The Truth Behind Her Eye

Sometimes I feel as if I don't belong. Everyone's got someone. I used to have someone who cared for me, but her time came earlier than it was supposed to. If you don't know me, I'll give you a recap on it. Let's go back a few months ago.

My name is Akinia. Just Akinia and no last name. I'm nearly 20 years old, my birthday is Jan. 2nd. It's almost the end of November. I've stayed at the Gray Orphanage for the majority of my life. They let me out when I turned eighteen, which now feels like forever ago. I thought freedom would be fantastic, but it turned out the opposite. The Grays, the founders of Gray Orphanage, had given me some money to live on. But all that disappeared quicker than I could say, "Oops." Pretty soon, I was homeless and hungry. Most mistook me for a hobo. The Grays couldn't give me any money, because they were nearly broke and they still had the rest of the orphanage to worry about it.

One night, the rain was pouring really hard and there was a thunderstorm coming. An elderly Caribbean lady down the street, saw me standing in the pouring rain, looking for shelter. She picked up an umbrella and ran to me. She said, "Child, what are you doing in the middle of this?" "Um, I'm not quite sure." "You can tell me later, child. Just come with me to my home and warm up." She pulled me to her apartment and we rushed inside. She sat me down in a bright yellow armchair. She disappeared in another room. She came back holding a steaming mug of something I didn't recognize. She put it to my lips and I drank some obediently. It was absolutely delicious! I grabbed the mug and greedily chugged down some, burning my mouth. Soon, the mug was empty. I wiped my mouth with my arm and set the mug down. The lady chuckled and brought the mug back to a

Hello.

I know people probably won't read this, but I'm still writing anyway. I am a amateur writer and started out very young. I'm just going to post my story ideas. If you'll actually read them, don't take them from me or I'll hunt you down and kill you. [not kidding.]