Joan got into her car and drove out of her parents' compound. She had no idea where she was driving to, but she just kept driving. Her life has been a lie and she was finding it difficult to believe. She was an adopted child, the people she called her parents weren't her actual parents. Tears filled her eyes as she drove.
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Joan's parents were both panicking as they were still yet to hear from Joan, it has been over an hour since she left the house, and she hasn't been taking their calls. Joan's mother had called her several times and so also has her father.
Joan's mother who couldn't get herself to sit still had taken to pacing around their bedroom.
"You will bore holes into the floor with your pacing, I think you should calm down and sit down a bit," Joan's father said in a low tone to his wife. His head was beginning to spin from watching her pace.
