Arrested too

It was as if I was seeing myself in the future. My mouth dropped open as I gawked at the beautiful woman with graying hair. She was petite and wore the most gorgeous jewelry I had ever seen. The woman spelled class with a capital C.

"Lynn," she breathed as she slowly walked toward me. Luix stepped out of her way as she placed her hand on my cheek. "Oh, lynn."

Without warning, I let out a small sob and knew my soul was breaking over lost time with my true family. I didn't know any of them, but my soul did and that's all I needed to feel to know that they were my real family.

I threw my arms around the woman's shoulders in front of me as she embraced me with hers. We held each other for what felt like forever as I looked up and into my sister's eyes. Tears filled her gaze as she grinned at our embrace; her hand rested over her heart.

"We've missed you, dear lynn," my grandma whispered into my ear.

"Why didn't any of you come for me?" I asked as we parted from our embrace.

Sadness swam o