• Prologue-The Silence Begins
    When I was ten I never had a problem. Sure my family was small, just me and my mom, but we were happy. I was always the most talkative and girly of our group. I never thought that anything bad could happen. That was until of course it happened.

    I came home from school one what I thought was a normal day. My best friend had invited me to a sleepover so I was extremely happy and excited knowing my mom would say yes. I walked to the front door to find a note

    Dear Anastasia,

    I have gone off to run a few errands, ill be back by 5 see you then

    Love, Mom

    I sighed then walked in the house, sat on the couch, and turned on the T.V. Around 6:00 I checked the time and wondered where my mom was so I called her cell phone. No answer. That was unusual for her. At 6:30 I started to get worried when I got a phone call.
    “Hello?” I answered
    “Hi is this a relative of Maria Gomez?” asked the man on the other line.
    “Yes she is my mother” I said
    “Were very sorry but your mother has been in a crash and has passed on” he replied.
    Then I felt the wind rush out of me and I couldn’t speak.
    “How old are you?” The man asked.
    “t-ten” I stuttered
    “We’ll be picking you up tomorrow, we are moving you to New Jersey” The man said and he hung up
    I run upstairs and began packing my things the man met me out front the next morning. He introduced himself as Officer Daniel. I noticed a man and woman with him who he introduced as Kira and Xavier, my new foster parents who lived in a small cottage in New Jersey. We set off on our long drive there from New Hampshire.