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EVA

I flinched at the word. I never referred to myself as an orphan and it was quite stupid that I reacted that way whenever people called me that because that, in fact, was exactly what I was. I had the documents to prove it, but the truth was, I couldn't term myself that. Not when I knew my parents were alive somewhere in this world. Sure, they could be dead; life wasn't guaranteed. But I didn't believe that.

"I've only met Mrs Lawson once, but I'm assuming she and her husband are nice people. " He said again, dragging my eyes back to him.

"Why? " I asked absently.

"They adopted you. " He said, matter of fact.

"Well, there's that. " I laughed. Why was I laughing? I frowned.

"There's also the fact that they built the school pool and furnished the gym to death, voluntarily, of course. " His eyes lit up. "Have you had the chance to go in there yet? "

I shook my head. I didn't even know the school had a gym, but I knew about the pool. Zoe took regular swims there after school. I saw her