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Personal Narrative: The Man Who Changed My Life
I grew up in Freedom, North Dakota as Marissa Frank. It was a dull November day, when my life would change forever. I was in the middle of a test in science class when a large man came into the classroom. He whispered something to the teacher and then asked me to go into he hallway with him. He told me that I would need to bring all my stuff with me down to the police station and that they had a few questions to ask me. I sat in an office for about twenty minutes waiting for someone to come in. The large man and Detective Molly Sanches finally came into the office I was waiting in. Detective Molly sat across the table from me. She said hi and introduced herself and the man even though I already knew who she was. She asked me some questions about how school, my sports, and everything at home was going. I answered, but I knew she had something she wasn't saying. So being the inpatient person that I am I …show more content…
He said "Has she ever told you about when you were younger?" I said that I don't remember to much and that she doesn't like talking about the past because we are living in the present. They just looked at each other and said "Well we have reason to believe that she isn't your mother. We are investigating a case of a missing child and we need to do a DNA test." They swabbed my mouth and left. Three hours had passed when they finally came back. This time they didn't shut the door they just said "We have someone here to meet you." There was a well dressed woman with long brown hair standing in the doorway. She came in and the detectives introduced her to me, she didn't say a word she only stared as if she were seeing a ghost. They explained to me that I was taken from the hospital the day after I was born. I put my head on the table. They said "This is your mom MaryAnn

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