7 November 2012
On a wet rainy day in late September my mom brought a box full of books from my grandmas garage. She had been dead for 3 years now. I pulled out a the book called " How to Kill a Mockingbird" That is a personal favorite of mine. I open up my yellow book bag and plop it in. Randomly picking out a book I see theres no words on the cover. I turn it to the side and it says " All the Things" the authors name wasn't there. I open it up and on the dedication page there was a hand written message and it said " Maryanne, no one can see this..... Just you, AND ONLY YOU! Sincerely, Lydia <3. My grandmas name was Kerri, not Maryanne or Lydia! Ignoring it I flipped through a couple of pages and a small envelope fell on my knees. It was ripped up and already open, so I pulled out what was inside. It was a piece of pink paper and it was faded, in the corner of the page it said "J's Diary" it had a picture of 3 girls but one of the girls was torn out of the picture. There was a girl with long wet blonde hair in a striped bikini, the girl in the middle had dead black hair that was soaking and nappy. I couldn't make out the details but I saw a strain of red hair was falling from a pale shoulder. I saw handwriting next to it " Kelly, Bess, and J" the rest of the writing had been scribbled out with red ink. I grabbed the paper and ran into the kitchen and placed into my moms sweaty palms. Is this a note from school? No I replied. She put on her reading glasses and her eyes widened. " Amy! Where did you get this? " " In your old book All th-" " I was sure I threw this in the shredder!" my mom yelled. Mom it's just a picture of you and aunt Bess! Bess was the one next to J and mom was the one with the blonde hair. " Just... leave me alone! , IM BUSY!" My mom set the paper in my hands, " Just throw it away please!" She ran to the door as it rang it was Aunt Bess and my cousin Emile! She's 5 years old and my aunt is 30. My mom rolled her eyes, They weren't the best sisters. Without anyone noticing I folded the piece of paper and threw it in my book bag. " Amy!" shouted Bess. You so big! Considering I'm 14 I guess I'm kinda old. Are you ready to go. She asked. My mom scowled at Bess " I CHANGED MY MINE SHE'S NOT GOING ANYMORE!" " Oh come on Kelly!" " Let her have some fun!" " FINE! Mom yelled. Emile ran and hugged me tight. We walked outside after i was finished packing and we were on our way.grabed my hand hugged
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