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"Did you ever get placed anywhere? In a real home?" Sean was placed in one with a few other boys, and from all that he shared with me, it was a true home to him The other boys were like brothers to hienuinely cared about them all

"Nope No one wanted to let a kid with HTS into their house" She utters this matter-of-factly, but there’s a brief flash of emotion in her eyes She wasn’t as unaffected as she would like me to think

I instantly sense a difference when I step into the main room There’s a tension that hadn’t been there before Everyone seeone Terrence stayed behind, and he’s a captain, but his silent watchfulness doesn’t seem to lend much co for Caden and Marcus to appear I can understand their anxiousness At least regarding Caden I’d feel better if he were here, too

"Co up a tray at the end of the food line There are only a few people ahead of us

Nodding, I accept the tray she offers me

She leans close and whispers conspiratorially, "Avoid the eggs They’re that fake crap Now, the French toast is good Fried in butter and sprinkled with sugar, you can’t tell the bread is stale"

I sirl

Janie drops a plate of French toast on my tray with a wink "There You’ll alround bunker"

Yeah Almost

Please advise if you have recently taken in three carriers Twoby the nae sent to Refuges 1, 2, 3, 4

THIRTEEN