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She came to a stop, her heart pounding. Gusts of wind shook her to the core, but she just leaned against a tree and sunk into the snow. A protective instinct tickled inside her but she brushed it off. She didn't care anymore.
Her own ragged breath calmed, allowing her to feel the solitude of the place. She gave a quick glance to her surroundings. Closing her eyes, she let the tears she'd been holding back, fall. Her mind was blank; she was too numb to think. Her whole life had been a lie. The people she had trusted the most, her family, had lied. Her mom and dad- no she thought defensively. Sally and Chris. Her adoptive parents. How could they do this to me? Keep it all along?
Tears were rolling faster now, a cluster of emotions rising up inside her chest. Anger. Sadness. Betrayal. Loneliness. Fear. Thoughts raced through her mind ripping her apart. Memories, words, they flashed before her eyes like pictures, her last look at life. Her life.
She sighed. She nearly wished she didn't know, she didn't have to bear the burden, keep the knowledge a secret. Ignorance is truly bliss.
She wanted to dissolve into the shadows, become nothing. Just hide here forever, in darkness. But she couldn't. I have promises to keep... an age ago perhaps, a promise nevertheless...
''Steph? Will you promise me something?'', her sister had asked.
''Hmm... what is it?'', she had replied, curious.
"Promise not to leave me? Run away?", she said.
I promise, she had said, the idea impossible in her mind. Some childish game, she must have thought at that time. It seemed stupid now, to promise something so easily. The promise, even though it had been made long ago, restricted her from going, from turning away. I don't want to go back.
After what seemed an age, she got up. Giving a last reluctant glance to the woods, she started the long walk back home. My heart may lie here, but my loyalties will always stay there.
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