Angelica Teach's eyes felt heavy, her mother had sent her away for the day for an unknown reason. She had simply spent the day in the water, and was, tired. The little girl heaved and rested on her bed. "Momma!" she called, and when she got no reply she moaned angrily and pulled herself to her feet. "Momma!" she searched angrily, straining her eyes. "Hm?" she asked when she saw something attatched to her door. "A note...?" she examined the sheet of paper.
Dear Angelica,
This will likely be the last time I will be able to contact you, I've set out to find your father, and I have no doubt in my mind that I likely will not return. I leave you not to know your father's identity, and I advise you not to look for him, he is not the fatherly type.
As I will probably never see you again, I am giving you my prized possesion, given to me by your father. I leave you with the sisters, I advise you to stay within the walls of the convent, good luck.
- Love Always, Mary Teach
Angelica stared at the sheet, tears welling in her eyes, and pulled the cross shaped necklace off of the paper, and sighed. The clipped it together behind her neck, and held the cross gently to her heart. She felt to the ground, landing on her knees, a single tear falling from her eye, onto the note smudging the ink. She let out an angry cry before ripping it apart and tossing the remains towards the door. I advise you to stay within the walls of the convent... the words repeated in her head.
"Momma," she said weakly, before climbing to her feet. She sat down on her bed, and hugged her knees to her chest, a few more tears falling from her eyes. She held the cross, ready to heave it as the door as well, or maybe out the window, but instead, she wrapped her small hand around it lightly. "I'll find him," she promised herself, and thought about her future in the convent.