Emma's POV

We get to look on the life of Emma

It’s hard to live the with the fact that your parents don’t want you.

For as long as I can remember I’ve been in and out of care facilities and public schools. Never staying in the same spot for more than a few months.

That is until I came to Eden.

I’m nearly seventeen and nearly old enough to be without a legal guardian but that doesn’t stop my endless list of problems.

Here in Eden I live with an elderly lady by the name of Beatrice she is sweet and kind but is not substitute for a mother.

In the small cottage that we live in its me and 10 other children that she “takes care” of.

Yeah right, I’m the one who takes care of all the children in this house whenever Beatrice cant (Which is most of the time).

But that doesn’t change the fact that I said she was kind and sweet. it’s just very expensive to house all these children and feed them and clothe them and take care of them 24/7.

So, while she goes off to work on the rare occasion she gets it, as the only skill she has is painting (It’s not very stable but she has a real talent for it and can paint anything to make it look otherworldly and whimsical) I take care of all the children who are from the ages 5-7.

I don’t mind helping but I must miss a lot of school which means my grades suffer immensely due to this.

I can’t say goodbye to this lifestyle when I can’t even graduate high school.

Not to mention the fact that the only friends I have I can hardly spend time with.

I don’t mean to complain I really am grateful for Beatrice and my extremely patient friends but I just wish sometimes I could have a carefree and blissful life like Anne or Sophie.

They just seem so innocent and naive about the world like a newborn baby.

I desperately wish I could still be optimistic and laid back about the world.

But when you’ve experienced some of the worst things and people life can throw your way there’s no going back to that mindset.