She opened the small box. Inside the black velvet was a golden locket with her initials on it. “It’s beautiful,” Lucie whispers as she pulls it out of the box.
“It’s official,” her mother says, “you’re a Dearing now Lucinda. You’re our daughter.”
Lucie clasps the locket around her neck. It’s engraved LMD. Lucinda Marie Dearing. Her vision blurs with tears. “You mean it?”
Her father pulls the adoption papers from the table to show Lucie. “We’re your parents now, Lucie. Now and forever.”
The tears fall and she laughs as she throws her arms around her parents, discarding the papers.
lucinda dearing aka lady. dev challenge part four
















