Pete waited a good 3 weeks for his Dad to have completely forgotten about the folder.
Once he was completely sure that everyone was in bed, he dug it out from the bottom of his toy chest and turned his reading light on, making a tent with his blankets to make sure that nobody could see what he was doing.
Upon opening the folder, the first page he found was a fact page. He was glad that he was one of the very best readers in his class, so he could read most of the worlds on the page.
Name: Patrick Vaughn Stump
Age: 8
Placement: The Wentz Family
Hair Colour: Red
Eye Colour: Blue
Nothing interesting so far, Pete decided. He tossed that piece of paper to the floor. However, what he found next appeared to be a newspaper clipping.
The Child Named Idiot: Worst Child Abuse case since the 1980's.
Police made a gruelling discovery today while doing a check for drugs in a house in Illinois. They arrived at approximately 9am, and began doing their usual procedures. Not only was an entire drug farm seized, they found a small child locked in a closet.
Reportedly, when the police officer on duty asked the child his name, he responded with 'Idiot'.
The child was wearing nothing but underwear, and did not appear to have any other clothing anywhere in the house. He was covered in 109 scars, which has been checked to be abuse.
The child was also found with a badly broken leg, that had not been treated. The injury was so bad that the child had to undergo an amputation when taken into hospital.
The owner of the house, the boy's father has been taken into police custody.
Pete didn't really understand what most of that meant. He assumed that the child mentioned in the story was Patrick, but he didn't really understand why he was locked in a closet. And why would he think that his name was idiot?
All of a sudden, a light flicked on outside Pete's room. He quickly packed the folder up and stashed it back in his toy chest, before pretending to be asleep.
When he was sure the danger had passed, Pete decided to just go to sleep. It was late, and he was tired.
But he would finish reading the folder another time.
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أدب الهواة"So why doesn't he go to school?" Andy asked. "I think he's just too weird." Pete replied. Pete's parents have a new kid. A weird kid. A kid who always looks likes he's going to cry and walks funny. A foster kid. Pete doesn't like him. Not at all.
