Chapter 85: I’m gonna do the dishes
While Alice ate, something seemed to have cropped up in her mind and she decided to speak on it.
"Hey Mark, can I ask you something?" Alice asked, and Mark lifted his gaze from his food to look at her.
"What is it? Is something bothering you?" He asked and she pursed her lips, wondering how to bring up the topic.
"Well, it’s about Diane and the kids. Where were they taken?"
Mark stayed silent for a few seconds but then picked up a napkin, cleaned his mouth, and said,
"The agency is keeping an eye on them." He dropped his hands on the table. "I know you would be concerned, so I followed up on that. Since they were once used for all sorts of evils, they have a dent in their image. And though neither of them did it because they wanted to, they can still be considered a threat, so mixing them up with ordinary people was out of the question."
"So, where are they now?" Alice asked.
"Rest assured, they aren’t being maltreated or forced to do anything against their will. They can be said to have a ’broken mentality’ of the world, so some tests are being carried out and once it’s corrected, they’ll get their freedom. Those still young will be taken to orphanage homes and the rest will be given a chance to start their own life. But they will all still be under the agency’s supervision because anything could happen."
Alice went silent. That didn’t sound so bad. But could she trust that the agency would keep to their words, do what Mark had just stated, and help the kids recover?
She didn’t know but she hoped that would be the case till the end. She didn’t want to regret leaving them to the agency. After all, they could not be trusted.
Mark, seeing her slightly worried countenance, asked,