Right as Quinn was walking through the door to her 7 bedroom house, she could no longer smell the Indiana air. She was glad for that! But when she walked a little further inside, she could feel that something was wrong with the energy inside the home. They needed just a little more fun or excitement!

“I’m back,” Quinn yelled, “If anyone cares.”

She could hear the sound of her mother footsteps above, making her way downstairs towards her. Quinn wondered what she did all day because she didn’t have to work. She thank God everyday that she never volunteered at her school because she would never live that one down.

“Hey sweetie, I was just going to come pick you up from the school earlier! But I accidentally forgot and started on a cleaning spree,” Stephanie, Quinn’s mother, said in a soft, comforting tone.

“It’s fine mom. Is it okay if I go to Marci’s house later? We have an, um, a project due Monday that we need to work on,” Quinn stuttered.

“I know you probably aren’t going to do your project, but you are more than welcome to go if it’s fine with Marci’s mom,” Her mother suggested.

Later that night, Quinn and Marci were chatting about all the drama that goes on at school, thankful that none of it was about them this time!

“I feel so badly for leaving my mom like this, I mean like with dad out of town and Sam at college all the time, she is by herself.” Quinn spoke.

“If you want we can go chill at your house with your mom, if that would be better I bet my mom would drive us over to your house!” Marci thought out loud.

Before long, the two girls arrived at the Etherington estate. But the thing that surprised the girls, was the way Stephanie reacted.

“Sweetie, I thought you were staying at Marci’s house tonight?” Quinn’s mother said while holding back something.

“Mom, what’s the matter? Did something happen when we were gone?” Quinn questioned.

“Something happened that I’m not sure you should know right this moment. If it’s ok, I’m going upstairs to call your father and see if he can get an earlier flight for tomorrow. Goodnight honey. Love you to the moon and back!” Mrs. Etherington left with a kiss on her daughter’s cheek.

Quinn waited to hear the master bedroom’s door shut before she started to speak rapidly. “Please tell me I’m not the only one who thought that was really weird. I don’t know what the problem is, but it sounds kind of big. Don’t you think so?”

“She didn’t sound like she usually does when I come over. And it felt like she didn’t even know you. It was like she was a distant from you… if you know what I mean.” Marci stammered softly.

“Okay, well do you want to go up to my room? It’s getting late which makes it more fun for our slumber party!” Quinn kidded.

“I hope you are joking. I’m an angry baby that needs her sleep!”

“Ha, ok well we might as well just go upstairs then,” Quinn coaxed.

Later that night, once Marci had fallen asleep, Quinn could still hear her mom talking on the landline. Quinn just wanted to know what was wrong with her mother! That’s all she wanted to know. Was that too much to ask?


Early the next morning Marci left for soccer in the morning, Quinn left her bedroom and headed towards the kitchen. As Quinn saw her father, she backed out quietly because she could hear her mom talking.

“Do you think we should tell her now, or wait till after the appointment?” Stephanie whispered. ( best example of where I reveal motivation of 2 characters.)

Once Quinn heard-sensory language- that, she left because she was overwhelmed with emotions. Was it about her? She wouldn’t know until they told her she guessed.

As Quinn walked in ,making it known that she was there, she took a seat. “Mom, what was that about last night? Is everything ok?”

“I think we need to talk about what happened last night.” Quinn’s mom said.

A few hours later, Quinn was walking into a room at the hospital where she was born. Stephanie was explaining about what the man on the phone was saying that made her so upset. Not really upset, just a little curious.

When the doctor explained what had happened 15 years ago, all Quinn could do was sit there. How could they mix two babies up? Why did it have to be her? Does the other girl even know? How long did the hospital know before they told us? All these questions would be answered, but not until they met with the other girl and her family.

After a week of contemplating weather or not they should meet, the two families were together at once. Quinn never thought she would be speechless. But today, she was. They talked about what they were going to do. Would they switch back? Or would they stay with the same family? Either way both of their lives was going to change. The just had to decide if it was a good thing or bad thing.

Within the two weeks of the time they knew, the girls had hung out quite often, once last week and three times this week. Both girls always felt just a little different around their family, just like they didn’t belong anywhere near where they were. But they seem to have made an effort because no one had suspected anything. That was until the doctor called. He was going over blood types of the families that had a child at that hospital.

The girls decided that they didn’t want to completely switch lives, but they didn’t want to waste any time getting to know their other family. Quinn didn’t want to switch because she had a pretty good life at home. She had friends, a nice family, and a beautiful home. But on the contrary, Spencer never had a good relationship with her mom. It looked like she already had a better one with her birth mom rather than her ‘mom’ that raised her.

The girls never did switch back, but they did see everyone weekly. They have a family dinner every Sunday. Maybe one day the families would forgive the hospital workers. They made a colossal mistake. No family should ever have to go through what they did.