Chapter 93

Blue

“Who are they?” Lilly asks as I push her chair toward the car.

“Those are our bodyguards.” Artemis says.

“Bodyguards? Why do you have them?” She asks, sounding too grown up for her age.

It’s not uncommon for kids like us to grow up a lot faster than we should. When you have to depend on yourself most of the time it comes easy. In my case I had to grow up so that I could help my foster brothers and sisters. I still regret not taking them with me when I left, but after what my foster father did, I couldn’t stay even for them. When I was free, I had called an anonymous tip to the police and hoped it would help get the others placed somewhere else. After what my foster parents did, I guess the police hadn’t listened to me.

I told them one day a kid would end up dead and it wouldn’t be an accident because I almost was.

“To keep us safe. Artemis is a very important man and sometimes people don’t respect his privacy. This way he can do his job without having to worry about getting