Chapter 231

"Hey, you're awake!" Travis's face lit up with relief as Citrine opened her eyes.

"Who are you?" she asked, blinking up at the unfamiliar face, her curiosity plain.

Travis smiled wider at the sound of her voice. "I'm the son of the man in the wheelchair you saw earlier. You can call me Brother Travis."

Wheelchair?

Suddenly, the memories from earlier flooded back. That man he must have been the one who saved her.

Citrine's eyes darted around, then she looked up at Travis and gave him her sweetest, most innocent smile. "Brother Travis, could you tell me where am I right now?"

She was convinced her helpless look would tug at anyone's heartstrings. What she didn't realize, though, was that she still looked every bit the lost street kid Travis and his father had found: her face smudged with dirt, her clothes ragged, hair a tangled mess. No amount of wide-eyed innocence could hide that.

her seriously, "You were hurt pretty badly. We're at the hospital

believe her act was working, so she

with a doctor to check on his leg. He said he'd come by to

quietly, falling

your family? Why were you

Iverson, so far away back in her home country, made her eyes sting with tears. She shook her head, still wary despite the warmth Travis

"Well, if you'd like, you can come home with me. I'll be your big brother- nobody will ever mess with you again, I promise." He thumped

curved her lips into a small smile, pretending to be delighted.

it had come. After years on Mirage Cay, fear had settled deep in her bones. Travis seemed kind, but she just couldn't let her

didn't matter to him that Citrine looked like a stray; the moment he saw her, he felt a connection. Hearing her agree to come home with him filled him with a joy

day, Travis brought her a pile of snacks and taught her how to play video games-even gave her his favorite console, something

by the hospital room. He saw the two of them laughing and playing together and simply watched

was the happiest day Citrine had known in a long time. If not for the scars of Mirage Cay-constant reminders of how cruel people

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