“Sister Alessi, where going? You leave us? But why? Where is sister Milla? Mikel?” The confused questions and heartbroken expressions from the little kids I was leaving broke my heart as I rode the bus to Lakewood, where I was indefinitely going to be staying from here on out. If I had just more power and more money, I wouldn’t have hesitated to take them with me, but unfortunately, those were two things I was far from having, which is why I had to do exactly this. As much as it hurt, I chose to leave them in order for me to make something better out of myself and in turn, hopefully in the near future, I could give them a better life, too. On the brighter side of things, leaving the Turners’ house for good was easier than I thought. I guess it makes sense that they no longer really had to care about me the second I turned eighteen. By law, I was an adult now, so after I dried my tears and had my plan set that morning, I faced Mr. and Mrs. Turner and the very first words tha
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