Was Never Meant To Be
Summary: Sometimes we are arrogant. At other times we are quite retiring. Most of us know where we stand in the lives that we live. But occasionally, we are gifted with an inconspicuous and undeserving responsibility: trust.
Trust comes in many forms. We trust our parents to look after us until we are grown up enough to take care of ourselves. We trust our friends to be understanding and considerate. We trust the people we work with to treat us as equals and our superiors to listen to us. We trust the strangers on the street to polite and well-mannered. And, in turn, we are trusted.
But sometimes we are trusted for no proper reason. Simply because someone feels they need someone to trust. And when that happens, there is sure to be trouble.
Chapter 1
From a very young age, Malika Pedrosa had learned to accept bad things happen. She was eight when she had been placed in an orphanage in England with no memory of her of where she had lived before that, or who she had lived with. She found it difficult to accept anyone in her life, becoming afraid of making ties, for by the age of nine she had been in and out of foster homes; every time she had been brought back to the orphanage. Her life seemed so tragic, and many people who heard her story pitied her as they looked on a sad, young child who had seen too many terrible things at such a young age. When she reached ten years, though, her life did a sudden turn as she decided she was ready to face school life. Very quickly she found the confidence she had lacked during her time in care and became popular amongst the students and teachers, with her intelligence, wit and quick mind, as well as her seemingly boundless imagination. She made many friends who she started to spend a lot of her time with. Becoming more adventurous as each week passed, she began to get into trouble and there were occasions where her carers at the orphanage didn't know what to do with her because, to them, there was no change. They had not been permitted a glance at the flourishing young girl and could not believe the accusations, especially as she continually failed to appeal to any families and grew more depressed when shut indoors.
Finally, the carers thought that something should be done. Therefore, at the age of eleven, Malika Pedrosa discovered that good things can happen, especially at the most unlikely of times. This was when she was introduced to the Carnahans. Over the following month, a strong bond of friendship was rapidly developing between Jonathan, Evelyn and Malika, the kind you see which makes you smile, knowing that no power on earth could break it.
Together, Evy and Mal founded a passionate interest in Egyptology, while Jonathan became a loving brother. As her happiness increased, her carers found a family that seemed perfect for her.
By the age of twelve, Malika was as any loving, beautiful, young twelve year old girl should be.