"Miley how…why… ok I'm confused why does Kendra's mom have a locket with pictures of you and your mom in it?" asked a very confused Lilly.
"I don't know," I said. I was very confused too. Why would a little French girl's mother have a locket with a picture of my mom and me in it? If I never found out the answer to this question I might never be the same. I mean I wouldn't change dramatically it's like…it's like when you forget a question that was really important and right when you go to ask it you forget it and then you keep trying to remember it. It takes you a while to remember it or you don't remember it at all. Sometimes you keep thinking about it and do concentrate on other things or you get stressed out trying to remember. This is like that, just a little different. Silence
"Does the name Venturi sound familiar?" asked Oliver. I shook my head
"Sort of only like it was off of a TV show or something"
"You looked like you were eight years old in that picture you should have started remember things long time before that" said Lilly. I thought a while and then said
"Yeah that's true maybe she was a friend of my mom's or something".
"Wait since Kendra doesn't speak much English then that means she hasn't lived here for her whole life and since she is eight years old that meant she was born nine years ago when you were six or seven so if they moved here then how would your mom know her mom? Asked an extremely confused Lilly. Lilly did have a point. I just wish I knew French so I could talk to Kendra. So I could ask her personally.
"Ask her when she moved here and if her mom has ever been to America before she moved because my mom hated traveling so I know she didn't go to France" I said.
"Kendra, combien de temps il y a vous êtes-vous déplacé ici ?" Lilly asked kindly. Kendra thought a little while then said
"About- 4 months". My mouth dropped open. She spoke in English. You could hear her accent but you could still understand her. I looked at Lilly who's mouth was also open.
"Do people ask you that question a lot?" Lilly asked. Kendra smiled and nodded.
"You understood her?" I asked. Kendra looked at me with a questioning look on her face. I just shook my head telling her to forget about it. I looked around waiting for someone to say something. Nothing. Finally Cole broke the silence. He started crying. I took him to a bench to sit down and try to get him to calm down. Lilly and Kendra started talking in French. Curse the people I can't understand. I just knew they were talking about me. I heard my names a few times. I just wish I knew what they were saying.
Lilly's POVMiley left to go to try to calm Cole down. She kept eyeing Kendra and me everyone in a while I saw her start to get up but then Cole started crying again so she sat back down. After a long talk with Kendra I got some information for Kendra's mom. She had once before been to America. Her name was Jodie. She had blonde hair and looked nothing like Kendra. Their dad had looked nothing like Kendra either. Now I was thinking something. Kendra was adopted. But even if she was that had nothing to do with the pictures. Or did it? I am so confused right now. Maybe Miley's mom was Kendra's real mother. I don't know maybe I should go tell Miley. I'm to confused.
Miley POVI looked over at Lilly and she was coming toward me with Kendra in her arms. I quickly looked down at Cole and played with his little feet.
"Miley can I talk to you?" Lilly asked as she carefully approached me. I slowly nodded and she put Kendra down, whispered something to her, and then Kendra ran off.
"Miley?"
"Ya?"
"I think Kendra was adopted"
"Why?"
"Well she said both of her parents didn't look a thing like her"
"Did you tell her?"
"Yeah"
"What did she say"
"Well I told her and she was all like Lilly svp que je ne veux pas être adopté vous ne les pense pas m'aurais dit ? And then she started crying". I looked at Lilly then said
"I'm sorry I don't speak your language" Lilly laughed then said
"She said Lilly please I don't want to be adopted don't you think they would have told me?" I just shook my head.
"Poor little girl but that still has nothing to do with the pictures" I said.
"Miley I was thinking Kendra does look a ton like you and I was thinking maybe your mom is her mom" Lilly said slowly. I looked at her. Stayed there and stared at her.
"But still why would her mom have pictures?" I asked. She looked at me. She just shrugged and said
"I don't know but its getting late we should go to sleep" I looked around and asked
"Where?" She looked around realizing we had nowhere to sleep. She shrugged. We got up and went to go get Oliver and Kendra. We walked and found a few mattresses that hadn't been ruined completely. We found a few blankets and pillows too. We set them up and laid down. I was the last one to go to sleep. The question haunted me and there was only one way to blow it away. Figure out the answer. About two hours after everyone had gone to sleep I slowly drifted off to sleep too.
"Miley sweetie get dressed Jodie is coming over!" yelled Momma from down stairs. I hurried got out of my bed quickly made it got dressed brushed my hair brushed my teeth and ran downstairs.
"Miley calm yourself down" said Robbie. I sat down on the couch and turned on the TV.
"When is Jodie going to be here?" I asked as I flipped through the channels.
"In a bout an hour sweetie" said Mamma. I watched TV and got very tired. I lie down and accidentally fell asleep. What seemed like fifteen minutes later getting hit in the head with something cold waked me up. I opened my eyes and there right before me was a shiny locket. It was Jodie.
"Jodie!" I yelled as I threw my arms around her. She hugged me back. Someone screaming waked me up.
I got up and right beside me was Kendra she was squirming around and screaming. I shook her and she woke up.
"Are….You….Ok?" I asked slowly so she could understand. She hugged me really tightly. I shook Lilly awake.
"What?" she asked sleepily.
"I need you to talk to Kendra for me she was screaming in her sleep and I want to know what about. Lilly got up and said to Kendra
"Que rêviez-vous environ ?" Kendra stared at me then said to Lilly.
"Je ne peux pas penser à lui.". I looked at Lilly.
"What did she say?" I asked curiously.
"She said she couldn't think about him"
"Ask her why" I said eagerly.
"Kendra, bonbon, pourquoi ne pouvez-vous pas penser à lui ?" Lilly asked. I waited eagerly for a reply from Kendra.
"Puisque, quand je pense à lui, il peut me voir" said Kendra with a scared tone in her voice. Lilly slowly turned her head to me and then said
"She said when she thinks about him he can see her"
