1 Imposter parents

—Miss. Roberson? Your car is waiting for you— said the school security.

—Thank you.— Said, going to the car, in front of the gate.

As soon as she entered and buckled the seat belt the driver began to drive, leaving Alyra lost in her thoughts, thinking about how the day was.

Going to boarding school every week was excruciating for her, not because she hated studying, but because she didn't feel well there. Alyra was an extremely quiet person, which made other people not so much like talking to her, unlike what could happen, she didn’t suffer at the hands of the girls at her school, she didn’t talk to them, it was just like if she wasn't there.

For this reason, Alyra decided to talk to her parents, and to ask for the tenth time, that they move her to another school, of regular study, or maybe integral school, but that at the end of the day, she could return home.

She knew she wasn't at boarding school because her parents hated her, she was there because her parents cared, they believed she would be much safer there.

—Where's Mr. Goldbert?— Alyra asked, when he realized that someone different was driving.

The driver was silent for a while, she raised her eyebrows questioning why so long to answer such a simple question.

—He had an unforeseen event— he said simply, it didn't make any sense, all this time, just to say something like that?

Her parents would not leave her in the hands of a stranger, they would never do that.

After about one hour, they finally arrived in the house, without wasting time, the girl opened the door, and went in search of her parents.

—Mom?— asked— Dad?

Alyra closed the door and went to the dining room, where there was no one, she knew that parents liked everything in control, and suddenly, the day seemed out of the usual. The driver, now her parents suddenly disappear, they used to wait for her at the door.

—In the living room, dear—said the female voice, gaining the girl's attention.

As the girl approached, she could hear the low noise of the television, that made the girl have an awkward feeling. Her parents don’t like to watch TV at night, they used to say that digital images could impair sleep.

When she enter, the first thing that she said, was:

—Is it all right?

—Of course dear. Why not?—laughed.—Isn't it, baby?

The Woman asked the man, but he just confirmed, something was wrong with them, “Baby”? Her mom never could say that without in a sarcastic way.

“What is going on?” though with herself.

The next day, Alyra woke up later than usual, seeing the most scared thing that she could see in the moment, her parents were in front of her bed, looking at the girl. They had big smiles in the face, and their eyes seemed bigger and darker.

In a jump, she was out of the bad, and controlling the breath, said:

—You scared me! What are you doing here?

—Nothing, just want to see if our beautiful daughter needs something.

—No, I don’t need to, why don't you just wake me up?—asked.

—Don’t think so much about that, we need a delicious breakfast.—Her dad said, excited.

Something that doesn't seem like her dad, usually he was a very quiet man, and today, he just said more words in a phrase that he had said in one day.

—But, you don’t need to go to work?

—Of course not, it’s Saturday, what kind of human I was if I work on Saturday?

“What?”

—Go first, I will later.

—No! Come with us!—Her mom said.

—But…

—I said Come with us.—At that moment, she felt her heart beat fast, her mother’s eyes seemed strange, both of them seemed strange.

—O-oh, okay…

Alright in the dinner’s room, they are sitting in the chairs, looking for the plates… She is so confused, all of the toasters were with peanut butter, something that was extremely dangerous for her mom, that is allergic to peanut butter.

—Mom?—it’s later.—Don’t eat that!

The woman eats, but different in other days, she just continues eating, like nothing happened.

—Why?—asked.

—O-oh, nothing...—stopped, and started to eat.

That was enough to make her think about them not being her real parents, but if they were not, who are the people sitting in her sides?

She was so lost in thoughts, that don’t even know, but they were looking at her, with the scare and big smiles that they had before, but now seem more, and more.

—Why are you looking at me like that?

Without knowing why, she starts to feel dizzy, and her body has no forces to stay awake.

—Good sleep, dear…

That was the last thing that Alyra listened before faint.

Every day, in the same situation, she opened her eyes, saw a small flash of light, then fell into a deep sleep, again. Just feeling her energy be sucked day by day. She had suspected, everything was strange and she knew it, but she preferred to deny it, and now she was there, trapped in a bed, unable to even open her eyes.

If was something that Alyra had learned in the last days, should she trust her own intuitions more than she hoped to have. And most of all, she should have run away while there was time.

There was something that Alyra had learned at the time, should she trust her own intuitions more than she hoped to have, if she would just ignore it?

—Honestly, I really thought I would take more work, to keep you that way.—You “mother” said—When he said that we needed to capture you, I was really feeling a chill in the spine.

Said laughing, and starting the torture again, Alyra was feeling as if her skin was being cut.

—But they did a good job with you, they gave us the easy part, it's like you break a little bit more each time. They tried so hard to protect you.—she said with poison in her voice.—But they ended up handing you on a tray, but if it's any consolation, your foster parents really loved you.

Said, and left the room, what did she mean by "adoptive parents"? So Margaret and Robert Roberson, wasn't her parents, so who are? Where are they? What is happening? If those people weren't Margaret and Robert, who are they?

“Alyra”

The girl heard a voice, far away, the voice called her every day, when she was conscious enough to hear.

“Alyra? Please, you need to react!”

Even when she wanted to, she just had no energy to answer, her body was too heavy.

“Alyra, that is the last day, if you don’t answer I can’t help you, okay? I know you are feeling bad, I just need your permission, you just need to say! Yes or no?”

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