Chantal Wellard

"But dad, why?" Twelve year old Chantal asked her dad.
"I won´t discuss this with you anymore," Mr. Roberts answered. "I´m sending you to this care- home and that´s it."

"But why?"

"I´ve already told you Chantal."

" Yeah, and you´re doing it because you love your stupid girlfriend more than me."

"Chantal, I never said that. And the thing is, I don´t have neither the money or the time to take care of you."

"But you have plenty of time and money for stupid, dumb, ugly Melissa."

"Chantal, don´t say that. Melissa´s neither stupid, ugly nor dumb."

"But why are you choosing her in front of me."

"I won´t discuss this with you anymore. You´re going to this care home and that´s it."

"But…"

"No buts."

Three days later

"I hate you both, and I never wanna see you, ever AGAIN." Chantal, slammed the car door, and walked towards Oak House, with her bags in her hands. Before she had the time to knock the door, a tall man in his middle- thirties came to open it.

"Hi," he said. "You must be Chantal, I´m Carl, head care worker." Chantal walked past him.

"Where´s my room?" she asked.

"Up the stairs, third on the right. Let me help you," Carl took one of Chantal´s bags.

When Chantal, came to the living room, after checking out her room, at first she recognized a boy, about three years younger than herself. With the same clothes- style as Chantal, but before she had the time to talk to him an older girl came to confront Chantal.

"Just so you know little brat," the girl said. "My name is Lisa and I´m in charge."

"First of all, I´m not a brat," Chantal began. "And second, nobody´s in charge of me."

"Then why are you here?"

"I´m not fighting with you." Chantal walked past the older girl and to the boy she had recognized earlier.

"You´re going to be a good care- kid," he said when she sat down next to him. "Every care- kid gotta be tough, and stand up for themselves. I´m Rio Wellard, by the way.

"Chantal Wellard."

They looked at each other, and then went to the office, to see if the care workers knew anything about they having siblings.