Fragments of Us

MADDIE

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The frown on my face must have looked so pitiful, because he cracked a small smile.

"Madeline," He looked completely unaffected now. "It was a really long time ago."

Of course it was.

Probably as long ago as my own mother dropping me off at a shelter with nothing but a stupid necklace and a promise she never kept.

Stop