The Way Paint Brushes Move

Lily and her brother James were always in and out of foster care. Their mother was never stable enough to keep them. And they never knew their father.
One year with their mother another year without her. And when they went to foster care they were always split up.
When she was 8 Her mother took them and moved from Detroit Michigan to Athens, Georgia. It seemed as if she cleaned her act up. Everything seemed fine. She even had another child. Jayvon.
But a few days before James birthday she died. Right infront of them. Lily covered James eyes. She knew that he was only 6.
He didn't need to see this. When it came down to them finding family members to take them. No one would. Its as if every one hated their mother Mary. So they hated her children too.
The next week they were all given to a family. But a month later. They all were split up again.
That family only wanted Jayvon since he was just a baby. Lily and James on the other hand were separated. Sent to families that did not care for them.
They only wanted the money that came with them.