I know. Short explanation, but please do not hate me for it. This short explanation will mean more when you read the next chapter.
I promise you that the next chapter is longer. This is just a short “chapter” to explain for the next chapter.
Thank you.
Bonus: what’s a family?
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When Rae was ten-years-old.
“What is family to you, Rae?” My teacher, MRS. Nelson asked, kneeling down to my height.
My brain immediately went to one person only. “Families don’t mean that they have to be related by blood. They can be friends, who are so close to you that you see them as a member of your family.”
“Do you, by any chance, have any close friend that you see as family?” Mrs. Nelson asked.
I licked my lips, because I did not know how to answer that question. I hadn’t seen him in so long, s
