The next year few years went by faster than we expected. Lucy was growing up fast. She went from being four to eight in a blink ( Read more... )

Alec, Lucy and I were going to be placed in foster care. I knew that meant we could be split up, and I didn't like that. I knew we shouldn't have, but we ran. We took all the money we could find in the house and my dad's bank account, which amounted up to about $4,000. Alec and I both knew it wouldn't last long, but it would get us through the year ( Read more... )

Lucy Lily Rodge ( Read more... )

I was nervous. My mother was going to give birth any day now. My best friend Alec was there for the family ( Read more... )