Cutting the Strings

Clara

I had never felt like I belonged anywhere. Not once in my life.

Back at the orphanage, I was that quiet kid, the one who sat alone and stared out the window, saying nothing. The one who didn’t laugh, didn’t cry, didn’t fight for attention like the others. I just existed.

"She’s weird. Kids shouldn’t be that quiet. She just stares. What’s wrong with her?” That’s what one of the prospective p