A Dislike For Purple

Chapter 3

~~Moments Later~~
I huffed out of breath, the smell of liquor rising out of my mouth. Jessica was right behind me.

"You okay kid?" She gasped.
"Yeah" I huffed, I felt a little sick but I held it together.

"Then let's get off the street before he catches up" she said pushing me into the apartment building.

~~7 months earlier ~~

I continued walking through the home, that officer finally left. But now I kinda wanted to stay. I crept to my room, completely in the dark. Unknowingly tramping mud through the house. I turned on my bedroom light, I turned to see the foot prints! I quickly took off my old worn shoes, setting them upside down and grabbed a towel from the closet. I frantically tried to clean up the mud off the floor. Suddenly a shadow swept in front of my light...

"Where have you been girl!" Anne snapped! She pulled me up by the ear so quickly I felt something rip! As soon as I was to my feet she slap me across the face! "I didn't hear you!" She yelled. There were small creaking noises coming from the hallway.
"Go back to bed!" She screamed at the other children who were trapped here too...

"Miss Anne... I apologize. I was in New York job searching" I explained.

"New York!!! Job searching?! You should have been here taking care of the children!" She said in an angry whisper. I stood in silence, I couldn't say anything. But I couldn't take another word."You horrid child" she started. My blood began to boil.
"I wish I never had the misfortune of having such a pain as you" she said. My fists were forming."Your parents are glad they gave you away, they don't have to deal with you" she said finally. That was it! I reached to strangle her! But before I even touched her a warm hand snatched me up and threw me down! I smacked my back onto the hardwood flooring and looked up at the person who had stopped me! It was a kid that was four years younger than me. I went to say something but she shook her head. Another few kids came from their rooms... One came up to me and handed me a cam corder.

"We got her Emma... We got her" she said in relief. The recorder had solid evidence that this place was unfit...

~The next morning ~
Miss Anne was in handcuffs and on her way to prison. There was no case to solve the video spoke for itself. But I we were lucky, if I had laid a hand on Anne, the whole thing could have blown up on me and Anne and I would both serve time.
~~present day~~
Jessica and I both stumbled into her apartment. That one guy that I helped... Malcolm, was in her apartment eating her peanut butter. Again?? Malcolm looked to us confused, not only was he in the wrong apartment..

"What did you do to Jessica??" he asked. She changed after he said that. In that instant, all emotion was gone. Just blah... She looked unhappy and that she had never been happy. The real question was... What did you do to Jessica?

"Get out of here Malcolm" she said, no no expression to her face. It was like she could be happy with me and have the time of her life, but when others came around she just built up her walls again. I could tell, that something about me brought out the best side in her.

Jessica sent Malcolm back to his apartment and came back. I didn't ask. She probably needed a minute. A couple days... Maybe even a whole vacation. That woman had to have demons... Some scary ones too.