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Lucy looked at me for a minute. She brushed the hair back away from my face and tucked it behind my ear.

She said," Sarah, I know that you don't like Annie right now, but she is married to Dad."

I yelled," She stole dad."

Lucy said," No, sweetie, she didn't. I know you were little and Dad was your hero when you were little…"

I interrupted," He wasn't my hero. I hated him. I hated all of you."

She asked," Why did you hate him? Why did you hate us?"

I looked up at her fighting off tears and said," Because you left and you didn't take us with you. Everyday was a struggle. Nothing was ever enough. No matter how hard they worked it was never enough. You left and you took every thing with you. We were alone, and we didn't know what to do. I hated you because you left me behind."

She looked at me and said," I don't know what to say. I know you didn't have an easy life, and I know you were really close to mom…"

I broke in," Not really. I knew every thing, and still nothing."

She looked puzzled.

I said," That's why for a really long time I hated all of you too, and I still do."

She asked," Why do you hate us?"

I said," You have memories of mom. You know how her cookies smelled when they came out of the oven, and her favorite lipstick color, and the way her soap smelled. I hate you because I don't have memories like that. I have memories of her back as she walked out the door to go to work again. And her outline in the dark as she slept in her bed across the room from me. I never got to bake cookies or help with Thanksgiving dinner. I didn't get to have her as a mom like you did. One of the few memories of her I actually have is shopping for school supplies. Annie cannot have that memory."

Lucy pulled me into her arms and held me as tears slowly feel from my eyes.

Annie walked in and asked," Can we talk?"

I said," I don't know what else to say to you. Please, just leave me alone and give me time."

Annie sat down beside Lucy and me and said," We have to talk. You can't avoid me forever. Sarah, please, talk to me."

I looked at Lucy and said," I'm going to my room. Come get me when we're leaving to go shopping."

Annie stood up and said," Sarah, stop, tell me what's going on."

I turned around and yelled," You're not my mom, so quit trying!"

I ran down the stairs and up into the house. I ran all the way up to my room and shut the door. I slipped my chair under the door so you couldn't open it and picked up the phone.

I dialed home to Aunt Susan's apartment. When there was no answer I called the hospital and asked to talk to her. When she finally answered the phone I was in tears. She held the phone to her ear for a minute before she asked," What happened sweetie?"

I said though the tears that choked back my voice," I want to come home. I tried it for the summer. You said we would talk about it if I stayed here all summer. I stayed. I did what you asked, now please, let me come home. I want to come home."

She asked again," Sarah, sweetie, what happened?"

I said as I began to sob," She's trying to take her place. I hate her. I hate all of them."

She said," No you don't. I know you're mad and upset, but you don't hate them. What did they do that upset you so much?"

I said," I always went school shopping with mom. Annie won't let Mary and Lucy take me. She says I have to go with her. She can't do that Aunt Susan, that's my memory. I want to come home. I want to come home."

She said," Take the phone to your dad."

Cliff hanger...dun dun dun...sorry it's taken me so long to add a chapter...laife should slowing down in the next few weeks and I hope to get a few chapters done over christmas break. Thanks for being patient. :D