Chapter 4
The locket, Elaine thought, that was the locket in my dream, why is it here? She looked up at her aunt, who was still crying.
"I think you need an explanation," Aunt Judy said, "You deserve one. The parents that you know about weren't really your birthparents. You were born to someone else, who didn't seem to care much for you and put you up for adoption. Your mother and father couldn't have children and they always dreamed of having a little girl. So, after much thought, they adopted you. They gave you all their love, and raised you as if you were their real child, well of course, you were now that they had adopted you. Everything went so well, until the day after you turned one. Your birthmother showed up."
"My what? She showed up? What did she say?" Elaine was growing angry now.
"Sweetie, she said that she was your real mother and that she should be the one raising you. She said that she was taking you to your real home, and she wasn't going to let your parents stop her. Your parents were of course shocked and very upset. They told her that they were going to keep you, that you were theirs now. They told her that she shouldn't have put you up for adoption and that it was too late. Then, she left.
"She left? That was it? She actually listened?" Elaine asked.
"I wish she would have listened, but I'm afraid it didn't. You see, she came back the next week, asking for you again. Your parents declined again, and she was furious. She threatened them that if they didn't give you up, she would do something awful. Your parents wouldn't listen, but they got scared of what she would do when they didn't hear from her for two months."
"She killed my parents?" Elaine said a tear trickling down her cheek.
Aunt Judy looked at Elaine and spoke in a deep voice, "She killed herself."
The locket, Elaine thought, that was the locket in my dream, why is it here? She looked up at her aunt, who was still crying.
"I think you need an explanation," Aunt Judy said, "You deserve one. The parents that you know about weren't really your birthparents. You were born to someone else, who didn't seem to care much for you and put you up for adoption. Your mother and father couldn't have children and they always dreamed of having a little girl. So, after much thought, they adopted you. They gave you all their love, and raised you as if you were their real child, well of course, you were now that they had adopted you. Everything went so well, until the day after you turned one. Your birthmother showed up."
"My what? She showed up? What did she say?" Elaine was growing angry now.
"Sweetie, she said that she was your real mother and that she should be the one raising you. She said that she was taking you to your real home, and she wasn't going to let your parents stop her. Your parents were of course shocked and very upset. They told her that they were going to keep you, that you were theirs now. They told her that she shouldn't have put you up for adoption and that it was too late. Then, she left.
"She left? That was it? She actually listened?" Elaine asked.
"I wish she would have listened, but I'm afraid it didn't. You see, she came back the next week, asking for you again. Your parents declined again, and she was furious. She threatened them that if they didn't give you up, she would do something awful. Your parents wouldn't listen, but they got scared of what she would do when they didn't hear from her for two months."
"She killed my parents?" Elaine said a tear trickling down her cheek.
Aunt Judy looked at Elaine and spoke in a deep voice, "She killed herself."