Disclaimer: I do not own the Star Wars characters; however, Angeles Dollslayer character is mine.
Angeles saw the envelope left behind by the lawyer. Tentatively, she opened it. She pulled out a birth certificate. It had the name Angeles Covington on it, with her birth date. The parents listed on the certificate were Ursula Covington and Skeet Shipshooter. It also listed her weight, hair and eye color.
"I can't believe this!" Angeles gasped. "All these years, I thought I was born on Naboo. I thought I was the daughter of Angel and Les Dollslayer. Now I don't know who I am!"
She bowed her head and cried. She wanted to deny it, but the truth was there in writing. She was adopted.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Angeles yelled. She wiped her tears and remembered that a letter from her biological mother was in the envelope. Taking a deep breath, she slipped the letter out and opened it.
"Dear Angeles," the letter began. "I am writing this letter before leaving you in the care of Angel and Les. I wish I had the strength to stay with you. But I am only seventeen. I cannot take care of myself, much less a newborn. So I made the hardest decision in my life to give you for adoption."
"They love you so much, Angeles. I knew it was the right choice to make, for your sake. My heart aches, knowing that I have to leave you behind. But please know, just because I leave you, that doesn't mean that I don't love you. I pray you will have a wonderful life with the Dollslayers."
"The only thing I ask of you is that you do not search for your biological father. He is an evil man, and I do not want you to be hurt by him, like he hurt me."
"I love you Angeles, and I always will. Love, Ursula."
The tears streaked down her face. This woman sacrificed so that she could have a stable family, with two parents who loved her.
Angeles searched for Ursula's name on the Holonet, to see what information she could find on her biological mother. She was devastated to find out Ursula had died almost a year after she gave birth. She was able to find Ursula's death certificate.
"No," Angeles moaned, as new tears formed. The death certificate read that Ursula died due to asphyxiation from hanging. Ursula Covington had committed suicide.
"I'm sorry you suffered!" Angeles groaned. She folded the letter, and looked again at the birth certificate.
"I know they said not to find Skeet Shipshooter. But he may be the only family I have left," she said to herself. Against their wishes, she searched the Holonet for his name.
"Great," Angeles uttered bitterly. His death certificate popped up. She looked at the date of his death, and titled her head in curiousity.
"Why is that date so familiar?" she wondered. She did a search on the date, and saw that Skeet died the same day as Emperor Vader.
"That is creepy. Let's see what else is there on Skeet."
There was an article in the search, that had both Skeet and Vader's name in it. Angeles clicked the article and was shocked by what it said.
Skeet Shipshooter was the medical doctor on Vader's Star Destroyer! No wonder neither her parents nor Ursula wanted her to find him! She scrolled down and found a picture of him.
Angeles gasped in horror. She had met him. He was the doctor who injected her with the serum to cause her pain, when she was Vader's prisoner.
"Bastards!" she growled angrily. Did Skeet know she was his daughter? Did Vader or Hux know? They were all dead, so she could not ask them.
She laid down on the couch and cradled herself. This was horrible. Not only were her adoptive parents dead, so were her biological parents. Angeles truly felt alone.
Her thought were interrupted by a call coming into her computer. She looked and saw that it was Ben Kenobi calling her. Drying her tears, she answered the video call.
"Hello, Ben," Angeles said to him, as calmly as she could.
"Hello," Ben replied. "I have good news. Padme and I were able to sell the house on Tatooine. Were you able to secure for us a home on Naboo?"
"Yes. You will be living in the former estate of Senator Padme Amidala."
Ben titled his head and asked,
"Angeles, what is wrong?"
She bit her lip. Both Ben and Padme were Force Sensitive. Trying to hide the truth now would be pointless.