A man startled me awake. He asked my name, and he shared the dinner he came home with. I discovered he was Brendan. I also found out he was really nice. He wanted to send me back to my parents, but I wouldn’t tell him who they were. I did have to tell him a lot of what they did to me. He called child services, but they were closed. He let me take a bath and gave me an extra-large t-shirt to sleep in. I had to sleep on the couch though. He even washed my clothes.
After breakfast Saturday mor