Author's Note: We're reading To Kill A Mockingbird in my English class. I'm thinking Jem had a twin sister who died at birth. In this story, she survived, but is living at an orphanage. Her real family will come for her in Chapter 4. And Estelle is not her real name. What is it? You'll have to find out.

Update: This story takes place in the 1930's, that was a racial time. The story is rated T for a reason.


The sun shone on the town of Maycomb. I woke up in the room in the Greengrass Orphanage I shared with my best friend, Katie Rinne. My name is Estelle Hutton.

I played with my Raggedy Anne doll who I call Annabelle.

"Estelle." Said Katie.

"Hi, Katie." I replied.

"Do you think your parents are alive, Estelle?"

"Yeah."

I began to sing to Katie.

Estelle: Maybe far away, or maybe real nearby… He may be pouring her coffee. She may be straightening his tie. Maybe in a house all hidden by a hill… She's sitting playing piano; he's sitting paying a bill.

Lily and Tess, two of the other girls, came in. They joined in the song, followed by Ashley.

Lily: Betcha they're young. Betcha they're smart.

Tess: Bet they collect things like ashtrays and art.

Ashley: Betcha they're good. Why shouldn't they be?

Estelle: Their one mistake was giving up me… So maybe now it's time. And maybe when I wake, they'll be there calling me baby, maybe…

Isabella, Pepper, Dawn, April, Audrey and Jane came in to join us.

Estelle: Betcha he reads. (Pepper: Betcha he reads.)

Estelle: Betcha she sews. (Audrey: Betcha she sews.)

Estelle: Maybe she's made me a closet of clothes. (Isabella: Closet of clothes)

Estelle: Maybe they're strict, as straight as a line.

Estelle, Katie, Lily, Tess, Ashley, Isabella, Pepper, Dawn, April, Audrey and Jane: Don't really care, as long as they're mine…

Estelle: So maybe now this prayer's… (Katie, Lily, Tess, Ashley, Isabella, Pepper, Dawn, April, Audrey and Jane: (Maybe now this prayer's…)

Estelle: The last one of its kind. Won't you please come get your baby?

Katie, Lily, Tess, Ashley, Isabella, Pepper, Dawn, April, Audrey and Jane: Won't you please come get your baby…?

Estelle, Katie, Lily, Tess, Ashley, Isabella, Pepper, Dawn, April, Audrey and Jane: Maybe…

As our song ended, I sighed. Duncan, the bully of the orphanage, came in. "What are you all doing?"

"Playing." Isabella replied.

"Yeah right." Duncan said. "I heard singing."

"Shut up, fat boy." Audrey ordered.

"Whatever." Duncan retorted. He left the room.

I just rolled my eyes. Duncan was always mean to us girls. He never picked on the orphanage boys.

"Good morning, girls." Said Ms. Lowes, the orphanage manager and our foster mother.

"Good morning, Ms. Lowes." The girls and I replied.

"Are you all done with your dresses?" She asked.

"Only Estelle, Katie, Pepper and Jane are done with theirs." Audrey replied.

"The rest of you, please get back to your sewing machines." Ms. Lowes ordered.

"Yes, Ms. Lowes." The other girls replied, heading downstairs.

"STOP CALLING ME THAT WORD, FAT BOY!" A girl's voice came from downstairs. That was one of the black girls, Josie. Duncan liked dropping that awful name on her.

"Did he just drop the N-Bomb on Josie?" Pepper asked me.

"Yup, he sure did." I replied.

"How annoying!" Jane remarked.

"I just want to beat him up one day." Pepper said, clenching her fists.

"Fighting won't get you anywhere." I told Pepper.

"Yeah, you're right, Estelle." Pepper replied.

Duncan and another orphanage boy, Merrick, went to play football. Katie and I went upstairs to play with our dolls.