Chapter Eighteen

To say Aunt Jenny was shocked by my new look was an understatement. Since she’d been privy to my true story longer than I was, I decided to tell her the truth.  We walked arm in arm around the clearing of the cabin while I described the horrors of what the Dragos were up to.  We spent a few minutes focusing on missing people reported on the news and speculating whether or not they had been unfortunate victims of the Dragos before moving on to the next part of my little adventure.

Telling her about Jack rescuing me was both heart breaking and heart soothing.  She smiled proudly as she praised him for the attention and care he’d always provided for me through the years. She confided how she didn’t know how she’d have managed to keep me safe and hidden if it wasn’t for him.  To my surprise, she confided that there had been several attempts on my life since she’d taken parental responsibility and it was Jack who’d thwa