Chapter Five

When the female Social Worker took her small hand and said it was time to go she went without a murmur, not saying goodbye or even looking back at them, her shoulders were straight and her head held high. The eldest brother went to hug her, he felt so guilty about what they were doing, she looked so small and fragile. His wife grabbed his elbow and then shook her head,                                                                    'Don't make it any harder for her, just let her go.'                                                                                        Both brothers knew that what they were doing was wrong, their parents would never have forgiven them for abandoning their little 'sister' and it was a guilt they would carry for the rest of their short lives. Within five years of their cruel act, both had succumbed to heart attacks leaving their families destitute as neither had thought to safeguard their families in case this would happen. Their businesses collapsed and their selfish wives found themselves out of their luxurious lifestyle and living in poverty in a place they had once described as hell on earth.                                                                                                                        Melody knew nothing of this her life of hell was only just beginning. beginning.                                              The Social Worker took her to an Orphanage many miles away from everything and everyone she had ever known and she was placed in a room with three other girls all of a similar age to her. It was a good job she was a quick learner for although she was petite she was tough, she had asked for karate lessons and self-defence classes and Mary had thought it was a good idea for her to learn how to look after herself.     Those skills quickly came in handy when the Social Worker left her with the other girls and they tried to take her stuff and then bully her. They soon learned not to mess with the tiny blonde she beat up all three of them leaving them on the bedroom floor in tears and when she finished with the last girl a voice made her look up,                                                                                                                                                  'Well, I think you will be wasted with this lot, you have talent little girl and you are coming to stay with me.'

The older girl was Carla, and she ran the orphanage with her boyfriend Sean, they were the toughest kids in the place and had reached the top of their respective trees by fighting and winning against anyone who challenged them. The Social Workers were swamped with work, they all had more cases than they could cope with so happily left the two bullies to rule over all the others. They doled the rules and if any of the kids broke them they also doled out the punishments, for some reason both of these fifteen-year-olds adored Melody. She was incredibly beautiful, very bright and she could look after herself, they took her under their collective wings and taught her how to survive being in the 'system.'                                        For the next two years, she stayed in that orphanage and soon learned the 'system' did not care for these broken children, all of them had to look after themselves. Boys learned to fight and keep all emotions locked away becoming gang members and were notorious on the local streets, stealing from the shops, drinking and taking drugs and fighting all challengers. The girls learned the same lessons and were far better at shoplifting than the boys, Carla taught Melody how to do it and because of her angelic looks she never got caught and enjoyed doing it. The thrill of lifting whatever she was asked to without security catching her gave her an adrenalin rush like no other. The voice in her head told her it was wrong and not to get involved but she ignored it she was having far too much fun and why shouldn't she? No one cared about her so she could do whatever she wanted. whenever she wanted to do it. The Social Workers tried to find her another family and many did offer to take the beautiful young girl but Carla taught her how to be so obnoxious without appearing to be and the families quickly backed away from her.                                    Melody was growing up and developing into a real beauty and Sean began to notice her stunning figure, with long legs, a cute firm ass, slender waist and perfect luscious breasts, along with her waist-length golden hair and incredible golden eyes made her perfect. He did not hide his interest by including Melody in everything he did she did not understand what he was doing so he took every advantage he could.      He touched her whenever he could and even kissed her at every opportunity always taking her by surprise so she did not stop him.                                                                                                                                   Of course, word got back to Carla.                                                                                                                  She did not confront them though as it was not the first time Sean had strayed he was almost eighteen, a very good-looking flirt. Instead, she watched them and saw for herself it was all Sean, the little innocent orphan had no idea what he was up to. In the next couple of months, the two would be leaving the 'system' as they would both be turning turn eighteen in the same week. That always meant they would be turfed out of the orphanage none of the kids stayed passed their eighteenth birthday, there were so many kids in the 'system' that there was no room for those leaving so they were found a small flat and left to deal with the future themselves.                                                                                                                                  With no backup, no training, and no one available to help when it all went wrong, far too many of these young adults ended back in the 'system'. The trouble was when they returned, this time the 'system' was either prison, mental health or drugs or worst-case scenario, they ended up dead, overdosed on drugs, or taking their own lives because life outside the 'system' was just too hard.                                                 Carla had thought she had all that sorted, she loved Sean and had done since they were small children, she had willingly given herself to him when he said he loved her at the age of fourteen. Since they had turned sixteen they had been engaged and she had let him indulge in his dark fantasies, he had tied her up, blindfolded and gagged her and then he had whipped her.