The Veracity

20.Orphanage

Zhan's POV.

Yibo had gone to work as usual, meanwhile I was here standing in front of the building I have been curious about since a long time.

'sage Orphange'

It said, a tall building build beside a church, this pace was run by this church that's what I had heard.

Without any further ado, I walked in through the gates, I could see small kids playing on the ground and some orphange workers were watching over them.

A guard approached me soon,"what can we do for you ,sir."

"Um...I want to talk to the director of this orpahage."

"I see...you will have to wait for that, what's the reason though? are you here for adoption?"

Well I can't tell this stranger the truth and nor can I give him any vague unimportant answer so I just went with the flow, "Yeah I am here for that."

The guard nodded and gave me register to fill the enteries, I did what was needed and then waited.

All I could see were the kids playing so happily with each other, unaware of anything else and at the same time I felt sad to because they were orphans well I was too according to Yibo.

My eyes wandered here and there and soon landed on a child around 14 years of age sitting on one of the swings, subconciosulyI looked at ths ground to look for his shadow but I didn't see any, And I knew that this was ghost.

The child looked at my direction and I quickly averted my eyes, My heart was once again beating abnormaly.

When I looked in that direction once again the kids was gone, and I felt relieved, but the moment I turned around I saw him standing right in front of me.

I nearly jumped at my palc,e but I needed to act normal and pretend that I didn't see it.

"You can see me right?" The boy said but I didn't reply, I am not a fool to reply, not at all.

I just stood there, watching around, "I know you can see me, don't ignore me."

Kid just give up and go away please. I mentally begged, but this kid was persistant too.

 "Hey, if you can see me then can you help me find my mom please?" he said with an onnocent face, and a slow voice.

"My mom had left me here and she had prmised to come and get me but she didn't come, I am still waiting for her, kids here don't like me and they always ignore me the elders here ignire me as well, so please help me."

My heart ached for this little child, but what can I do? His innocent and desperate plea for help was clawing my heart and for a moment a hated my self for ignoring him but I can't do anything.

Yibo had told me that not all souls were bad, some souls were just lost, or couldn't understand that they were dead,  some had unfulfil wishes, some just wanted to meet someone before they die, and some were just waiting for their loved one to join them in their after life.

"My name is Noah by the way." He said with a faint smile, "I am fourteen years old. In my family I only love my mother, her name is Jenny, and she loves me a lot as well, but my father would beat me and her a lot.

He also threw me down the stairs once and it hurt a lot, after that Iw as admitted in hospital for two weeks, my father would never allow my mother visit me so I would be there all alone."

My heart ached even more now for the kid, if this kid was a human I would have hugged him.

"To save me my mother had bought me here, and promised me that she would come for me soon, but...I am still waitng for her, it feels lonely here."