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So this is the excerpt we were talking about
Prepare to cry.
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It was Veda. Veda took a deep breath, already feeling the poison coursing through her body. She turned to the others. "…..I lived my life. I learned so much, I knew so many, I lost so many. Do not take my death as a tragedy, but as a blessing. I have been suffering for years." She revealed the envelope she had been holding. "This will tell you about my past, if you wish to know. Stay strong. Find a way out of this place. And please, find a little girl named Sophia Granger. She's the one of the last people who needed me. She's twelve." She said softly, revealing her hidden secret, the only reason she hadn't wanted to die. "Take care of her for me. Tell her………..tell her that her Guardian Angel loved her." Then finally, she turned to Paige, and with her last shuddering breath she said, "And my real name isn't Veda. Goodbye Kitty." She whispered, then collapsed.
The name triggered a flood of memories for Paige. Sitting on the floor of the small, two bedroomed apartment with her sister at five years old, playing with blocks and laughing as her sister made silly faces and made the little puppet on her hand talk. Their family didn't have much, but they made it work. Paige remembered all the times that her sister had given up her food for Paige, and all the games her sister had made up to pass the time.
Then at six, her parents abandoning her and her sister at an orphanage, leaving them as if they had been burdens. Paige's sister had held Paige in her arms, reassuring her every day that they hadn't been burdens, and that their parents just hadn't been ready for the two. Paige also remembered all the games her sister had made up at the orphanage, all the imaginary adventures they had been on in their tiny room at the orphanage.
Then at seven, when her sister had been literally dragged away, kicking and screaming, trying to get back to Paige. Paige hadn't even realized…………….She fell to her knees, scrambling to Veda's side. In a heart-breaking and shaky voice she whispered, "Odette?"