Lost Girl

Chapter 1

Hannah's POV
"Come on Lilly. We don't got all day." I huffed as I looked at the small, blonde child.
"B-But I don't wanna go" She whined, stomping her feet in the dry earth beneath her tiny boots. The poor girl had lost her parents and now was being forced to move away with me.
"I know sweetheart, but we have to leave." I said softly as I gently scooped her up and cradled her against my chest. I could hear her sniffling softly as she hid her face against me. I sighed and carefully placed her in her carseat, which was perched on the backseat of my truck.
As I buckled her in, I heard footsteps behind me and I immediately drew my knife and spun around to face the unknown person. "Woah there missy" a kind-looking sheriff said with a chuckle.
"Sorry Rick. Just tryna get Lilly and I packed up to leave." I said with a smile and a sigh of relief as I put my knife back in its sheath, which was strapped to my thigh before looking back up at him.
I shivered as his eyes met my gaze, a lustful look in his eyes, causing me to look away. "So where are you planning to head to? " he asked with a smirk playing upon his lips.
"Just up the road a ways" I remarked absent mindedly as I loaded another box into the bed of my large, matte black truck. "Need any help?" Rick asked.
Before I could answer, he had grabbed two large boxes and put them into the truck before leaning against it. "You know, I could come with ya'" he said with a look i could read loud and clear. "Nah it's alright. Bye Rick." I muttered before quickly shutting Lilly's (who was already passed out) door and got into the driver's seat and drove away. I watched as Rick disappeared in the rearview mirror, a cold look on his face. "Hopefully we'll never see him again" I muttered before turning my attention back to the road ahead..