That’s Karma

Celecia had been waiting for this day for about two years now. She was damn near shivering from this sick feeling creeping up in the pit of her stomach. Her anxiety was acting up again. She breathed in and out in a labored sequence. She took in her surroundings carefully. She stood in front of a bold palace-like building that was nothing like she had ever seen before. Such a contrast to the crying parents who lay littered on the streets begging for their children back. That's why Celecia was here today. Her daughter was such a beautiful child so full of life until karma happened. The Karmic Society was an all knowing force that recorded everything it’s citizens did in an unbiased manner. Or at least that’s what the brochure she was handed said. Long passed were government organizations. They controlled everything. If you cut someone off in traffic that was tallied up against you. They said this was just and that the scale never made mistakes but that just wasn't true. And she was going to be the one to prove it. They made a mistake and it started twenty-three years ago when she was separated from her birth mother, Evenira, a Karmic Member herself.

The line was still moving at a snail like pace when over the speakers she heard an angelic yet firm voice. “Celecia Alexandra Lopez, you may step forward.”

Fiddling with her heart shaped locket she tried to look down.She couldn't stop the feeling of hope from bubbling up inside of her.

“Paperwork, please” the man said in an all business tone.

“It's all here I promise” she said. To which he responded with a quick nod.

“Follow me” she could tell this man was all formal. She glanced around the corridor and saw the highly decorated pictures of all the Karmic council members past to present. Before she was able to glance around for Evenira’s picture she stood in front of the glass french doors. This was her chance to get her daughter back and it all starts with this locket.