[Imani Flashback]I met Lily when I was already 18 years old at Maple House, a group home for children who had been abandoned, separated from their parents, or orphaned. She was only 14 or 15 at the time.Lily had no parents. They had died in an accident, and she had no relatives who could take her in.Me? I was a little luckier. I still had parents. It was just that my father had a terrible temper. My mother left him because, people said, she could no longer endure his beatings. Eventually, my father was sent to prison, and, well, I had no choice but to stay at Maple House.I was actually preparing to leave the place. I was the oldest kid at Maple. Even though they allowed me to stay until I turned 21, I felt old enough to live on my own. I had a part-time job, so I had enough money to do that.But the moment I saw Lily, I felt I needed to stay at Maple a little longer to protect her.On Lily's first day at Maple, she almost took her own life. She wanted to be with her parents. She w
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