Her face was blotched. Even though she had only lived there for eight years, she knew the meaning of leaving all she knew and loved. She had been adopted by Pop when she was one, her parents were killed in a car crash the night before her second birthday. Weeks after she came to live with us, she cried out for her mommy and daddy in her sleep. The heart wrenching cries came back to me, bringing a fresh batch a tears which I tried to hold back.
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