“I did, at first. But it wasn’t every foster parent, and it wasn’t constant, and all the agency did was move me somewhere new while they investigated my claims. Or at least, they said they investigated. I have no idea if they did, or to what extent. I never heard anything more after I was taken from the homes.” She twisted her fingers. “After a while, I just stopped reporting it. Went quiet, kept my head down, tried to not attract any attention. I just… just disappeared, as best I could.”God, it hurt him to hear this. Mitch’s upbringing hadn’t been idyllic – Roxbury was one fucking tough neighbourhood, and it was where he’d honed his boxing skills – but he’d had a great family. Dad worked construction, Mom worked in a laundry, three younger sisters. Never enough money and a lousy, tiny walk-up apartment, but somehow it all seemed OK when Mitch had sat at the dinner table with his family and they’d talked and laughed. No matter what, he’d always had that safe place, that circle of lov
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