I wake up. It's a Saturday, finally time to rest. I pick up my Mother's Diary and continue to read it,

I skip 1999 page 1:

Dear diary,
I had to run away from home. My mother wants me to leave her,my father is hurting her because he took drugs again. It's very stressing,my family. I'm secretly from Russia but I'm a resident and full time American girl. It's been one hour I've searched and I've found a nice woman who's offered to take me home it seems she's got four kids:Anne,Ruby,Emerald and Martin and,bless them,they want to live with the change. She even let me call her 'Mother' which was nice. Emerald is 9, Ruby is 10, Anne is 12, Martin is 14 and I'm 17.

I turn to the next page:

Dear diary,
                     I have a child called Prettina. I haven't told the lady yet, she might kick me out,but how  will I feed the baby? But no worries. It's been 2 hours, I finally came clean and she still kept me in her house, bless her soul. I heard my real Mother has had a heart attack so I went to the hospital to check they said she'll make it and its been tough.


I pause. I have a sister?! The address I need it. Quickly, I do homework and then I rush to my letter and highlight it again.


P.S.The address to your sister's house is Oak Dale Lane 981.
 
I could see no one had woken up yet,I grasped the opportunity to go outside. I take the bus and stop at Oak Dale Park, I walk a bit further and reach Oak Dale County. I stopped. It was an office, I could see two men standing behind the desk.

Chantelle:"Excuse me sir, I'm looking for Prettina she lives in Oak Dale Lane 981?"
Man1:"We need proof your surname is Jade,"
I took out my files and show them. They nod
Man 2:"Pretty solid, its upstairs its floor 2."
Putting the files back in my bag, I walk upstairs.

Floor 1. Floor 2.
I knock on the door.
Prettina:"Who are you?"
Prettina looked nothing like me, very well dressed, curled blond hair and I had scruffy clothes and black with green highlights in my hair.
Chantelle:"I'm your sister."
Prettina:"Hmmm...come in."
I kick off my shoes, she has a very nice house.

Prettina:"Why are you here?"

Chantelle:"Mom has left me for good now ,she pretended to die in the funeral last year, she's moved on.

I could see tears roll down Prettina's cheek.

Prettina:"You are my sister, why did Mom do that?"

Chantelle:"She says were too much for her, read this."

I take out Mom's letter from my bag and hand it to her and give her my highlighter for secret messages, she reads it.

She wanders to the kitchen and gets tea for the both of us.