Chapter 1
ENGLAND
"Ella, wake up. Wake up Ella.. Alright Ella that's enough wake up!" said Margaret, my most recent foster mom. She is nice and all and there is nothing wrong with her, but she's a little obsessive compulsive. Wait no make that a lot obsessive compulsive. Everything has a certain place. She has a specific time schedule we must always follow. And then there are the ceiling fans. She vacuums the ceiling fans everyday at the same time, three o'clock sharp. Seriously how much dust can they possibly get I twenty-four hours if she always has them on!?
"Ella what are you thinking? We have to stick to the time schedule! It's eight-thirty and you were supposed to be up a half an hour ago. You should have eaten breakfast a gotten in the shower. We are meeting you social worker at ten and our schedule is all screwed up. Today is going to be a horrible day."
Turns out this was only the beginning to Margaret's horrible day and mine.
"Calm down Margaret we'll be on time. I have like an hour to get ready. I'll go in the shower right now just for you."
Surprisingly I had actually gotten done on time and made Margaret's day slightly better. But when things get better they always get worse.
We finally reached our normal meeting place, Starbucks. I went in ordered my usual, Vanilla Bean Frappuccino, then went back outside and sat next to Margaret. Then came in Kelly Frank, social worker extraodinaire. A tall and beautiful red head with amazing clothes. She was extremely nice in the beginning, but don't get me wrong she still is, but after eleven months and five different homes, I think she is fed up.
"So what's up Kelly? It's not time for our monthly meeting," I asked.
"I can't say it any other way kid, but it's time for you to pack you bags. Again."
"What!? Is this why you were trying to get me out of the house so fast?", directed at Margaret. "What did I do this time?"
To tell you the truth I think I might of over reacted just a little bit, but if you were in my situation anyone would have done the same thing if they had had my past.
"I had no idea about this, I just thought it was a meeting to see how you were doing. So what is this meeting really about?"
"Well Ella we have found family members of yours. Actually they found us and you."
"Oh well who are they and where are they?" I asked.
"No one will tell me who they were but they are completely legit and they are willing to take you in. Apparently your father has written to them on many occasions and they have your birth certificate. But they difficult thing is the live in England."