Chapter 48 Arrie’s past.
The morning sun peered through the transparent glass windows, casting its warmth on a young woman about to recount painful memories of her past.
Her audience was a young man in a hoodie seated next to her. Arrie’s playful demeanor had completely disappeared, replaced with a serious and emotional one.
’’I was born an orphan, with no parents. My earliest memories were that of being at an orphanage’’ She paused as though she was organizing her thoughts, her gaze distant, as though she was peering through the veil of her past
Kailen’s eyes narrowed. The time dilation artifact just confirmed that she was telling the truth.
Losing his parents two years ago had wrecked him, and yet, this lady was born an orphan.
Arrie’s voice swept him out of his thoughts ’’The orphanage was an extremely harsh place to live at. We rarely had food to eat, and when we were given food, despite how bad the meals tasted. They rather made us more famished, due to how small the quantity was.
At times, we literally had to fight over pieces of bread, and guess what...’’ she chuckled ’’I was the tiniest among the kids, always having to hand over my share of the meals if I didn’t want to be beaten mercilessly by the other kids’’ Arrie paused, staring at Kailen who looked at her in shock.
The time dilation artifact had confirmed she was being honest about this one too.
He spent just two years on the streets, outside the confines of a home, being driven constantly by hunger, he could testify that this was tough. And this girl endured this from an early age?