C1 The letter

I stare as they lower the coffin into the ground, I have been in shock since grandma died a week ago. She is the only family I had, the only one I ever knew. Her death was a shock but the letter she left behind was more shocking than her death. I always thought I was an orphan. I thought she was my family. She used to tell me stories of my supposed mother, who was her daughter. I always believed my parents left me not by choice but because of the car accident that killed them. Her letter proved that my whole, I was living a lie. I had read the letter over and over again that I know it by heart.

'Dear Sliver,

I write this letter not to break your heart but because I know am dying and before I die, you deserve to know the truth. Despite what you read in this letter, I want you to know I love you and you are a great blessing to me.

You gave me reason to live, gave me hope unless I would have faded away. Seventeen years ago, I was in the kitchen when I heard the cry of a baby. I came out only to find a beautiful baby wrapped in a bloodied sliver wrapper at my door steps left for me to find. You have always been beautiful ever when you were little even covered with blood. It was obvious that you were just given birth to. You hadn't even been cleaned up yet. Till date I still wonder how you got to my door steps and why you were left for me to find. After taking you inside, I noticed you were clutching a beautiful sliver locket necklace, the name Annalise was inscribed on it and inside the locket was a picture of a picture of a beautiful young lady. She looks so much like you expect she doesn't have your unique features, you sliver eyes and white streak of hair. She is a blonde with brown eyes, but you have her smile. After cleaning you up, I didn't know what to do with you. I actually contemplated taking you to the police, in case your family was searching for you. I was on my way when I received a call that changed everything, My Veronica she had just left my home to go back to the city where she lives with her husband and 10 months old Jessica was involved in a car accident and they all died. I was broken, Veronica was my only child. I felt I had lost everything. None of them survived, no daughter, no son- in- law, no grand daughter. I postponed taking you to the police for two weeks to settle the funeral preparation. When it was time to give you back on the way to the police I realized I couldn't, you had became my reason for till living. I was already attached to you and considered you mine. I took you back home and decided to name you Sliver Annalise Jacobs. Sliver because of three things, one your unique sliver eyes, the blanket you were wrapped in was sliver and because of the sliver locket. While Annalise because I think that's you biological mother's name. Sliver please don't let what you change you or how you feel about me. I know am supposed to take you to the police in case you family was looking for you but I always use the thought of how bloodied I found you that there is a very dark dangerous mystery to how you got to me. You till my grand daughter even though we are not related biologically. Don't despise your biologically family because I think whoever left you there had no choice. The lawyer would give you the locket and blanket, keep it, it's yours. I love you and want you to lead a good life, make sure you go out, make good friends and be happy. If you want to look for your biological parents talk to the lawyer I left a trust fund specially for that purpose. Once you are eighteen everything I own to you, use it as you seem fit, I trust your judgement. Make sure you are good to Mrs. Jackson, she would be your guardian when I am gone. You know she lives only don't rebel and make her life difficult. I love you always and forever.

Love Grandma

I keep wondering why grandma lied to me all my life that Veronica is my mother and I am her grand daughter. Why she made me believe my parents died. Well they could be. I wonder if is because of my weirdness that my parent abandoned me, many things have done through my mind. I wonder if my weird sliver eyes scared them to give me away without even cleaning me up. Or is it my weird ability, I found out early am stronger than normal, I lift things normal people with my weight wouldn't be able to lift. All my life people call me a freak except few people, most are scared of me, while few pretend not to be. Only my grandma has never showed sign of fear for me.

The tears I have been holding in since the beginning of the funeral because I don't want people to see me break, fell, I sobbing loudly begging my grandma to come back. Mrs. Jackson held me and try to console me. Even after I found out my grandma and I are not biologically related, I still love her like never before and consider her my only family, am not going to ever look for my supposed family because to me am still a Jacobs, still Sliver Annalise Jacobs and nothing is going to change it ever.