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Chapter 6: Holding on.

Holding On
by Ithildin

You do not know what lies ahead,
when sun had failed, and moon is dead.
For the path ahead, shows no sunlight, no moonlight,
in which to lead a path,
a path to show what lies ahead.
For ahead lies a story,
one that really matters,
Filled with darkness and danger,
Triumph and loss,
Victory and suffering,
Freedom and sacrifice.
But you never wanted to know the end.
For how could it be happy?
How could it go back to the beginning, to the way it was,
before so much bad happened.
But in time, the bad,
Will be only a passing thing,
a shadow,
and a new day will come, with the sun,
And together they will shine the clearer.
But then you'll realize,
there can be no triumph without loss,
No victory without suffering,
No freedom without a sacrifice.
And you had a chance,
To turn back,
Only you didn't,
For you were holding onto something,
The good in the world,
The good worth fighting for!

It had been a week now since the whole hospital incident and Ella had spent much time under the bridge of her home thinking about what would have happened and how if she had stayed instead of running out would they have welcomed her into their family, no HER family. She couldn't believe everything she knew had been a lie here she was sitting on the edge of hell teasing the devil with a stick when all of sudden she's plucked back by the hands of god and told she has a family after all, it couldn't be happening not to her. They seemed pretty nice though and really close like they would do anything for each other, except one and her name was Molly.

Molly sat up on her bed and flicked through the photo album she had kept in her bed side draw, 'it was all a lie' she kept saying over and over in her head. The door knocked a Molly didn't look up to see her mother and father walk into the room but she had inkling to what they wanted to talk about.

"Sweetheart can we talk?" Jill asked sitting on her bed next to her, Tim talking the seat in front of her. Molly was hurting and they knew she was but this was a family decision and that included Molly even if a bit of paper told Tim and Jill that she wasn't theirs it didn't matter, they loved her just as much as they did before all of this.

"What is it?" Molly relied pushing her hair behind her ears and closing the photo album. Jill spoke first

"Sweetheart me and your father want you to know that we love you so much and that just because a doctor told us that you aren't ours and that you were switched at birth doesn't make any difference to me or anyone in this house, your still our daughter and that is never going to change." Tim continued

"It about being grown up to understand now though Molly we taught you to respect others and to take life head on knowing that me and your mother and your brothers would always be here for you but now we know the truth about what happened so many years ago we cant just leave that girl our birth child out there to roam the street and end up lying dead in the gutter without a penny to her name" Jill finished off

"So honey we have come to ask you if we have your permission to bring her back here with us and to be a part of our family, I know things will be hard and there will be a lot of friction but you have got to understand this from our point of view too this is the worst thing that could happen to us so what do ya say sweetie?" Jill sounded hopeful

"Do what you like but she aint no sister of mine so don't ever expect me to play the sister part I hate her she ruined everything I may be acting spoilt but I say what I feel and that's what I feel!" Molly jumped up and grabbed her jacket heading down the stairs and outside.

Tim stood up and walked across to Jill who stared out of the open bedroom door he put his arms around her and she held on to him.

"How could this happen to us Tim?" Tim shook his head and sat back down on the bed when the boys came in.

"I think she seemed pretty cool I'd really like to get to know her" Randy spoke with his intelligent way

"Yea and she pretty hot for my sister" Brad spoke up and they all giggled

"What about you Mark?" Tim asked putting a hand on his shoulder

"I guess I'll just have to teach her the rules and regulations of my room if that's the room she is gonna have?" Tim smiled and they all group hugged unwillingly Jill smiled

"I guess we'll have to go find her now I'm going to go down the mall and down the shops around there see if I can find her Tim will you come with me?"

"Sure." Tim replied and stood up leaving the room

"I know this is gonna be weird guys but thanks for your support." Jill said and left the room too.

Brad looked out the window and watched his parents drive off before turning to Brad, Randy and mark

"This is weird guy's, I mean one minuet she's homeless now she our real sister." Randy queued in

"Yea but she seemed really cool lets just see I mean Molly always been the black sheep of the bunch but I wouldn't want her to get hurt." Mark nodded and they all went downstairs to their respective partners.

Tim and Jill had been walking for hours and it was getting late, most shops were shutting up and still no sign of their daughter Ella. Jill hooked her arm into Tim's and he had his hands in his jacket pockets.

"Tim?" Jill asked pointing to something over at a coffee stand, it was the same hood and everything…Tim and Jill ran over and tapped the person on the shoulder much to their surprise a man turned around, Tim and Jill took a few steps back

"Sorry sir we were looking for a young girl same sort of clothes you haven't seen her have you?" Grunting the guy got up and walked away, Jill sighed and looked around there was an argument going on down the street a load of people on one side, loads of men in white jackets on the other and band at the front of the queue was a young girl Jill instantly knew it was her without a doubt.

"Oh my god Tim look over there the girl arguing with the big tall guy!" Jill was worried this guy could kill her easily, but yet there she was right up at him giving him just as much lip as he was giving her.

"Stay here Jill" Tim warned and ran across but Jill was blind with panic and followed, Tim had no idea what he was Going to do or say but

"Leave my girl the hell alone hard guy!" was a really horrible start…The guy turned and Ella was shocked to see Tim and Jill standing next to her

"And what are you gonna do about it Granddad?" The guy asked half laughing

"This!" Tim kicked him as hard as he could in the shin and the guy winced a little. The guy came closer to Tim and Tim physically shook Jill pulled him back just as the guy took a swing at Tim but missed him then he got even more angry and went for a harder punch this time Ella jumped in and pushed Tim out of the way in turn getting a left hook right above the eye.

Ella fell down and shook her head blood now dripping down her eye, she stood up and turned to Tim helping him up Jill was shocked to see her head but before she had a chance to say anything Ella turned back to the guy

"Nobody messes with me and my own got it!" Ella stared him straight in the eyes before turning around smoothly then turning back suddenly and hitting him as hard as she could straight across his nose as it broke, he fell to the floor and she shouted "GET EM'!" And the crowd began to fight like maniacs, Ella grabbed Tim's hand then Jill's and pulled them into a run they followed after her running down the street.

After a 10minuet run Ella led them under a bridge where she lit a fire in a barrel with some matches. Ella sat down on the ground next to the barrel on a blanket and offered them a seat next to her they took it even though they were a bit put off.

Ella stood up and warmed her hands over the fire as the blood dripped down her face. She looked down at Tim and Jill who were fixated on her.

"What?" She half laughed and crossed her arms

"We want you to come home…" Jill put it bluntly and Tim stood up walking across to her taking off his jacket and wrapping it around her shoulders. Pulling her hood back he held his hands at her shoulders and stared at her scars,

"I'll kill him for this…" Tim whispered pulling her into a hug the first hug she had, had ever really in her life from a loved one anyway. Ella pulled away and put her arms into the sleeves wrapping it around her thin body. Looking at them both she said

"Well I would but I don't think I'm welcome by your youngest, besides I'm practically not even your daughter you never raised me you didn't even know I existed until I went along to the blood donation thing, If it hadn't had been for that then maybe you would have passed me begging on the street and turned your head away in shame."

Jill attempted to hold back tears as she stood and walked over to her embracing her in a hug

"I am so, so, so very sorry" Was all she could muster and once again Ella felt the love of a mum but could she handle this? She had got so used to living on the streets is this what she really wanted?

"Do you love me?" Ella asked pulling away and looking at them both

"Of course we do Ella" they both responded in unison and looked at Ella who looked down and picked up her bag of stuff then pouring sand on the fire she walked with them talking about them and her and what food she liked, Tim joked about Jill's cooking and Jill hit him, Ella laughed and got in the car when she had a thought

"What about Molly?" they both fell silent and turned to her

"It's going to be hard for both of you but in time I'm sure you'll be fine, you really got to take Molly with a pinch of salt she can be a bit more harsh than she means to be." Jill responded and Ella looked out of the window as they drove off and she left her old life behind hoping to start a new one…

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