The story of Stacey Meyers

Stacey Meyers, 13 years old, struggles, as she takes care of her brother, with the help of a childhood friend, Jacob. They live in an old little cottage, enough for three people, in nature. For meals, Stacey goes into the big city to buy food with the money she gets from working, for everyone. Jacob and Stacey are in a difficult relationship, when over the period of 6 years of living together, they grow affectionate for each other. Stacey was always bored of her current life, and would cherish her days in the city.

One day, on one of her usual food sprees, she encounters a boy. Not just any boy, but a boy who will change her life as she knows it. She will find out more about her parents definite death, and she will discover that there is more about the city, than the city lets her know.
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She took 2 daypacks from the closet, shoved some food from underneath the bed where she kept emergency midnight feast food, took a bunch of clothing from the drawers for both of them, and put them all into the daypacks. Then, she went over to her brother, and stared in disbelief at the selection of items her brother had laid out. There was a mountain of toys, some books and some Legos.
"This is what you pack for running away?! Too much stuff!!!" Stacey whispered/yelled
"I wanna bwing everything though!!!!" Alec replied not bothering to be quiet.
"Shhhh, hurry, you're not bringing those things! If you want you can bring ONE toy, and maybe a book but chose right NOW." she said
Alec chose a small dark brown stuffed teddy bear and a storybook, and gave it to Stacey to put in his bag.
"Fine, let's go now!"
She looked down through the front window and didn't see the strangers outside! The door was left wide open! She heard footsteps downstairs and knew they could not leave through the front door. She glanced around the room for another exit, and saw the back window.
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