Saviors

I give to you a story in eleventy-one words...

Gina heard her mother’s scream. ‘It worked; he’s gone. Good riddance.’ The autopsy revealed cyanide. When they questioned her, she didn’t deny it. She made but one request, a comparison of her blood to her parents’.

The test revealed that she was not their daughter. The authorities questioned the mother, who told them Gina had been adopted. When asked about the paperwork, the mother admitted there hadn’t been any. ‘But we love her,’ the grief-stricken mother exclaimed.

Detective Barnes investigated, found a destitute mother of eight who had reported a missing child eighteen years prior. When questioned again, the adoptive mother explained, ‘I know it was wrong, but we saved her.’