Penelope

I am sorry Ms.Turlin, but I am afraid we are not able to be Penelope's foster parents.We took her on a trial but we will not be able to adopt her. Would you be able to take her?" My aunt,Florence, says to the head person of the Orphanage,Ms.Turlin. My uncle,Joseph, stands behind my aunt, dangling teething toys infront of my five month old cousin,Ernest. I am sitting on the bottom step of the white carpeted stairs, trying to make pictures out of the swirsl in the marble tile on the floor. My friend,Cain, sits on the step next to me looking at the paintings on the wall. Most of them are the drawing made by the five year olds here,but there are some professional ones.

"Ill see what I can do. Of course you'll need to fill out some paperwork. Is there anything about the child I need to know?" Ms.Turlin says while rumaging through her desk for the paperwork. My aunt echanges a worried look with my uncle.Florence takes in a shaky breath.

"She tends to interact with people that aren't there.''

10 year old Penelope was an only child when her parents were on a pacific airline aircraft that vanished off the face of the Earth. With her aunt as the only available family member they take her in for a trail for adoption. As Penelope wanders through the house she comes across an old room in the back full of her aunt's supersticions. Hoping she could connect with her missing parents she tries to use and iteam that could help her communicate with them but failed. Then when 13 year old Cain drifts into her life Penelope's aunt becomes worried as she finds Penelope interacting with someone who isn't actually there.Wantitng Penelope to not cause anyharm to her developing family,her aunt sends her off to an orphanage where things only becomes worse.