"We've got some important news for you."
The girl sat opposite her mother and father at the kitchen table. She hated these family meetings. She chewed gum and looked as far from interested as it's possible to look.
"Ellie, listen to your mother."
She looked at her mother.
"What?" although the t wasn't really pronounced.
Her mother looked like she was about to cry.
"Ellie, I'm sorry. I don't know how to say this..."
She sobbed uncontrollably. Her husband squeezed her hand.
"What we're trying to say," her father continued, "is that you're adopted."
Ellie thought for a second.
"Fuck you both," she said.
Ellie stood and left the table and then the house and then the couple's lives.
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