Chapter 1: Moving In Day
Felicity Cartwright was sound asleep in her mother's truck next to her grandmother as the drive to Chamberlain went on. Felicity is a beautiful young woman about 17 years old, even though she was a little chunky in the middle. She wore her long dirty-blonde hair in a ponytail, blue jean capri pants, white shirt with a blue flower in the middle, and white ballet flats. Stachi, one of the family cats, slept on her lap while Misty slept in her crate. Her mother, Alana, who is in her mid-forties, was in the driver's seat. Her stepfather, Phil, who is also in his mid-forties, was in the passenger seat. Alana had been working as a mortgage supervisor for First Niagara Bank for a few years; while Phil had been working as a librarian at Brighton Family Library in Buffalo, New York until he lost his job. Felicity's grandmother, Lois, was delighted to move in with her daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter after her husband (Felicity's grandfather), Richard passed away from pancreatic cancer. Felicity and her grandfather had a very close relationship since she was a baby. Since his passing, Felicity would draw pictures of flowers because he used to work in the garden when she would come visit.
A few weeks before her last day of junior year at Kenmore High School, Felicity was happy to hear that Phil finally got a new job as a librarian at Ewen High School. Alana also received a promotion to mortgage supervisor at Maine Family Federal Union in Lewiston. During the summer, Alana helped Felicity transfer her grades over to Ewen High while Felicity helped them pack for their 9 hour move. Felicity even drove the truck for a few hours when her mother and stepfather needed to get some sleep. Now, it was Felicity who needed to sleep.
Alana and Phil noticed a green sign that read: "Chamberlain: 5 miles." Phil turned from his seat and whispered, "Lyss, wake up. We are almost there." Felicity groaned sleepily and yawned, "Hmmm? What did you say, Phil?" "We are almost in Chamberlain." Felicity turned to Lois and shook her gently, "Grandma, wake up. We're almost at our new home." Phil assigned Felicity to look for Carlin Street and a red-brown house. "There it is, Phil!" Felicity announced. The van turned to the driveway and the family got out. The outside of the red-brown house had a green door, porch with a swing, and a garden in the backyard. "It's beautiful!" Felicity whispered to herself. "Go on inside and go look for your bedroom, Lyss. Gram will be sleeping in the bedroom near the den," said Alana as she and Phil got some of their boxes out of the truck. Lois is sitting on the porch swing. Alana and Phil decided earlier on the trip to have Lois sleep downstairs to help ease the pain in her knees. Felicity went inside the house and upstairs to find her bedroom. After looking through the three upstairs bedrooms, Felicity chose the light pink and brown room to be her bedroom. She went back downstairs to tell her mother and stepfather about the room she chose when she stopped to find a woman with straight, frizzy red hair holding a Bible talking to Alana.
