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Tulip laughed “You believe in love”

“I believe in the possibility for the future, don’t you?”

“I don’t knohat I believe, in all honestly, or what I trust” She rubbed at her temple “It’s all fucked up if you ask o, I was a nobody Now I’uy who … I don’t know”

“Do you have feelings for him?” Jade asked

“I don’t know” She squeezed a bar and then went to the door and reached around, stroking the lock

Tapping her fingers against it, she looked back into her cell The mattress wasn’t on the floor She stepped over to it

“I don’t know isn’t a definite no”

“He’s the only person who’s ever tried to do anything for me,” she said “In his oay, he’s been the only person in my entire life to care Even then, he didn’t want to seeup the mattress

“What are you’re looking for?” Jade asked

“Sos” She bent down, unhooking one of the springs “And thatfor a weakness within the bars because they left us the perfect key out of here” She worked the spring open, e, and they unwound the metal It was a little rusty, so they had to be careful A couple of the springs snapped and were completely useless

Tulip gritted her teeth, they finally, carefully got one unwound They both smiled

“Do you kno to do this?” Jade asked

“It’s been a couple of years, but I kno”

“How do you kno to do it?”

“Simple Some foster parents aren’t always nice and to make sure you don’t leave the house, they liked to lock the doors So out unless you smashed the wooden door Some were nice locks in the doors” She knelt down beside the cage This was the kind of lock she was able to work from within