Am13 Stories

Six years ago, Alex Morgan brought home her bright-eyed four-year-old daughter, Melinda-Mindy for short. Now ten, Mindy has learned that when her mother calls her by her full name, Melinda Mae Morgan, something dark is about to unfold. Every syllable is a warning: a secret Alex has guarded fiercely, and a past that refuses to stay buried. As Mindy teeters on the edge of discovery, the bond between mother and daughter is tested by fear, loyalty, and a truth that could change everything.

This is for my 8th grade humanities teacher Ms.Yurosko. I wrote this so she can see the works that I have written.

Sun light filtered through the narrow streets of Madrid when Alex Morgan first noticed the trembling child clutching her coat-twelve-year-old Hannah Elise, too frightened even to whisper. In a city that had become Alex's second home, she watched Hannah shrink away from the sister meant to protect her, saw the legal wheels begin to turn...and thought her part was done. But when she learned Hannah was sheltered by SOS Children's Villages - the very network that had shaped Alex's own compassion-her resolve shifted. Paperwork signed in a haze of conviction would carry Hannah halfway across the world to a place called home. Now, five years later in surbaban America the once-timid girl races down the soccer field with confident strides, laughter echoing where fear once reigned. As Alex celebrates every goal, Hannah grapples with the ghosts of her past: trust tested, identities intertwined across continents, and the unspoken question of where true family begins. From sunlit plazas to grass-stained cleats, their intertwined stories weave a tapestry of hope, healing, and the extraordinary courage it takes to embrace a second chance.