Against All Odds

were washed, and putting it in a bag. At that point that's all I owned. They then asked me to join them downstairs, whe

grey painted building, it was vast, most of it a playground. I c

ldn't see beyond her. She had a long skirt and she wore o

d's name?" the lady a

ission" followed the officer. I felt like if he said that so she doesn't

grab my stuff and then grab me in her other hand. She then ad

we all as kids and elders, called her. Even thou

at you can tell no one slept on them in years. Well my own bed back home was always messy, i had all my ted

de each bed where every kid can keep his stuff. Well it was a surprise for me that most of

Madam's room, I mean Claudia's room. She interrupted m

ll have to clean it every

ng. Those who do not wake up will get no breakf

ou have completed your daily tasks, that includes cleaning,

they all will be grounded, playtime means silence a

them but the most important one of them all and the one she in

don't care a butterfly was flying by, I don't care if you lost your wa

o my situation. What am I going to argue? I was so lost

s, and she was nice enough to give me a kids book that consists of photos and w

age. Her bed was far away from mine and Claudia had warned me not to approach her

on that day, and made me join the others. I guess she could see how weak I was and with some more

ung to develop such a memory. A new girl one of the children whispered and everyone laughed, like if it

am sure about is that, it was the same mea

finish by sleep time. I was still not assigned any tasks for that day, and I

ep instantly. Were they tired enough to fall asleep this fast, or do they fear that Claudia gets angry at them for some reason? or even worse,