She came out of the womb, looking different. Thick, dark hair. Big, round, brown eyes, like almonds. She was born to a woman just barely over 20, at a time when it was inappropriate to have a baby out-of-wedlock. The kind young couple who were thrilled to bring her home cooed and cawed at the newborn bundle-of-joy. They adopted their first (and only) child. Later, the couple would divorce, when the she was just 5.
Lamenting those early years, she looks back on those times with disdain and disgust. Before the house was sold with it's big backyard, tire swing, tree-house and the wonderful big-Christmases, there was always this feeling of in-completeness. A yearning for something different and perhaps...something more.
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