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~Chapters~

1. A Birth…………………................. 4

2. Home………………………………6

3. Felix’s Death………………………9

4. New Family………………………11

5. Rebellion…………………...........14

6. Do Drug………………………….19

7. Break down………………………23

8. Corrina’s Death…………………..28

9. Treatment………………………...31

10. Recover…………………………34

11. Look for herself…………………37

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Chapter1 A Birth

Located in a small town was a nameless

obstetrics and gynecology hospital where there

were only a few doctors and nurses save life for a

difficult delivery. That expectant mother, Celia,

had terrible pain, shouted dripping sweat from her

face, and even almost passed out. Her anxious

husband, Felix, was pacing back and forth outside

the delivery room. He begged the kindhearted

Buddha “Please save my wife and child, or I

couldn’t live without them.” And then he prayed

“Dear God! I need your power much and hope

that my wife and child will be well, Amen.” After

a nervous night, Felix couldn’t keep himself from

eventually falling asleep. Till the sun rose from

the East and shone slightly, a sound “Wow-wow!”

awaked Felix who had a deeply asleep. He was

overjoyed and kept thanking those doctors and

nurses “Thank you for devoting one night to save

them. You are the savior of their lives forever. “In

his mind, he also thanked the epiphany of Buddha

and God.

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Chapter2 Home

Felix and Celia’s only baby is Gloria. On the

way from hospital to home, Gloria was held in

Celia’s arms carefully with swaddling.

Gloria learned how to sit, stand, crawl, walk and

speak gradually. Celia had to watch for Gloria

constantly when Gloria started to learn how to

crawl. If Celia turned around for just a minute,

she would hear someone who was wailing. It

forced her to hire a servant to help her to do

housework.

Gloria’s house was located in the bright green

suburbs. A small garden and farmland around the

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house became Susan’s heaven. Various flowers

and plants were grown in the garden, such as

lavenders, sunflowers Cactus and a lot of

nameless kinds. This house had a long history and

was also Felix’ heirloom. In the living room, it

was full of photos of unfamiliar appearance and

honored awards from Felix and Celia’s ancestors.

When I mentioned the photos, Felix would speak

with fervor and started to tell me the history.

Gloria’s room was her favorite because it was

designed completely for a little girl. Every night,

Gloria always lay on a wooden bed, looked up at

the sky and listened to the orchestra in the

countryside.

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Chapter 3 Felix’s Death

The business was depressed when Gloria was

about five years old. Felix finally couldn’t afford

to pay tuition and living expenses. Selling the

farm and crowding into a narrow room were their

only choice. Felix lost his job and drank all day.

When Felix went home, he always shouted “Celia,

give all money to me. Cook a meal for me and

don’t bother me!” Sometimes, he would behave

irrationally and hit Celia heavily.

At one mid-night, the door bell rang and Celia

worried because Felix hadn’t yet come home.

Celia was nervous opening the door. It was not

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Felix but instead the police who said “Excuse me!

Are you Celia? Your husband was intoxicated and

had been hit by a truck. ”Celia pulled and dragged

the policeman’s clothes and asked “Is it serious?

Is my husband safe?” The police answered “It

was really bad! I’m sorry to say this! Your

husband was killed at the scene. Please come to

the scene with me.” Celia cried loudly. “No! Why

has this horrible thing happened to me? I don’t

want to live anymore.”

Felix’s death caused many debts and forced

Celia to give Gloria to others.

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Chapter 4 A New Family

On a sunny morning, Gloria arrived at the

National Canada Airport and heard a loud voice

suddenly “Mom! Mom! ” Gloria felt sorrow and

bumped into a friendly couple with two girls and

one boy at that moment. She said hurriedly “I was

sorry. I am not on purpose.” And then she left

quickly. That couple pulled Gloria’s hand and

said smilingly “Are you Gloria? We are your new

family. What a coincidence!” Gloria headed for

her new house with that family.

Gloria only looked outside the window of the

car along the road all the way and thought in her

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mind “How can I live on this strange and

different land?” Her new family comforted Gloria

and told her “Perk up! Be brave and embrace

your future. We welcome you to be part in our

family.” Gloria was relieved because of these

words.

Gloria’s foster parents, Steward and Corinna,

treated her far better than her real parents, but the

love between them still couldn’t connect.

Sometimes, the face of Gloria’s mother would

arise in her brain. Gloria’s two sisters, Beta and

Elsa, were quiet and gentle. Her brother, Carl,

always played, fought and had a similar

personality as Gloria’s.

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Chapter 5 Rebellion

While Gloria studied in junior high school, she

made some fair-weather friends and learned

something bad from them. Everyday, she got

home till midnight and ignored her family.

Corinna started to be anxious for Gloria’s

schoolwork .Corinna told her “From Monday to

Friday, I pick you up at the school in person. On

the weekend, you can return home at 10 pm. It

should be reasonable. Do you agree with what I

say?” Gloria was ruffled and said provocatively

“It’s not your business. Furthermore, you are not

my mother. You don’t have any right to control

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my acts.” Two months later, Gloria always went

out with friends after school and didn’t even

come home anymore. One day, Steward couldn’t

put up with anymore and warned Gloria, “From

now on, I won’t allow you to go out anytime

except going to school.” Gloria talked back

“Damn it!” and grimaced at her foster parents.

Corrina lost her temper and slapped Gloria’s face

heavily. Gloria stared at them and said “You will

regret what you have just done. I detest someone

slapping my face.” Gloria ran back to her room

angrily.

The Next day, Gloria denounced her foster

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parents to hit her and the guidance counselor

asked them to come at once. They sat and talked

in a small room. Gloria complained “They abused

me.” Steward and Corrina sat there grievously

and retorted “What did you say? All are

nonsense.” Gloria closed her lips and looked at

the foster parents with scorn. Gloria said, “You

slapped me, wicked person. Don’t lie anymore!”

The guidance counselor decided and told them

“You gave Gloria a big attack. Gloria had better

leaving you for a while.” Gloria showed a

victorious smile and whispered “Look! Do

something wrong! I won’t go home today,

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good-bye.”

One day after school, Gloria saw Corrina

walking out from school. Gloria pressed on with

her pace and didn’t see Corrina on purpose.

Corrina held Gloria up and asked, “Why did you

do that to us? Didn’t we treat you well enough?”

Gloria looked at Corrina and responded, “You are

not my real parents. Don’t pay attention to me

and look for me anymore! I want my freedom.”

Gloria turned around and ran away.

Although it wasn’t comfortable, Gloria felt free

when she stayed at another’s house. Instead, she

felt alone and helpless. During that time, Gloria

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didn’t like to answer the calls from Corrina every

day. Corrina could only leave massages which

always said, “How are you there? We all hope

you come back and miss you forever. Please

come back soon.” Gloria hadn’t called back and

even attempted to cut off the relationship with

them.

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Chapter 6 Drug taking

A year later, Gloria moved back to live with her

original family. She saw her friends doing drugs

or smoking around her all day. Her friends always

said “Gloria, want to try some drugs and

cigarettes for fun? You’ll like it, believe me.”

Gloria tried it eventually and got rid of her

nickname, “Chicken”. Gloria became addicted to

it and soaked herself in the Internet Café every

morning. At night, they went to pubs or raced

motorcycles in a group.

Once, Corrina bumped into Gloria on the street

and asked, “Why aren’t you at school? Did you

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drop classes again? Why do you look so pale and

much thinner? You have no money to have a meal,

right? Here you are, this is 1000 dollars.” Corrina

took the 1000 dollars out from her purse. Gloria

said happily, “Thanks! I can’t buy drugs because

of my lack of money.” Corrina jerked Gloria into

the car and considered Gloria a criminal. She also

asked her along the road “Why do you do drugs?

When did you start to do that?”

The Next day, Corrina quietly walked into

Gloria’s room. Gloria screeched “Foster Mom,

don’t come here. Go out!” Corrina smelled

something peculiar and asked surprised, “Where

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does that flavor come from? It smells like nail

polish. What a crazy thing you did!” Gloria

looked hysterical and sobbed uncontrollably, “I

am insane and don’t know what I did. Help me!

This is the only way to relieve the pain in my

heart.” At that moment, Beca, Elsa and Carl stood

at the door agitatedly and said “Gloria, don’t be

like that. If there is something that has happened

to you, what should we do?”

Due to this event, Corrina often observed, like a

patient who got paranoia, if there were anything

suspicious in Gloria’s room. As long as Corrina

saw Gloria running at the nose, she started to

question Gloria. Gloria would shout impatiently,

“Who do you think who you are? It’s unnecessary

to report what I have done every minute to you.”

Corrina advised earnestly and kindly, “Gloria, I’m

your foster mother and promised your real mother

that I will bring you up well.” Gloria collapsed

again when she called her real Mom to mind. She

cried sorrowfully “Why doesn’t my mother come

back to my side? I missed her so much.”

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Chapter 7 Breakdown

Corrina cut off the line of the domestic phone,

due to the expensive bill of telephone. Gloria

used it over three hours everyday and infuriated

Corrina. One day, Corrina walked with a tiring

body and slow steps to her room. “Gloria, hang

the phone up and go to bed!” Corrina shouted.

Gloria ignored what Corrina had said and kept

talking on the phone. Corrina cried irately, “Hang

up that phone right away.” Gloria insulted Corrina

and threw a frame at her. Pain was manifest on

Corrina’s face at that moment. After a while, her

knees gave way and she fell to the ground. Gloria

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cried loudly and nervously “The foster mother

passed out. Help!” Everybody came quickly. Carl

yelled at Gloria, “Call for an ambulance, hurry!”

Gloria soliloquized in the meantime “The foster

mother is in danger. Please, come here soon, the

doctors.” Beta and Elsa kneeled beside Gloria’s

foster mother and held her hands. “Mom, get up!

Take in breath, please. We need you.” Their eyes

were full of tears. The ambulance arrived and

Gloria’s foster mother was carried in the

ambulance by the stretcher. After Gloria’s foster

father got the phone from Gloria, he came back

and took children to hospital hastily.

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Gloria blamed herself for this event and didn’t

say any word all day. When she met her family

member, she lowered her head and fled from

them. She felt sorry and even didn’t want to walk

out from her room. Lying on the bed lazily and

eating nothing all day , made her thinner day by

day. One day, an idea sprang up in her brain and

she packed up to leave. She thought she shouldn’t

stay in this house anymore. She sought help from

her best friend, Jinny, who was also friendly and

understand her much.

During this month, she couldn’t stop herself

from injecting heroin. She crawled into the house

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to take money quietly and left a letter for her

foster mother.

Dear Mom,

I don’t know how to write this letter and I

know that I’m not a nice daughter as you have

expected. When you fainted at that moment, I

blamed myself very much. I’m very sorry that I

didn’t repent and start anew when you devoted so

much time on me. I don’t consider that everybody

has already forgiven me for my behavior. I don’t

expect you’ll give me a chance, but please don’t

forget me forever. Doing dugs is the only way

which can take my trouble go away. Don’t spend

time to seek me, and it will just waste your

energy.

Your love,

Gloria

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Chapter 8 Corrina’s Death

When Gloria was on her way to café in the

morning, she caught sight of a familiar person

who was walking with heavy steps, a serious look

and full of tears in eyes. Gloria wanted to get

away originally, but she was called by that person.

There was a voice in Gloria’s ears. “Go back

immediately. Mom is going to die.” When Gloria

heard these words, she disregarded life and

rushed around a host of cars. Gloria just hoped

that she could share her experience with her Mom.

When Gloria dashed in the house, she shouted

loudly “Mom, I will love you forever.” Then a

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plaintive cry came from upstairs. It’s too late at

all and she only wished Mom hear what she said.

Gloria rushed up to her foster parents’ room and

she knew that everybody still hated her. She

called up all her courage and crawled near her

Mom’s body. “Mom, I’m sorry. It’s my fault.”

Gloria’s feeling was out of control and her line of

vision became dull. She passed out suddenly later.

When Gloria woke up, she was on the bed in her

warm room and found her dinner her father has

prepared was put on her desk. During that time,

Gloria couldn’t swallow any food and cried all

day. When she was cleaning her drawers, she was

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surprised to see a letter left from her Mom.

Dear Gloria,

I know I am going to die, and I will perhaps be

not around you when you read this letter. In any

case, I hope you could come back, live happily

with your family and quit doing drugs. I haven’t

hated you because of your behaviors to me. We

all support you forever. I feel sorry that I can’t be

with you to grow up.

Your Mom

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Chapter 9 Treatment

Gloria’s repentance was raised by her Mom’s

last words, but Gloria was addicted to heroin and

unable to get out of it. Gloria became thinner and

her buttocks swelled up. Walking became a

difficult task for her. Her foster father had not the

heart to see Gloria live painfully. Steward

searched for a halfway house, but many halfway

houses didn’t desire to accept her because of her

age. Eventually, was a new established one for

teenagers which could accept Gloria. Steward

took her there at once. Gloria suffered pain and

threw up often in the car. She also sensed that

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someone was gradually seizing her life. When

they arrived at the destination, a young man told

us politely “I’m sorry that there was not any place

available. Come by in two days, please.” Felix

cursed crazily in rage “My daughter is going to

die, can’t you have tolerance?” I cried “Foster

Father, what do I do? I am overwhelmed with

sorrow.” Because of my request, that man

accepted me finally.

Gloria wasn’t happy there, because she was

scared to be with an alcohol addicted man alone

in the same ward. Gloria called asking her foster

father to take her home, but Felix always told her,

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“I’ll request the halfway house to change other

ward for you.” Next day, Gloria was changed to a

peaceful and quiet room. Day by day, Gloria felt

better and recovered her health and also met

many friends.

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Chapter 10 Recover

One afternoon, Gloria screamed out, almost

every patient was frightened and covered their

ears promptly. “Great! I am coming, free and

home.”

Gloria caught sight of a familiar car, her foster

father’s car, from a long distance. She waved her

hands to the car carelessly, but the car drove away

slowly. At that time, Gloria felt embarrassed

before her foster father stopped his car in front of

her. They put all her baggage in the trunk and

kept silent. Before they arrived at home, she had

seen her siblings standing and welcoming her at

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the door. She shouted happily again “Wow! I

missed you so much. Thank you for forgiving

me.” As Gloria went into the house, delicious

flavor came into her nose. “What does it smell

like? It smells like my favorite food,” she said.

Gloria couldn’t wait to sit down and devour it at

once.

One night, Steward received a fax from a

government organization and handed it to me.

Mrs. Corrina,

Good news! We have investigated and found

Gloria’s real mother, her name is Celia. Through

dozens of documents, we found an address and had

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visited her. She lived there happily and also looks

forward to meeting Gloria.

After reading the letter, Gloria was overjoyed

and cried. A while later, she whispered to herself,

“Should I meet her? Will she forget who I am?

When I see her, will I want to go back to her side

or get away from her?” She started to think.

Steward approached Gloria and embraced her

tightly at that moment. Gloria felt received and

warm in her heart. At that night, Gloria called her

friends and told them this good news. She also

tossed about in bed and dreamed of her real Mom,

but she kept waking to tell herself that is not a

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dream.

Chapter 11 Look for herself

A few weeks later, Gloria decided to head for

Australia to look for her Mom who she hadn’t

seen for eighteen years. On the one hand, Gloria

believed that she could see her Mom, but on the

other hand, she thought that it was impossible.

Whenever Gloria wanted to give up, her family

encouraged her constantly and believed that

possibility of success still existed. Gloria became

more confident and continued the original plan

through her family’s encouragement.

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After preparing well, Gloria and Steward

started their mother-finding tour. Before the plane

landed, Steward told Gloria affectionately, “Don’t

worry! Do something what you want to do. I

would support you forever and accept whoever

you choose to live with happily.”

Arriving in front of Celia’s house, Gloria was

astonished to see an elegant woman standing

there. She couldn’t recognize and believe that

woman there was her Mom. Celia welcomed

them in the house. The most inconceivable thing

for Gloria was that Celia married with a rich man

and had two young cute children. Celia

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introduced them to Gloria and Steward, “This is

my new and happy family.” Gloria said “Hello!

Nice to meet you! I believe that Mom has told

you who I am. “Of course! She often mentioned

you and told us what a filial girl you are,”

Steward said.

Gloria was guilt-ridden and answered, “Thanks.

Excuse me.”

Celia said, “Gloria, come with me. Let me take

you to visit my house.” Gloria looked upset and

disappointed. Gloria and Celia kept silent at first.

A few minutes later, Celia broke silence and

asked, “How have you been these years, dear?

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I’m sorry that I didn’t keep in touch with you

after you left” Gloria responded angrily “You

don’t care about me at all and you promised that

you would contact with me. That is nonsense!”

Celia said sadly, “Calm down, please! I am not on

purpose. Listen to me.” Gloria cried “Since I left

you, I have lived a miserable life without love and

missed you all day. Have you ever thought about

me ?” “Of course! I have tried to look for you, but

I had no money and worked hard to work all day.

I have worked as a street cleaner in the morning

and a waitress at night,” Celia said excitedly.

“You are a liar. I don’t want to listen to your

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excuse.” Gloria ran out of the room, but she was

stopped by Celia. “If you don’t believe me, you

can ask your foster mother. I have called her two

times, but I didn’t want to bother your new life

and hoped you will have a happy and healthy

family. I have never thought that you were not

satisfied with you life because of me. I promise I

will make up for what you have suffered. Please

forgive me and come back to live with me.”

“Don’t mention my foster mother. I felt guilty for

her death. She has made so much effort for me,

but my behaviors made her disappointed. In fact,

I was not supposed to live now,” Gloria recalled

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her foster mother saying sadly. “What? What

happened to her? Why didn’t I know this new?

When did it happen?”

Celia asked surprised. “All the events have passed,

and I hate to talk about this.” “It’s all my fault.

I’m sorry, Gloria.” Celia said. “Mom, I can’t

come back and live with you because I love my

foster father and siblings very much. I also don’t

want to get between your family,” Gloria said

calmly. “I understand your thought, and I won’t

force you to come back. However, I hope I could

meet with you at least three times a week and

make up for what you have suffered.” Celia told

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Gloria. “Ok! I’m sorry.” Celia and Gloria hugged

each other and proved that they had already

reconciled.

Although Gloria didn’t live with Celia, she still

regarded Celia as her mother because her foster

Mom was dead. Gloria visited Celia with her

siblings often. After this event was solved, Gloria

didn’t do drug anymore and became studious. She

finally found the life which she wished for.