That's How The System Works
Chapters 6-7
by Danielle Rose
“What I’m about to tell you cannot leave this room,” I said.
“You have my word,” replied Kim.
“I’m not sure how it happened. One night, I’m sitting in a police station after being taken from my grandfather’s house by the police, and the next thing I know, I’m not who I used to be,” I said.
"What do you mean by not who you used to be?"
"I haven't always been Amber. That night I came to Orangewood was my first night being Amber," I said.
"Who were you before?"
"I was somebody else. Somebody who didn't know the first thing about being a girl."
“If you’re going to sit there and tell me you used to be a boy, I’m going to hurl this book at you.” Kim said, with a look of amusement while picking up the novel I had been reading.
Pulling my knees up to my chest and putting my arms up in a defensive posture, I took a deep breath and closed my eyes tight. “I used to be a boy.”
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