CaseyTheFox
"Jack, you're officially adopted! Congratulations!"
My heart beat a million times faster after I heard that word. Adopted. I got adopted. I finally had a family.
I had dreamed of being loved. Don't get me wrong, the orphanage was amazing. It was one of those rare ones where kids would actually feel loved in.
I had a family there, but no one to call my mom or dad.
Until that day.
I had parents. And two brothers. And a grandma.
Things seemed to be going well. Especially since I was an obedient kid.
But then they changed. My dad and grandma stayed the same.
Well, at least grandma did.
Dad betrayed me after a while.
"Stop bugging me, you creep!" My brothers always said.
"You useless son-of-a-ditch", my mother would say.
"Do the world a favor, kid. JUST DIE!" Dad would tell me.
The other kids in school judged me. I was taller