The Girl Left Behind

Thrown-away things are almost never missed, and once they are discarded, so does the ownership.

Crime and violence have always been second nature to him, but everything changed the day he peered in a dumpster. Yes, a dumpster of all places.

It was a cold night, the day Mitya found her. The snow had stopped that very afternoon, yet the cold was still as unforgiving. He thought that going out for a smoke would have been a nice break from his reality; instead, it only catapulted him further down the messy yet fragile system he lived in.

As the saying goes, one man's trash is another man's treasure, and Daylily was indeed a treasure.

Once lost and now found, Mitya was going to keep her safe. Giving her a fighting chance swiftly becomes his goal, but what would happen if the owner came looking for his trash? Would Mitya give her so easily away, or would he fight for what he found?