Aunt Lydia intruded upon my silent reflection to try and re-assure me that everything was going to be alright.
“Annabelle, you don’t need to worry that anything is going to change right away,” my aunt said. “It takes a long time for things to go through the court system. I’m going to make some more phone calls, why don’t you stay in here and keep watching TV.”
I left the TV on, but I had gotten bored of watching game shows, so I instead sat at the desk to fiddle with the computer.
I had never been allowed unsupervised access to a computer before and had no idea where to begin after turning it on. This one was so much fancier. The keys on the keyboard lit up in a stream of rainbow colors and gave a satisfying click every time I pressed them.