02-20-2022, 06:29 PM
[CW: Neglect]
Look after the kids, I’ll be right back, Ruth had said. But it was two hours later and she hadn’t returned. The youngest one smelled so bad James couldn’t stand it anymore. He had finally taken one of the small carts from the yard, put the toddler and the baby inside, and was now dragging it along the Whitby streets, looking for his sister.
Sam, a little dark haired boy of two, had wrapped his arms around his baby sister, and looked around, apparently quite satisfied with the little tour. Little Lucy had put her fist in her mouth and seemed more intimidated.
They stopped and James put the handle on the ground. “One second, I have to pee,” James told his nephew, and he disappeared into an alley, leaving the little cart with the two children in the middle of the street. The little boy looked around wide-eyed. His baby sister began to cry.
Look after the kids, I’ll be right back, Ruth had said. But it was two hours later and she hadn’t returned. The youngest one smelled so bad James couldn’t stand it anymore. He had finally taken one of the small carts from the yard, put the toddler and the baby inside, and was now dragging it along the Whitby streets, looking for his sister.
Sam, a little dark haired boy of two, had wrapped his arms around his baby sister, and looked around, apparently quite satisfied with the little tour. Little Lucy had put her fist in her mouth and seemed more intimidated.
They stopped and James put the handle on the ground. “One second, I have to pee,” James told his nephew, and he disappeared into an alley, leaving the little cart with the two children in the middle of the street. The little boy looked around wide-eyed. His baby sister began to cry.
