She stood alone, so alone⦠She looked down at the two gravestones below her with tears down her face. She had no-one now, not even her father or her mother. She was silently whispered, "Why?" She looked around her surroundings; her uncle looked like he too was crying and his wife also; they were having a deep conversation together and mostly it about their niece. They didn't know how to take care of her or what her parents let her. They loved her as her parents did; it was unfortunate that they couldn't have their own, so she was like theirs. Soon they went back home to her uncle's. She also loved them as her parents but her parents are the ones she really missed and mostly wanted. After dinner she was to come to the living room to discuss her parent's wishes. She didn't want too; she just wanted to cry all night and hoped that this was all a bad dream. Her uncle showed her options and mostly what her parents wanted. She sat and held herself together not to cry. She looked at the documents, listened to her uncle speck and found out that she had a second guardian who would take care of her, incase of mishaps or deaths. She was amazed at first, surprised also. Her mother wanted her to go to Japan and live with her, to start a new life. This was also her father's wish too. They felt it was best to give to their daughter. Inside the documents, there were pictures of her guardian, a lady and her parents. She wondered who they really were. But what most interesting is that a birth certificate was in Japanese and her name was there. "So I guess, I wasn't born here after all." She said pondering. "Yes, you weren't," said her uncle sadly. "You came about two years old, and since you don't remember anything about the two years you've lived in Japan, there was nothing to be discussed." Her uncle added. "But why not tell me?" She said with confusion in her eyes. "We thought you would be happier that you're in the land of choice and independence." Her aunt said with a soft voice, reassuring her. Haruka was stunned about this new information, so she was Japanese. But what she couldn't figure out was that why didn't her parents spoke Japanese at home or to her and not even telling her that she was Japanese? Later that night, decisions were made, she was to go to Japan the next following day to start a new life. In her room, she laid on her bed with her arms behind her head, holding it in place. She thought, and thought of what kind of life she will have, but not only that but what was her guardian like. Hours and minutes passed, Haruka slowly fell asleep, dreaming about her parents. Next day she quickly woke up, she and her aunt packed her belongings. Her aunt didn't want her to go, neither did her uncle but it was her parents wish. Her flight wasn't until eight o'clock in the evening, she would arrive in Japan the next day, for the first time in 13 years, and she would go back and meet her guardians. Inside the airport her aunt and her uncle gave her exchange of money in Japanese; hugged her goodbye; asked her to visit them often, and they would miss her. "I'm going to miss you too." She said holding back her tears. "Thank you for everything." She gave them a last hug and walked to the way to a new life in Japan, thousands of miles away from the life she knew.
