Chapter 2: Safe
In the eyes of a child, you will see the world as it should be... except this child.
Right this very moment, Penny was sure all her eyes were screaming was horror. Babies were meant to be innocent, free from worries and wonders of the world. They should be sleeping soundlessly, smiling innocently, and simply a delightful existence. Not a baby with the memory of her criminal record!
Was she reborn? Did she reincarnate so soon?
Myriads of questions crossed her newborn brain, but none of them were answered. Thinking back to the time before she woke up in this small body, Penny could vividly remember her time in prison and all the years she spent trying to be a part of the family she was rightfully a member of, like it was yesterday.
Just like that time when her so-called family found her, Penny felt this same exact sense of hope for a new beginning.
It happened sometime around winter.
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Penny rubbed her little hands together and blew on them to give herself some warmth. The tip of her nose was red, and some snowflakes clung to her cheeks. Her body shivered within the worn-out and short jacket she had since she was six years old.
"Auntie!" she called from the outside, knocking on the small gates with her bare fingers. "Auntie, I learned my lesson now. Please let me in?"
Penny stood on her toes, barely catching sight of the house's small front yard through the small gate.