12-16-2024, 04:24 PM
Liam shrugged. "I've never had good luck with that myself. It's just safe here. Ya know, not anyone here is gonna call me a freak for anything I just said. We never really went to school, or had friends, and we weren't even supposed to talk about it at home. No one's going to judge me based on the fact that my foster parents were monsters. That's what scares me most. This is the first safe place we've lived. There is no threat of being eaten alive, or roasted in a fire pit. Or fattened up weeks before you turn 18 and..." his voice trailed off. "No one talks about it. Ashton and Liv were lucky, they lived past 18. They are special, can keep working for the Blackthorns with added benefits. As a foster kid we lose all monetary value when we turn 18." Liam wiped tears away and turned to stare at the TV he'd missed some things, but he could always rewind it. "Even these horror flicks have nothing on the things we've all seen."