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y, but nothing telling him the exact reason. He showed up rig

lly last.' Sam said, reading my weird

uldn't tell him that Shelly was my cousin. No one is supposed to know. 'My aunt Kendra is a founder of

d her father died.' Sam had all kind of confusion

m didn't ask anything about that. He was way to quiet. I swallowed hard. This was

since Friday? Where you looking for her?' Shit. I didn't even think about that. I was so busy feeling sorry an

on about the searching and ignoring part. 'Do you know if she

think she is there. If Shelly is really missing, she must have had an accident. There is

you think?

him and with Shelly. Even if I was feeling sorry for Shelly, I was only thinking about myself. Not any

hiding?' It didn't

I don't think Shelly is who she says she is. Shelly is hiding something and I th

it to him. Sam was smart and on the right t

bsite on how to recognize when someone is getting abused. Not wanting to be touched, being quiet and wearing long clothes where on the list.

right. Shelly was just different. Or was Sam right? What if she really got abused? Why would anyone try to hurt her and who? Was it because Shelly was

lly

lk with the police. I already done that twice in my life. The first time they simple laughed in my face, telling me I made a stupid joke. Who would believe that I was the hidden daughter of the realit

to call someone and came back with my uncle. He even suggested to lock me up for a night, to learn my lesson. A stupid mistake. I was locked up that night and didn't sleep at all an

. I was grateful for the t-shirt. I wouldn't want anyone to see my scars. I had a bandage on my left thigh. I had a piece of red glass sticking in my leg that almost caused me to bleed out to death. Red glass. Like in the broken lamp of my bike? Or was it fro

here. That could mean he didn't call Jack either. 'Get

and walked behind me. He probably was going to call Ja

y you. You are in no condition of maki

scape plan was coming to an end. There was no way I would make it. But t

octor wrote you have scars on every part of you body. When you came to me four years ago, d

egret asking him the moment I opened

were so scared when Jack came and helped me lock

ugh the hall for a way to get out of here. I n

Jack and he knew I was here all along. 'Can I bring you to my ho

ll fin

handle

ved in a small house close to my school. The houses were old on the outside, but when he brought me inside,

e looking for her?' She was

e hospital. I didn't help her last

ing her. I lowered my head while sitting on the couch.

a split lip. She told her name and I contacted her emergency person. Moments later Jack Weekland

did yo

fe came to pick her up the next day. She was so scared Tanya. I read her file. She has scars all over her body. She was found on the

nt me to t

as sleeping. I just was good in pretending to be asleep. It was something I got really good in over the years. Ben left minutes later. I could hear

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us a while to find it. The tiny green house had a lot of weed growing in the garden and the small stairs to the door were falling apart of oldness. I didn't know

pened the door. Her dark skin and brown eyes and a wide

and this is my boyfriend Julio. We

arden behind the house.

and talk to her. I

I was wondering how many people lived here. Than I saw a family picture. Five. There were five persons in the picture. Two dark looking parents, the girl that let us inside, an older looking girl and a little boy. We walked to the back and

and walked her sister inside the house. 'Go to your room. Now.' The little girl did

. 'Your sister is nice. You ha

lityshow. She kept looking at me. I didn't want to get recognized. It could make things difficult to explain how I knew Shelly. I had to keep her a secret. If the me

o, Sam's b

and yet I think I have seen you before.' Tia said

missing.'

rs and almost fell into one. Sam and I sat on the other chairs. They looked li

ty. We were wondering if you knew w

ter she broke her pinkie that her mother was so angry with her, she called her uncle and he came over to talk with her. She tried to

n uncle.' Sam said. 'She to

broke her pinkie. Was my father really hurting

mething. It was probabl

ated her birthday for as long as I can remember. Why? I didn't know that either. There were so many things I d

l, but someone took her. They are going to send an amber

I stutter. 'They are going to send an Amber alert

ead wildly. 'I knew she didn't run away. She was at the h

but who kidnapped her? It was all so confu