Astrid's Journey
Prologue
My name is Astrid. Astrid Magnussen. 6 years ago my Mother was sent to prison for killing her boyfriend. I was forever changed. I went from Foster Home to Foster Home. I even met a man at the one, but things changed so fastly and I was shot, by my estranged Foster Care Mother. Her name was Starr. Starr Madison. I won't forget her, she shot me because she found out I was sleeping with her boyfriend Ray. Ray Walker.
I will never forget him. He changed me from a girl to a woman. Yes he was my first lover, and the first man I fell in love with. Yes it was also very wrong. I was 15 he was 25 but I didn't care, something about Ray, just mesmerzied me. But what hurt me the most was that one night, when he and Starr were fighting she came charging in my room which I used to share with Carolee, and she glared at me, Ray got her out, but she came once again and thats when she shot me. I just saw the shock look on Ray's face as he took Starr away from there, never heard of him or her again.
I went from Foster Home to Foster Home after that, I met a guy name Paul. Paul Trout. He fell in love with me, I guess I could say I had feelings for him, but my heart was no one's I started to act like my mother. A few months later me and Paul moved in together, we got along well, but when he found out I was pregnant with Ray's child, he left. I was happy in a way, Me and Paul were more best friends then lovers.
Now, I am just sitting here watching the rain fall down, its been a long 6 years since all that mess happened. Recently, I just had a phone call, telling me that Ingrid died in prison, she just seemed to pass away in her sleep, but I her Daughter Astrid knew better, she probably somehow got sleeping pills and killed herself.
I am devastated. The only family I truly belonged to was now dead. Gone. All I had was myself and my baby girl Lillian Rae. I am 21 years old now, and Lily(Lillian) is now 5 years old. She is the spitting image of me. I feel like Ingrid now. I have a daughter just like My Mother had me, but I promised myself I would never turn out to be like my Mother.
