

"I'M GETTING ADOP-".

"NICE TRY, AS IF. MADDIE PUSHED ME HARD AGAINST THE WALL, AND BEGAN TUGGING ON MY BRAIDS. THE OTHER ORPHAN KIDS OFTEN USED MY PUMPKIN ORANGE HAIR COLOR AS A REASON BULLY ME. MADDIES BONY FINGERS TIGHTLY CLUTCHED AROUND MY SHOULDER AND IF GOD HAD SENT IT, I HEARD THE NAGING VOICE OF MRS SKANADO, AND HER LOUD STOMPING UP THE STAIRS. "LET GO" I SAID IN A FIRM VOICE.

" IM NOT LETTING YOU GET OFF THE HOOK NEXTIME, YOU LITTLE RED HEADED SNAKE" MADDIE HISSED INTO MY EAR. I COULD FEEL HER MOIST BREATH ON MY NECK AND HER SHARP STARE IN MY BACK AS I WALKED AWAY. I

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