Rachael looked at the camera and smiled a wide grin that showed off the gap where she had just lost her first baby tooth. It had been a hard several years for her - and confusing. Recovering the memories of her prior life had been a slow process that began when she was two. By now she remembered nearly everything and desperately wanted to be an adult again. Now was her chance - mommy - no, she reminded herself - Emily - had left her alone in the attic while she went down to move laundry to the dryer. Rachael had dug through the few boxes her tiny body could reach and found it - somehow - dusty and old but still lookin functional.
She held the camera in her hands and prepared to take a picture, but before she could her mother renters the room with her big sis.
“Oh it’s that weird old camera” said Ilivia, snatching it from the child. “What are you doing with that?”
Desperate, Rachael smiled. “Take a picture of me sis!”
Olivia laughed at her adorable sister as Emily scooped the child up.
“Please, take a picture?”
“Haha. Mother and child,” smiled Olivia, snapping a photo of the pair.