Save Her (The Broken Souls Series) by S.A. Mackenzie

Author:S.A. Mackenzie [Mackenzie, S.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-11-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

The night air is colder than I thought it would be. Wrapping my sweater tighter around me, I hike up my backpack on my shoulder and walk away from that perfect cookie cutter house and the way too happy people inside. That house isn’t meant for people like me, it’s a reminder of all I’ve been missing in my life. From what I saw, there was no torture chamber waiting for me. There was no stained beds or overused sheets. It was perfect. Perfect for someone else.

There’s no use putting me with a good family now, I’m damaged goods. That family should take in a child that hasn’t been beaten down by the corrupt system and the horrible people they hide in it. If that house is so amazing, give it to a child that actually has a chance of coming out of the system unscathed. My scars run so deep, I’m not even sure where they end.

It takes me thirty minutes to get out of the subdivision area and find the city again. There’s nowhere to hide in the subdivison, I’ll be stick out like a sore thumb and be found before I could even blink. The city allows me to blend in, and hide with all of the others unfortunate enough to be living on the street. It’s honestly where I belong, a worthless piece of trash just floating along in the wind on a dirty stretch of road.

The streets are still fairly busy for midnight, the night life still going strong for another couple hours I would guess. This is good, it means there’s more people to slide through and less chance the Millers or Mr. Trenton would find me if they notice I’m missing.

The window was surprisingly easy to sneak out of, my room being on the main floor was a bonus for that as well. It’s almost like they set it up so I could leave, making them feel like they did the right thing letting me stay, but without having to actually deal with me and my issues. If I were in their shoes that’s what I do. Nobody wants a troubled teen around, that’s just a headache waiting to happen.

“Watch it, kid,” a man with tattoos on his face sneers down at me after I walk into him, his leather jacket looking like it’s seen better days. “Walking into people like that could get you hurt. Better watch yourself.”

Stepping away quickly, I nod and avert my eyes, not ready to start anything with a dude that looks like he could kill me with one hand. The concussion is still making me a bit loopy, the pain in my head an ever present throbbing ache that shows no signs of going away anytime soon. The cuts on my chest and stomach will need tending to every now and then as well. An infection on the street could be a death sentence for me.

Stopping in a dark alley, I lean back against the cold brick, and let out a choked laugh at the thoughts running through my head.

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