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The Change
Hi, my name is Elizabeth. My hair color is brown and my eye color is hazel. I am a really tall person. I am 24 years old. My birthday is on September 11. I have a huge scar on my face, because when I was in the 9th grade, I got in a fight at school. The only person I have in my life is my mom because my dad left me and my mom when I was a little girl. I was about 13 years old when my dad left us. When I’m angry, I go under a bridge and hide. I stay in there until I feel better. I sometimes stay under there for about 2-3 days. It depends on how mad or sad I am. My biggest fear is my mom leaving me. She is the only person who has always been there for me, and the only one who takes care of me and cares for me. My mom is 39 years old. She tries her best to keep me safe and out of trouble. She is skinny, beautiful, funny, and has a great personality! She is very awesome. She always finds ways to make happy. She is my only friend, who I can tell anything to! I love her so much! She is the world’s greatest mom!
My secret is that I was involved in a serious crime. I love seeing people suffer. I think it is very funny and entertaining. When I was 16 years old, I had my first love. Our relationship didn’t turn out so well, so we broke up. I don’t have a home. I live on the streets. I am a very poor person. I don’t like living on the streets. The streets are very ugly, destroyed, and cold. Living on the streets really sucks because you don’t live under a roof and when it rains you have nowhere to go, so you’re always soaking wet. On Saturday nights, I go by houses to steal things. I have never got caught stealing. I am very lucky. I have a really strong memory that I will never forget. It is when my dad and I went to the ice cream shop. He took me to go buy some ice cream and to tell me about his other wife that he had. I was really sad because I knew he was going to leave me and my mom by ourselves! I didn’t talk to him for a month. He got really tired of living on the streets and having no money at all, so he left. My mom and I were really sad. I miss my dad so much! He was the one who would go to work and buy us food and lots more stuff, with the money that he got from working. I really hope that one day my dad comes back.
My job is to stay with my mom and take care of her. I am honestly not happy with my life. All I ever do is get into lots of trouble. I honestly don’t like going into houses to steal, but it’s my only way to take care of my mom and I. My mom doesn’t like me stealing either but I need that money to buy food and clothes for the winter. I hate winter because it is really, really, really cold outside and we don’t have enough money to buy blankets and warm food. Me and my mom go under the bridges, with other families, to live there for the whole winter. Other families gather there to make fire and bring food so that we won’t feel as cold. I appreciate it a lot because if they wouldn’t have been so nice, my mom and I would freeze to death in the winter. I am very lucky that I have never got caught stealing. I hope I never do, because if I do, I will be in HUGE trouble! I am really scared to get caught stealing… but that is my only choice.
It is Saturday night and Elizabeth is getting ready to go rob things from a house. She got to the house she wanted to get into. It was a really, really big house. It was very dark so she thought that the house was all alone, with no one in it. She got into the house and she took out a big black bag to put things in there. She went from room to room. There were 6 rooms. She entered a room, and in that room, she found a little boy. The boy was about 8 years old. He was by himself in the house. He heard when Elizabeth walked in, so he woke up.
“Who are you, how may I help you?’’ said the boy.
“My name is Elizabeth, and what is your name?” said Elizabeth.
“It’s nice meeting you, Elizabeth! I’m Anthony.’’ said the little boy.
The boy didn’t know that Elizabeth was there to rob things from his house.
Anthony saw the big black bag that Elizabeth had in her hand.
“What do you have in that bag?” said Anthony.
“I have some really important things in there…” said Elizabeth.
“Oh, may I see what’s in there?” said the little boy.
Elizabeth didn’t want to seem suspicious, so she let him see what was in the bag.
“Hey! Why is there a big stacks of money and my mom’s jewelry in there?!” said Anthony.
Elizabeth said, “I am here to rob things from your house. I am very poor and I need money. I have no money and no food at all. I am really sorry for doing this…”
“Stealing is very bad! You shouldn’t be doing this. But…I forgive you. I understand that you are in need of money. If you want, you can stay at my house for this night and in the morning, I will tell my parents to help you out with whatever you need.” said Anthony.
The parents finally came home. It was around 11:30 p.m. They were at a party and had left Anthony sleeping. They heard talking going on upstairs. The parents came into the room to check up on Anthony. They saw that Elizabeth was in there. They were about to call the police, but Anthony insisted not to call them. Elizabeth told them that she was very sorry for getting into the family’s home and trying to steal some things from them. She explained to them why she had done that. They understood her and forgave her. They offered Elizabeth some help. The parents offered Elizabeth and her mother to stay at their house. They would give them a bedroom, food and they would treat the like family, only if Elizabeth goes to a place to get help. She really wanted to have a home, so she accepted the family’s offer.
Felicia was very, very happy! She went to her mom to go tell her about what the parents had offered her. Her mom was very happy to hear that the family led them their home and some help. So Elizabeth and her mom moved in. Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, Elizabeth would go to a Catholic place so that she could get some help. Elizabeth finally let go of drugs, stealing and getting into trouble. She really liked how the family was treating her and her mom. She made a promise to the family that she would never, ever get into any kinds of trouble again. Anthony became like a little brother to her because he was the one who got her out of trouble. He treated Elizabeth as if she was his older sister. If it wasn’t for him, she would’ve been in jail. Elizabeth was very, very happy to finally have a home and have a bigger family.
In church, she found a guy who she thought was very cute, sweet and had a great personality! She started talking to him. The guy’s name was Sergio. He was about 25 years old. He was in drugs and had some problems with his life too. She would go out with him to lots of parties and lots of other fun places. He would take her out to the mall to buy her things. She then started to like him. They would hangout a lot. They both fell in love. After 5 years of knowing each other, Sergio finally asked Elizabeth to marry him.
It was the day of the wedding. It was Saturday morning and Elizabeth was getting ready for her big wedding. It was 9:00 a.m. The weeding was going to be held at 12:00 a.m. Elizabeth was ready at 11:00 so she had an extra hour to do check up on things, to see if everything was okay.
“You look so beautiful, Elizabeth!” said Elizabeth’s mother.
“Thanks mom!” said Elizabeth.
“Is everything ready? Do you still need help to decorate the salon for the party?” said Elizabeth’s mother.
“No. I found someone who could do that for me. Thanks anyways mom!” said Elizabeth.
“Oh, okay. Well I better get going. I still need to find what to wear! See you later, Elizabeth. I love you!” said Elizabeth’s mother.
“Bye, I love you too!” said Elizabeth.
It was finally 12:00. It was time for the wedding! Elizabeth was very nervous and excited. She finally arrived at the church. She was very happy to see all her friends and family members from New York, waiting for her at the door.
“You look gorgeous, Elizabeth!” said one of Elizabeth’s older cousins.
“Thank you!” said Elizabeth.
It was time to enter the church. All her friends and family entered the church and sat down Elizabeth was very nervous! 5 minutes later, Sergio arrived. He liked how beautiful Elizabeth looked. He felt very lucky to have someone like Elizabeth. He loved her with all his heart!
“OMG, you look beautiful in that dress, Elizabeth!” said Sergio.
“Thank you! You look very handsome in that tuxedo!” said Elizabeth.
“Thank you.” said Sergio.
“This is another day to treasure with him.” said Elizabeth to herself.
“Finally, I am going to marry the love of my life!” said Sergio to himself.
Then the ceremony began. Elizabeth and Sergio finally got married.
Elizabeth and her husband both got a job. They got a job a very famous business place. They got paid really well! They got enough money to buy a house. So, they bought their own house and car. A year after they got their house, they had 3 girls and 2 little boys. The 3 girl’s names were Danielle, Crystal, and Natalie. The boy’s names were, Andrew and Samuel. They are all 1 year apart. Elizabeth and her family grew up and never got into any kind of trouble. Her and her family lived happily ever after. THE END.
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