TEN: Hello, Nine.

TEN: I really hope this is the right address. Things have been really hectic this last couple of weeks, so it is possible they’ve moved you to another location already. I know I am soon going to be on the move myself.

TEN: And, you know how I am about these things. I’ve lost my hopes twelve interviews ago. At this point it would be easier to just wait until I’m at a legal age and try forge a life of my own.

TEN: But, Nine… I think this family might be the one.

TEN: Her name is Nancy, she’s a single parent. She has already raised a daughter of her own - she’s moved out and opened a general store somewhere - and is now taking care of another adopted kid. Can’t remember his name. Starts with a J.

TEN: And maybe I’m expecting too much, but… it just feels different, somehow, from all the other interviews.

TEN: She told me she flew in a tornado once. And with any other adult I would think this is just a make-believe tale, invented solely to patronize me.

TEN: But when she said it, and looked at me, I realized she wasn’t kidding.

TEN: So I’m having my fingers crossed.

TEN: I asked her if she could find you. She said she will try.

TEN: I know I was being selfish there. Here is a potential parent, willing to adopt a troubled adolescent with multiple mental health issues, and the first thing I do is immediately ask for another kid to be adopted alongside me.

TEN: I know, I should be better that this. But Nine… it won’t be the same without you.

TEN: Even if I get along with Nancy and J okay, there’s still going to be a part of me that would not feel right about this.

TEN: It’s not fair, you know.

TEN: I finally get a chance of having a good life, and I have to spend it without you.