Adeline was the youngest of her large family. She had become an orphan when she was seven after her father and mother disappeared suddenly. Adeline created many theories as to why he left- did they not want her anymore? Were they tired of the responsibilities that came with caring for a child? She wanted to know so much more.
She lived with two brothers and three sisters who all were adopted from Mrs. White’ Orphanage. Adeline …show more content…
Adeline knew that she should just ignore their awful insults, but she wasn’t strong enough. Their words would seep into her brain.
The safest place for her to be free of those thoughts was when she would read or be high up in the trees. Up in the trees, she would listen to the beautiful song the birds sand and the wind softly blowing through the green leaves. From there she could see the many rows of the same old houses. The colors were dull as they usually were gray and an off-white. She would have wanted her house a light blue and orange with glowing yellow tulips in the front yard. However, no one would approve of this. Her family encouraged her to act normal like everyone else.
Adeline made many trips to Mr. Linden's library on a daily basis. She felt that books brightened up her world and made it more interesting. Mark teased her day after day because of how much she was in her room with her head in a book. She would read for hours until she finished so she could check out a new book. it's like she would disappear into a story. It was her time away from all the bad things in her …show more content…
Why couldn’t she stop? Was she being controlled? Adeline had realized what a stupid answer this was once it popped into her head. Maybe she read too many fictional stories? but what else could be happening? After the thought she noticed her bare feet walking, not across her bedroom floor, but on the dirty sidewalk along the main street. Where was it taking her, whoever it was? Then, she heard a faint voice. A woman was hissing to her in a cold voice, “find the truth.” It played over and over again like a broken record. Was she going insane? “Stop it! STOP IT!” she screamed and the voice suddenly froze.
There was a familiar sound, she couldn’t quite make out what it was. The smell of old leather filled her lungs. She was in Mr. Linden's Library, but why here? Her thoughts to still of right now was the only thing she could control. She developed an angry feeling in her stomach. Why was she here? What was the purpose of this? Did they just want to make her go