She wants to go home but is afraid to see her guardian flipping out again. She loves him, so much that she wants to do everything to achieve his dream... their dream. The girl has always looked up to him, for she knows his pain and how he gives his all for the children, no matter how futile it may seem. He's flawed that their love was shrouded by fear. Now, she's the only one he has.
Right after entering the dark place that used to be a home, she became frightened as he grips her arms tightly and pushes her to the wall. He then tried to strangle her, all while shouting words that cut through her heart. She's losing her breath as she keeps trying to speak and move to wake him up. It feels like it lasted forever, she resisted but to no avail. Suddenly she saw the rage in his face becomes shock, and then grief. He lets go of her and knelt down. He wept while she's struggling to breathe knowing just a few seconds more of that, it would've been her death.
She ran away. She ran as fast as she can in the middle of the night with nowhere to go. All she wants was to get away from him, to be safe. She ran until she got tired. She cried until she felt numb.
She thought of them, the other children. Do they have an idea of what's happening to her right now? Do they worry about her? Will they come back so that they'll all be happy again?
What could she have done after that? She could have come to the police, or to her relatives, or to the other children. A lot of places she could have gone to.
But what is in the mind of a loving child?
For as traumatizing as it is, she walked very slowly back to the place that used to be a home.
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