CHAPTER 104: Secrets, Secrets, Secrets!

"No, it's mine" "It's mine. Not yours. Let it go" Melissa watched as some children ran out of the old house, coming down from the stairs as they fought over a toy. I watched the foreign children carefully until they stopped their arguments, staring at Melissa. "Who are you, lady?" The older girl asked, staring at Melissa in confusion. Melissa didn't answer as she was confused by whose children they belonged to. Why were they staying in her house? "Mother! Mother!" The older girl called, stepping backward, away from Melissa. A few seconds later, a woman in her late thirties walked out of the old house. "Mother, who's she?" The older child asked, her eyes still trained on Melissa. "Who are you? What do you want?" The woman asked rudely, staring at the dirty Melissa. "What is it?" The woman asked again after Melissa failed to respond. Melissa looked at the woman. "I'm looking for Stacy!" "Stacy?" The woman asked confused, "There is no Stacy's living here. It's only I and my fa