Characters:
Elise's Story Important Characters:
Mae - Elise's Best Friend.
Laura - Friend Elise met in colorguard.
Brad - Friend Elise met on the bus. Neighbor across the swamp.
Gerard - Technically Elise's first boyfriend, but she doesn't count it.
Eric - Elise's first boyfriend.
Micah - Elise's second boyfriend.
Austin - Elise's third boyfriend.
Dawn - Elise's adoptive mother.
Steven - Elise's adopted father.
Alex/Gabe - Elise's adoptive sister/brother.
Emma (Elmo) - School friend.
Joan (Jo) - Church friend.
Natalia - Church friend.
Erica - Long term friend.
Ray - Stephanie's step father.
Auntie Laurie - Kathy's "sister".
Sarah - Old highschool friend.
Maddi - Childhood bully.
Derrick - Alex's boyfriend.
Glossary
Elise's Story
Unexpected
Activity Day
My Mother's Best Friends
The Scouts
Great, Another Friend
A Birthday To Remember
Church
Halloween
Alone
Camp
Brandi
A Wealthy Family
The Untold Secret
Wasted Efforts
Misplaced Faith
The Undeserving
Consolation
Love that Came too Soon
My Fault
Taking it at Face Value
Attention
Misunderstood
Unforgivable Words
Miss Fix-It
The Fat, The Ugly, and The Drug to Cure It
The Realization
Disagreement
The Plan
Breaking Hearts and Watching them Bleed
The Exchange Student
Abandoned
Finding Family
The Unforeseen Twist
A Dying Wish, Now Fulfilled
Burning Bridges
Destiny
New Life
Independance
College
The Letter I Wrote
The Dead Beat
What We All Wondered
Car Trouble
The Heat of the Moment
Answers
A Sense of Belonging
Inheritance and What Not to do With it
A Lost Friend
Ungrateful
True Colors
For Stephanie
A Fifteen Dollar Air conditioner
Manipulation
Falling Dominoes
Karma
21
In Closing
Writers Note
"Never be a prisoner of your past. It was a lesson, not a life sentence." -- Anonymous
To my true friends and the family they've made for me, blood related or not.
Based on a true story.
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I am the Skeleton in the Closet
Non-FictionA jaw dropping tale of betrayal and finding of self. Elise, adopted into a wealthy family, was raised apart from the ones who gave birth to her. Ravenous for answers she's left with nothing but a superficial set of parents lusting for the perfect d...
