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            Shane woke up with Carmen, sleeping next to her. She smiled from what happened from last night. She slowly got up and walked out of the room. She smelled the scent of bacon in the air. She walked into the kitchen and saw Christina, cooking breakfast. Mark was in there, helping her out. Shane smiled and leaned against the doorway.

“Good morning.” Christina smiled.

“Morning, what’s this?” Shane walked into the kitchen and stood next to the table.

“I thought since you guys were nice enough to let me stay here, I thought I give back by making breakfast.”

“Not a bad idea.” Shane smiled. “Need any help?”

“We’re good, Mark’s here to help. Just sit down and relax.” Shane took a seat at the table and waited. Minutes later, Carmen came around the corner.

“Morning, you’re up just in time for breakfast.” Christina said. Carmen smiled and walked over to the table. Shane gave Carmen a good morning.

“So what’s the occasion?” Carmen asked.

“I’m just thankful to have someone to take me in when noone would.” Christina grabbed plates and piled food onto them. She put the plates in front of everybody and grabbed her own. She sat down next to Mark and started to eat.

“This is really good Christina, how did you learn to cook?” Mark asked.

“My mom helped me out a lot. She was a good cook herself.” Christina put her head down and started to eat. Carmen took a drink of her orange juice.

“Christina, where is your mother?” Christina looked up at Carmen and put her fork down.

“My mother and father left me about a year ago.”

“What happened?” Carmen wanted to know the story.

“Carmen, I don’t think it’s the right time to-.” Christina interrupted Shane.

“Oh, Shane. It’s alright, I can tell my story.” Shane sat back in her chair and kept eating.

“So what happened between you and your family?” Christina took a bite of her bacon and sighed.

“It started last year when I started to date this guy Ryan. We were a loving family, and we did everything together. My parents loved Ryan, and he was the one who complete my world. But their love from him ended. One day, they caught us having *****. They started yelling at me, saying I’m a ***** and that I couldn’t see Ryan anymore. But it didn’t stop me from seeing him. We were together until I found out I was pregnant. I told him that I was, and he told me he wasn’t ready for a kid. He told me that I would have to take care of the kid on my own. He left me heart broken, in tears. Then, I had to face my parents about this. They were really furious with me at this point. They told me that I was not a Christian for what I’ve done. They wanted to get an abortion, or they were going to disown me. I told them that I wasn’t going to do it. So they kicked me out of the house, and they threw my stuff out. So I ended up on the streets. Eventually, I ended up losing my child from not having enough food or not having any at all. So I thought I could go back home to see if they would take me back. To find out, they left LA, and I was now alone. I ended up living on the streets until now. So I’m happy now that I got hit by Kit’s car as weird as it sounds. I’m really happy that you guys brought me into your home.” Christina wiped the tears from her eyes. Everyone at the table had tears in their eyes.