Family of the Mystery Child

… Please don't leave!… I'm sorry…

… sobs …

A loud pound could be heard the door. Arita woke up with a start. During the little time that she had slept, she had broke into a cold sweat. She jumped out of bed quickly, but not so abruptly as to not wake up the child. She changed him to something quickly, and fixed her hair. The knocking louder and louder by the second. She rushed to the door and saw a middle-aged man and a very young man, probably only 3 years older than her, worried expressions written all over their faces. The middle-aged man seemed like he was about to faint any minute, and the young man looked so desperate that he appeared as if he was about to die! She could sort of guess why they were at the door so that's the child's room to that. Then again, if the child did belong to them why were they looking after him and the first place? She had found him alone, at the mercy of some kind of gangster. Perhaps you didn't have a mother to look after him… Ay… but it wasn't her business, so why should she go into something that's not even her business? Oh and don't forget the time it was at least 3:00 in the morning, or earlier. All she wanted to do was get some sleep so she could go to work the next day.

Arita

What is it that you want so early in the morning?

Middle-aged man

It appears as as if you have taken - no! kidnapped, my grandson, and I want him back!

Young man

All I'm asking for is the child. I'll let you go if you give me the child. If you don't give me the child in the next 5 seconds, I'll make sure you lose your job and you have a horrible reputation in the city.

Arita

Number one, the child was alone in an Abby at the mercy of some guy with a gun, okay, so I did what a regular human being would do and brought him home and took care of him. He had no identification on him, so I couldn't return him to his parents I was planning on doing it tomorrow, but I suppose you want him now. I mean that's what you said. You're going to disturb his sleep, you know.

Young man

At the mercy of what? Who would have the nerve to do that? Are you lying?

Middle-aged man

I don't believe she's lying, and besides we should thank her for saving him. Besides, she's right. He doesn't have identification on him. Let's just leave some guards here, and let him stay the night, and in the morning, we'll take him home. What do you say, son?

Young man

I suppose it's a good idea. But have guards everywhere in the house.

Sighing, Arita left the two men talking. I'm trying to get some sleep but throughout the rest of the night, or may I say, early morning all she heard were loud footsteps up and down up and down all around the house. At 7:00 in the morning, she woke up and tried to get ready for work, but there were at least 10 pairs of eyes staring at her every move. Needless to say, it was difficult to concentrate. She had a very high fever of one hundred point four degrees, and she really didn't want to go to work, but she had to, otherwise she would lose her job.

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