CHAPTER 46 DEEP LOSS

Miss Magdalene Sanchez wanted her daughter to be named Samantha. Samantha was not her mother's daughter but a child born out of wedlock who took her father's name. Her father was hopelessly in love with Magdalene, but his parents would not allow the marriage to be, and he was forced to marry the woman that Samantha had believed to be her mother all her life. Samantha struggled for breath and could feel her heart begin to pound faster. She felt like her whole world had been turned upside down. She didn't know what to believe anymore. Everything she thought she knew about her life was suddenly in question. She felt like a stranger in her own skin. She felt a wave of sadness wash over her. She realized that the woman she had called "mom" all these years was not her biological mother. She felt a sense of loss, grief, and betrayal. She wondered if she would ever be able to look at her parents the same way again. She felt lost and alone as if she didn't belong anywhere. She wanted to cry,