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Chapter 17,

****Author's note****

I know that I usually start off every chapter as the next year but; since I ended the previous chapter in summer 2009, I thought I could just partition the rest of 2009 and all of 2010 in one chapter!

Enjoy, Alanna
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August 20, 2009,

I was sitting alone in my room at my grandmother's house when, I got a text message from Frank. He said the words I had been waiting so long to hear "get ready because I'm picking you up and were...

Chapter 16,

January 2, 2009,

I was lying in my bed with Carter in his crib on the other side of my large bedroom. Dad came in and said as he walked over to pick up Carter because he was crying "AJ; you need to get up." I put a pillow over my head and rolled over. He said "you need to get up!" I complained "Carter kept me up all night long every hour and a half! I'm tired; can it be your turn?" He said "no, no, no, that's not how it works! I told you that if you wanted to raise Carter as your child then it's your responsibility to take care of him; not mine! I understand that you're tired but;...