*Arealla*
My mother's story was sad, and I truly felt for her. But it wasn't everything. She was keeping some things back, and I wasn't ready to let that happen. I had been waiting for so long to hear the truth of everything, I wasn't about to accept any half-hearted truths right now.
“Okay," I told her while still sitting on the bed beneath the moon. “But how did I end up with Lucille?"
I didn't share any exact details about anything Lucille had told me about my origin. I wanted to see if the stories matched, and I didn't want to give Vanessa anything that she would be able to use to fill in any of the blanks.
“That part of the story is still a ways off," Vanessa answered, and I could tell that part of what she was telling was absolutely the truth. “And there is so much to tell before
