Restarting Life Ch 1

Restarting Life Ch 1

Restarting Life 

Chapter One 

I was just a kid when some creep snatched 

  1. me

Vanished

My folks were wrecked

They adopted a little girl from the orphanage

Her name was Lily

Years later, I found my way back to my real 

family

Lily, she OD’d on sleeping pills

Left behind a scrapbook

Pictures of her whole life

My mom and dad, they lost it when they saw 

that thing

At her funeral, they were a mess

Sobbing their hearts out

They turned on me

If you hadn’t come back, Lily would still be 

here!they screamed

They said I should be the one dead

My own brother, Mark, he made their wish 

come true

He ran me down with his car

And then, I woke up

I was back

Back to the day I was supposed to meet 

them

  1. 1

I was dozing on the bus

Hey, Maggie,my foster mom, Carol, was 

nudging my arm

We’re here. Wake up, honey.” 

I opened my eyes

The same old scene

My brain was scrambled for a second

I’d just had this crazy dream

Mark, my brother, mowing me down

I went flying

My arm snapped

He climbed out of his car

Just stared at me bleeding out

His eyes were full of hate

You should be dead, Maggie,he growled

Why did you have to come back? Give me 

Lily back!” 

My parentswords echoed in my head: If you 

hadn’t come back, Lily would still be here.” 

They hated me

But they were the ones who wanted me back

Lily was their adopted daughter

After I disappeared, they were heartbroken

Mark suggested, Mom, Dad, you’ll never find 

Maggie, why not adopt someone?” 

They took his advice

Found a girl about my age at the local 

Nameu ner Lily

They wanted to shower her with endless love

Lily grew up like a princess

Me

I bounced around between different 

scumbags

Begging for scraps

Ended up in some backwater town

Nearly starved to death under a bridge

Carol found me

Her husband died a few years before in some 

accident

She had a son, Billy, who was three years 

younger than me

Carol worked her tail off to raise us both

She worked three jobs just to make ends 

meet

We didn’t have much, but she gave me all the 

love in the world

Then, my real parents, Richard and Susan

trecked me down 

く 

They planned a big reunionceremony

Yeah, I was reliving it

I was back on the way to that damn reunion

The thought of how I died made me feel sick

The bus pulled up to the stop

Carol and I hopped off

Up ahead was a huge building

Richard Enterprises headquarters. 

The reunion was happening there

Richard even invited the local news

Á big PR stunt

Is that it, Maggie?Carol asked, her eyes 

shining with pride

Wow, that’s something, huh? You’ve 

suffered, honey. Things are gonna be 

different when you go home” 

Carol’s eyes were starting to water

She blinked the tears away and gave me this 

sad, happy smile

I knew she didn’t want me to go

Before, I went with my real parents and she 

cried the whole drive home

Restarting Life

Restarting Life

Status: Ongoing

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