Joe and Julia were glad to know I had found the ghosts from my past. And were glad that I was safe. Norma and Wilbur rode off into the sunset, the gold finish on their car sparkling like a lost city. They promised to write, and that they'd visit me again. Hopefully, soon. But something tells me their journey is close to over. The letters would come, but I knew in my heart I'd never see them again.
I have to go home and go to school. Joe and Julia are glad to have me home. They promise that we'll spend a few weeks of the summer break in Tulsa, so I can catch up on my past.
I heard about my brother. Jonathan had been adopted into a family that still lived in Tulsa. He had kept in touch with the Hansons. Unfortunately, when I'd magically appeared at the Hansons' doorstep, as they put it, Jonathan and the church he went to were on a mission trip to Wisconsin. They promised that I'd get to see Jonathan this summer, and gave me his number so that I could call him. I was looking forward to meeting him again. I didn't realize it until now, but I missed him a lot.
There was the small matter of how I was supposed to make up all of my missed school work. It was mid-January, and I'd missed 2 weeks of school. The teachers all agreed that I could have a chance to make it all up; there would be no summer school for me.
Erin was glad to see me again; she wanted to know all about my "vacation". She was especially intrigued with the fact that I had been friends with the boys who were now a number one band. But the intrigue quickly wore off, and she wanted to know if my older brother was cute or not. I told her that I didn't know, I hadn't seen him since I was 2.
I don't know what to make of myself anymore. Who am I? Lynni Turner? Jessie Gutner? Maybe I am both. I am the best friend of Erin; I am trying to re-become best friends with Jordan - Taylor, whoever he is. I am trying to be the daughter of Joe and Julia Turner. I'm trying to remember was it was like to be the daughter of Robert and Sally Gutner. I am an only-child. I am Jonathan's sister.
There is one thing that I am that cannot be changed by either my past or my future: I am a sketcher.
Maybe that's enough for now...