"Ashley, sweetheart, are you packed," Mike asked from the bottom of the stairs.
Ashley walked into view, clearly struggling with her big blue bag. She was tall - about 5'9. She had curves in all the right places and her blonde, wavy hair reached down to her lower back. Her sky-blue eyes looked down towards her adoptive father.
"I'll get that. You go get in the car," Mike said as he climbed the stairs.
"Thank you," she said, descending gracefully.
Taking advantage of the first week of summer, the family decided to go on a vacation to New York City.
Kim, Ashley’s mother, was already sitting in the passenger seat of the hummer H3 when she climbed in.
Kim turned around in her seat and smiled brightly. NYC was her favorite place and she was excited that she was finally going to be able to share it with her daughter.
"Are you excited? I can't wait to show you the gigantic toy shop and the Empire State Building! Oh, and the Rock is just beautiful! We can take a bike ride around central park and stop at the boat house for Shirley Temples, I know you like those."
Ashley smiled back at her, sharing her excitement. "It sounds like a lot of fun."
Once Mike loaded the suitcases in the hummer, he took his position in the driver's seat. With smiles on their faces, they were off.
After taking a two hour flight to the city, they caught a cab that took them towards the large buildings. They were going to stay at the London for an entire week.
The cab driver weaved between cars, beeping his horn and swearing. Wide-eyed, the family held on for dear life.
Ashley knocked on the clear window separating the front and back seats, "Sir..? Sir?"
Finally she caught his attention, "What?!" Ashley flinched at the harsh tone the driver was using, and she calmly sat back in her seat.
"May you please drive carefully? You're scaring my family and putting them in danger," She said softly.
"Who do you think you are? Judging my driving. You ca-" He looked in the rear view mirror and noticed the young girl who had been talking to him. Like magic, he immediately shut up and began to drive safely.
Mike and Kim relaxed and gave her a thankful smile.
When Ashley spoke, people somehow became kind and happy. Her looks could make people stop and stare with awe. Her voice was so beautiful that the world would become silent - even the birds stopped singing just to listen. People said she was blessed. That she was sent from heaven.
Many years ago, she was found in the mountains by a waterfall, completely nude and without any memory except one name, Derdekea. They couldn't find any records on her or any missing person cases that described her.
They believed she was around eight and put her in an orphanage. Two days later, she was adopted.
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