Part 13
Growing up fast
-At home, a week later-
Sherry cried on my shoulder as my aunt and I go over the burial fees.
"We'll pay for half darlin." She says, I nod.
"I can pay for the rest."
"No you won't, I will." My father says sitting next to me.
"Dad, you don't have to."
"I know, but I want to." He says, Rebecca walks in and sits next to him.
"Hi Bec." I say. She smiles and hugs me over dad.
"How you doing kid?" she asks
"I don't know." I say.
"Matt misses you." Shawn says hugging me
"I miss him too."
Two days later we buried both my mother and step-father in a nice plot at the nearby church. Sherry, Shawn, Rebecca and I were on our way to the hearing of the will.
"We want the house to be sold and all the money split in-between the two girls, Missy and Sherry. We do this so they aren't fighting on where they get to live. We hope that they use the money they get for good and not harm."
I look at the lawyer.
"What does that mean?"
"That everything in the house is yours and the money from the house is too."
"That's for the apartment on top, too?"
"I'm afraid so."
"What am I suppose to do dad?"
"I don't know kid we'll figure it out."
"And now for the care of Sherry."
"Oh I'm taking her." my aunt says
"Like hell you are!" I say. "You were never in her life. I'm taking her."
"Sherry, who would you like to be your guardian?"
"My sister." Sherry says. My aunt glares at her and the lawyer nods.
"We'll do the paper work tomorrow." He says. We all stand up, "again Ms. Harrison we're sorry for your loss."
We walk outside and I begin to cry. My father holds me.
"What am I going to do?" I ask, "I have to sell the house."
"You can live with me." a voice says from behind me. I turn around, Matt, Jeff and Amy stood there
"Matt!" I say hugging him, "do you really mean that?"
"Yeah, my dad will be there so you won't be alone and Sherry can start going to union pines high school in the fall." He says hugging me tight
"Matt." I say, "She's only 13."
"I'll be 14 in a month. I'll be going into the 8th grade Matt." Sherry says. Matt smiles
"Well you'll go to the middle school then the high school then won't you." He says
"Can we travel with you during the summer?" sherry asks smiling for the first time in days.
"And during school holidays, I promise." Matt says hugging her. I smile.
We drive to the house and begin to move everything and putting it into the u-haul so we could take it to Matt's house.
-The next day-
Sherry and I drove to the lawyer's office to sign the papers that signed all the rights to me.
"Now sherry are you sure you want to live with your sister?" the lawyer says, "because after she signs this paper you will be her responsibility."
"Yes sir I'm sure." Sherry says
"Miss Harrison, are you sure you want to go though with this?"
"It's what my mother would want and it's what I want so yes." I say.
"Well then. Sign here" I sign where he told me to sign and we leave the office building to drive to Cameron, North Carolina.
there it is. she's finally got Sherry. review please, oh next chapter will have breaking news
peace