Discovered (Little Boy Lost) by Barnaby J.P

Author:Barnaby, J.P. [Barnaby, J.P.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2013-06-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

“OKAY, it’s your turn…,” I told Brian as we sat on the couch in the blue room, hidden away from the rest of the guys. Since Nick had decided to shoot on Friday, Steven was at work, but Emilio and Alex were keeping an eye out anyway. Brian had just finished telling me about his two-day bus ride to San Diego. I still couldn’t believe that he hopped on the bus just one day after receiving my letter. The whole point of sending it was so that he would move on with his life, not chase after me.

Resisting his sweet gestures when he was trying so hard turned out to be impossible and being friends with Brian made me feel almost human again. I liked finding out things about his life I’d missed in the last two years. Back in Alabama, when we’d still had a future together, I knew everything about his life. Since we’d found each other again, it felt like he’d grown into a different person. Deep inside, he was still my Brian, but so many things about him had changed. He reached out and put his hand on my knee. The comfort I got from that simple touch surprised me, and I wrapped my fingers around his. Friends could be affectionate; I saw that with Alex all the time.

“How did you end up with him?” he asked quietly, and I knew he meant Steven. We had finally come to that one question I was most ashamed to answer. He’d already asked me about the drugs. I’d explained to him that sometimes it was different drugs, but I really only did them when I was shooting or when Steven wanted to party. I didn’t use them all the time, even if they did make things easier. When I was high, it was easier to escape the horror of my life. I didn’t want to tell Brian how easily I had been manipulated or about the stupid choices I’d made. But he’d been honest with me, and I owed him the same.

“About three days after I left the Center, after I’d talked to my mom and knew I had nowhere to go, I met this guy on the street named George. He was an older guy who had been on the street a long time, and while he didn’t exactly take care of me, he taught me how to survive. During the days, we’d scavenge the neighborhood for food, and at night, we’d find a bridge or alley for shelter. For weeks, he taught me how to steal food from outdoor cafes before they bussed the tables and how to hide when bangers came around to hassle us. George was a real good guy, ex-army. Anyway, one night we were coming up an alley behind a deli that always threw out their extra food around midnight when we heard a noise. He told me to stay behind the dumpster and went to check it out. It turned out to be a group of guys trying to rape a young woman.

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