All The Angels

Foster Parent

Jack Hyde
I look as they bring the new foster brats into the children's home. You never know when you find a real stunner. I am interrupted by the caseworker explaining that there are four new adolescents coming in and all four have suffered a trauma. I watch as two boys, and two girls walk in with their heads lowered and just following one after the other like they are going to the gallows. This place is just a stop on their way to foster care or an orphanage. I like that they are so vulnerable. I can get them to do my will. I check out the girls bodies. I can work with that, I have guys who want it that young and younger. I don't do younger than teens. I might turn my head to teens, but nothing younger.
Anastasia AKA Mini Mouse
I feel slimy after the guy we past checked the other girl and I out like we are next in his bed. I have skills and it's not sexual ones. I was taught how to protect myself by the homeless vet near where we slept. He said living on the street you need to be able to protect yourself. He call me Mini Mouse I wished he was still alive. Someone killed him for his tent and grocery cart. They caught me just after I reported his body to the cops. Otherwise I would be still out on the streets. The cops took my knife from me, so I don't have that, but they left the spoons. Spoons can be deadly as well. You use what you have is what Raymond Steele told me. I gave them that as my last name. Can't have Carla catching up to me to sell me to some friend of hers for a quick fix. I barely got away from her last time. I was ten when I ran from her clutches. No one is really looking for me but her and only to sell me to the highest bidder.
Jose Rodriguez
I just can't believe my dad died and left me all alone. They picked me up at school and here I am waiting to see if they can find any relatives of mine who will take me in. There should be plenty of Rodriguez families around. They lead us to four empty beds and tell us to relax. They give us the rules and meal times. That is pretty much the whole spiel. The girls unfold the mattresses and make the tiny beds and lay down. I get up and so does the boy by me. He is exceptionally quiet. I say hi to him and ask his name. His name is Barney Miller like the sitcom, I think it is a made up name. He can't be over 12, but he is tall if he is. I try to introduce myself, but the girls are scared of us. The blonde looks familiar, the smaller one has a couple of black eyes and is bruised all over her arms. Scrapes as well. She could use medical treatment. The blonde looks like she has ashes on her and her clothing.
Kate Kavanagh
Ethan should be able to get custody of me I hope. I told them his phone number and I hope he comes and gets me soon. They think mom or dad fell asleep and left a cigarette lit and that was what caused the fire. The other girl looks like she was in a fight and she needs a bath and clothing. I would say she is a homeless person. Both mom and dad perished in the fire. I don't have any more tears in me. I look at the boys across from us and hope we aren't here long enough to become friends. I look at the girl is sleeping away, her stomach is growling very loudly.
Barney Miller
I roll my things out and make the bed and lie down on the bed. My computers were all taken and put in storage after my parents died in the car crash. So here I am in foster care. Well where they bring you before they place you in foster care. The girls stomach is growling so loudly I doubt any of us will sleep. My grandparents on both sides are dead. The other girl just covered up and staring into the night.
Jack Hyde
I go to see the new talent, I start to reach for the little one and I am stopped by a kick to the balls. Even in her sleep she is lethal. I recall her and what she is capable of, so I hood myself and head for the ice. She is going to pay for this.
Grace
I am going to bed early, this day has just been too much on me. Mia is in those years and she just can't get a handle on her hormones. I think the boys are scared of her as well as me. It is things like this that make me miss Carrick with every bone in my body. I keep myself busy with charity events and finishing up my residency in pediatrics. I have to check over a homeless girl tomorrow. They want me to evaluate another three so they can release them to foster homes. Caseworker Elena Lincoln comes strutting in like she owns the world. After her husband was killed she probably does. Some think she killed Richard Lincoln for the money. I don't know why she is a caseworker. She only handles the teens. I have only heard of her and I don't like rumors and I am leery of her though. Something is just not right about her. I try to beg off and I am allowed to, dr Flynn is a pediatrician and a surgeon along with being a psychiatrist. He was and is a genius. I go to my next appointment and leave dr Flynn with Elena and the four children.
Dr. Flynn
I notice the problem with one of the children and then I ask the nurse to get the children food and clothing and find a place for them to shower. All four children are fairly okay, Kate needs oxygen and Anastasia needs antibiotics and time in the hospital. I set up an overnight for both. The boys seem fine after a good cleaning. The little one says to call her Mini. It isn't her name, but I heard about her and the fact someone is looking for her and she is hiding from them. I am going to see if I can okay an end run around the vulture. That's what they call Caseworker Lincoln, she wears black everything but her head.