“Maria! It's dinner time! Please come here!" My mother shouted impatiently from the kitchen. I couldn't help but roll my eyes. Why it had to be so loud, I would never understand. I'm pretty sure the neighbors could hear my mother too. Sometimes she wasn't one for subtlety, not even in the slightest. Or maybe she was actually unaware of the fact that she acted like a complete bitch even calling me from the other room 'other part of our place of residence. My mother and I lived in a small two-bedroom, one-bath duplex on the outskirts of the black hole known as Englewood, Florida. I hated it here! really poor, it's like this city has no concept of middle class, and at this point you can probably guess which side of the street I was on, I don't have many friends, mostly because most of the girls here look alike , tan, with the Hollister brand on everything she owns. I was a walking reject in a sea of ​​clones. Slightly older, pale black hair (no matter how much time I spend sunbathing) and poor. Sigh. “What's for dinner, Mom?” My mother gave me THE look. What I get when I take too long or do something wrong. You know the one with the raised eyebrow, hand on hip and eyes that would make the devil cower? "Maria! Seriously! For one night can you please pretend to be normal? Dinner is getting cold and you can't expect me to wait forever to eat! I have to be at work by ten and I still have to shower and dress me! Is your son sleeping?” Ah. The daily dialogue I shared with the woman who gave me life. “Yes, Spencer is finally out for the night. Sorry to keep you waiting, I'll do the dishes with… half the paper… I have looked deeply into Mary's green eyes and knew he would never let her go again. I didn't know what to say. Here before me was the reason I was crying, and yet just looking at him, I knew everything would be okay Jon's help, I stood up shaking. “What are you doing here?” I couldn't think of anything else to ask the man I loved as he held me. “Mary, you're all I've thought about since We met. There's something about you that I just can't shake. I feel like we should be together. His words are you are the light in the darkness for me. I was elated, relieved, healed. This was not a dream, I was not crazy. I had been right and it finally found me. He looked deep into my soul with his soft blue eyes and I knew he was mine.