Chapter 48

“Do you know of a secret passage that leads outside?” He might be fragile at first glance but his intelligence was like a shrapnel in his brown eyes, the lightest brown out there mixed with pure milk, it was soothing to look at.

“Orak and Mabelle talk about it.” She knew those two would be his older guardian. Older kids here who are appointed to take care of the younger ones to help them settle better.

“Can you go through it to reach the other end?” He was desperate to walk out of here. His articulate eyes narrated well how he knew he had bargained his freedom for safety. And he implicitly trusted her. They both had the same dream, she supposed.

Walking to the second floor, she smiled at everyone who came across them, none of the supervisors or adults working there, for which she was thankful. She didn’t like lies spewing out of her mouth. She had told Evan the white washed truth.

“Okay there it is. Be safe okay?” She kissed him on the temple, surprising him. He quickly shook it of