HeavenOasis

(Continued from the previous part) Kim was unhappy in her new home. Mrs. Smith stood up from her chair and went to where Kim was sitting; she put her arms around her and buried her face in her hair. “It’s okay” she said into her hair “We know how much you love this family and I hope you know how fond of you we are. You are like a family member already and it hurts to see you leave, but we have no choice in this case. Your aunt is your only surviving relative and no matter how much we love and want to retain you, we cannot because it is not right to keep you away from her….” “But I don’t want to leave!” she managed to say amid sobs. Kim didn’t sleep throughout the night. She tossed and turned on the bed. In the end, she gave up trying to sleep and sat up all night on the bed, thinking of what was going to happen to her. She didn’t relish the thought of living with her aunt. She and her mom had lived with her aunt before her mother died and she remembered vividly the ...