She opened the envelope and screamed. This was what she had been waiting years for, the answer to her quesitons. As sobs racked her body, Casey could tell from her reaction that this was not the news she had been expecting.
"She's not going to talk to you?" Casey whispered, moving closer to comfort her friend, now whimpering face down on the bed.
Angela hiccuped softly," She doesn't want to see me."
Although the search for her mother had been fairly easy, just a few clicks on Facebook, Angela was not prepared for the heartbreak that would come when her biological mother decided not to have any contact with her- or share in the knowledge of her disease.
Angela's adoptive parents had given her everthing she ever needed, and most of what she wanted, but there was always a longing inside her that she discovered only a mother could fill. Until moments ago, this letter had meant an end to the emptyness that filled her.
She sat up on the bed slowly and reached for her bag," She can't refuse to see me if I wait on her doorstep and Phoenix is only a few hours away."
walked out the door, that was the last time Casey saw her alive.