Trapped in his arms

t we had some. Avery nearly murdered Derek, so I'm not trying to claim we didn't deserve ou

cookies. I wondered whether I was going to die in this room as I lay on my bed, my stomach throbbing

his stomach and moaned

y, I told him, "Don't think a

y, someone op

on the floor, and said, "Since foster pare

h. In a matter of minutes, we had devoured ou

very said happily aft

oking is a bit shit" ma

families?" Avery questioned inquiringly,

fosters us until mom comes back or until

ing anxious. That Avery would have attachment problems with me was completely out of my head. When

right now

*

I stayed in our rooms and ate, read, and occupied ourselves. At last, Derek was living with an adult couple as a foster child. I still get picke

, Josephine came in wit

y, "Don't screw up your chance to be cho

ave to go?" Embarras

have to go Alex." She then gestured down

When Avery reached for

e back in a few minutes," she nodded back. With that,

of the students were present. Josephine would send you to your room if you were being disrespectful before the foster family ca

n the center of them. I believe she p

didn't even recognize them, unlike the other kids who presented them with

g to say hi?" A little gi

i, they're not my parents?" I spoke it harshly,

d by her attempt to establish a scale between our r

nine," and leaned

aid proudly as she jo

ished. Since our mother refused to shop, we seldom had more than a few days' worth of food. Day after day, we ho

ears in every way. There were things I knew that I either shouldn't have or didn't want to know. I'm not foolish; I just informed A

n I looked over, the mother was staring at me. To myself a

name?" The lady sta

olite." As she approached me, a

s it's not," indica

ened myself before say

d my height relative to that of the girl

ely, my face bl

color." She reached for my hair with a g

ar with me, she switched her atten

r after waiting for a few hours. I believe

y questioned the small girl who had

she did so. It would have been mean of me not to offer her one. She beamed wit

nd said, "I don't really like these ones, t

o who cares if we don't get pick

d said, "I guess you ha

dark complexion that was not quite as dark as bro

to keep me here. She sou

or sister?" I was obviously interested

more and more downcast as she

red yet?" I stared at the other kids talk

to like me. "I don't think there's anything s

said, "Well, now you have someone

head on my shoulder,

ile, I heard my n