❝𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅❞
𝐼𝑁 𝑊𝐻𝐼𝐶𝐻
In a world where noise is forbidden, a small girl finds solace in a family willing to take her in as their own
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LOTTIE HAD SEEN more death in the past year than she had ever seen before. The fear in her eyes as she watched people get torn apart outside of the mall, never being able to wear the new clothes they got at their favorite store, or the money they had wasted as their half-finished drinks splatter on the ground. Not that it mattered, anyways.
Or when she watched her father's life taken from her in front of her eyes, leaving her to fend for herself for the rest of the cruel world.
Or like just now, when a boy younger than her was taken for trying to enjoy his childhood with a toy. She watched as the parents weeped, the mother falling to her knees and the father, just feet away from saving his boy.
Lottie watched, and she couldnt shake the feeling that if maybe she had been a little faster, the could rip the toy out of his hands and thrown it a mile away. But, alas, you cant change the past.
The family was silent for a moment, and Lottie turned to walk away, trying not to be a bother for the newly grieving family. That was, until the daughter caught her eyes, motioning towards her.
Lottie blinked, and when she opened her eyes once more, the entire family was looking at her. Her lips twitched downwards, and she figured she should do something.
"im sorry" Lottie signed, her mouth moving with the hand motion in case they didnt know the language. She locked eyes with the father, and the pain in his eyes said everything.
