Home Is Where the Bodies Are

by Amanda East

“Yeah, except this girl had a third colored petal on hers. Just like your mom’s with a blue petal for Shane, a pink petal for you, and a purple petal, we can only assume, for Seraphina.” “But Mom was already gone when she was born. I looked into it this morning.” “Well, she was missing already, but we don’t know what happened to her. Gone doesn’t mean dead. Don’t take this as truth because it’s just a theory I’m working on, but if you look at the timing, she could have been 8 or so weeks pregnant when she was taken and no one would have ever known. To top it off, the baby was malnourished when she was abandoned. If some lunatic had Beth stashed somewhere all those months, she likely would not have been getting what she needed to keep a baby healthy during pregnancy.” My body feels cold inside and like a lead weight is sitting on my shoulders, “And that could explain why she looked like me.”