As she ran her fingers through her hair, Aidan, her new little brother, yells to his mother, Rachel. "Rachel, we have to take her back!"
"Why Aidan? I thought you wanted an older sister?" Rachel asked.
"Yes, I do, but not her! She looks too much like…..like…..her." Aidan explained.
"Oh, Aidan, you can't be serious! Tara, sweetie, I'm sorry, don't mind Aidan; he just is having a little trouble swallowing the fact that you look like someone we used to know."
Tara stopped stroking her long, dark hair and gazed up at Rachel. "Samara?" she asked in a quiet voice.
"You know her?" Rachel shot back.
"Not really. She was my cousin, though I never knew her. Auntie Evelyn told me how Samara drove her crazy. And how she had tried to drown her and she was taken into the psychiatric ward and Samara was given to an Anna Morgan or something like that. And she even told me, I spoke to her a few weeks ago, that Samara will never come back and that you, Rachel Keller, had been the last one to talk to her and that she knew it was you who made her go away. I'm not like her, Aidan, not at all." Tara could tell that Aidan was still unsure of her, but still, she knew she had to try.
"Well," Rachel said, breaking the silence. "We'd best get going if we want to reach home before dark!" Tara continued to stoke her hair.
Two Hours Later
"We're here, now," Aidan told Tara. "I'll carry your box in for you."
"I was going to do it, but okay." Tara quietly said to herself as she handed her box full of stuff to her new brother. "Thank you." They walked inside as Rachel showed Tara, and her box-carrier, to her room.
She then unpacked her stuff cheerfully; knowing that this would be a good home for her. And when Rachel called them both to dinner, Tara started walking down the stairs, when Aidan stopped her. "Tara," he said. She turned. He ran to her and gave her a hug. "I'm sorry about the way I acted while we were in the car. I figured out you're okay, now."
"It's alright," She said softly, taking in the hug. "I knew from the way you and your mother first looked at me, that this was the right place."