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Can’t make me I shakeroom "Are you okay?"

"Yes," Olivia raises her voice to anshile refusing to break eye contact with ain "I prorave The way I see it, I already have one foot in, so what difference does itin her hand and I wince The pink elephant in the chubby hands of the baby in the photo is more than fah some of my scariest moments His name is James and, at ho a lot more worn and a lot less pink and lot h thebrown hair and she wears the sas out on rown over the years I hate that the baby sports a huge s her--Olivia

My lower lip quivers and tears burn my eyes I’m too tired for this I’m too tired and there’s no way this is true It’s not My mother would never lie to me Never "My nant with me"

"Your mother walked out of this house, your hoht after your second birthday"

This house? No way "Your son turned us away He left us Both of us Mom said not one of you wanted me"

"Your entire life is a lie and I’ive you the truth," she says "And if you want the truth, you’re going to have to stay here in Kentucky, because God knows that your parents won’t tell you Even if it’ll cost you your life"

Olivia snatches ers over it I twist away fro Maybe we came back for a visit but we obviously didn’t stay"

"It was no visit You lived here once and your ain

She walks past er causes me to lash out before she leaves me alone "My mother told me that all of you are crazy This photo is a fake and you’re a liar"

Olivia s, don’t we, Emily Star?"

The breath rushes from my body as if I’ve been socked in the stomach "That’s not my name"

"Yes," she says simply "It is"

It israther it was

Emily Star is the name on ed it to Erandmother’s, Dad’s mom’s, name "So you knohat used to be "