'Keep sweet.' Said the man as he pulled her dress back down and did up his zip. The little girl fiddled with the bottom of her dress. She sat there looking down at her scuffed buckled shoes. Her face was covered with damp wet tears. She sat in the darkness for a while until a voice came through.
'Sophie!' it shouted, 'get your but out here!' she jumped up and out the room into the light, running down the corridor and outside. Round the table sat several women drinking and smoking. She stood in the doorway. She was small for her age. Her hair was long, brown and wavy but hadn't been cut in a while and now stuck to her face slightly because of the tears. She had lost a front tooth which you couldn't see as she was not smiling. A woman with bright red lipstick and peroxide perm turned around. It was the woman who was shouting. 'Well?' the little girl continued to look at her as she didn't now what to say, 'well?!' she said angrily
'What?' she said quietly.
'Well come here!' she grabbed Sophie and pulled her towards here at the table. She stumbled slightly. 'You crying?' she was silent.
'No, mam' She grabbed her by the face and pushed her away.
' Now get out of my sight.' He fell down on her bum.
'Yes mam.' She jumped up and ran. She ran through the streets and down the alleyways. She ran until she couldn't anymore. Breathless she walked down the main street. She wasn't sure were she was. She was hungry so hungry that it hurt. She plunged into her pocket she only had a dime. She looked and saw a small grocery store. She walked in there were quite a few people in there. She walked around the shop to find something to eat.
Abby saw the little girl walk in. she was a pretty little girl wearing a yellow dress and looking a little grubby. She looked at the little girl as she walked round the shop. She nudged Luka paying for his coffee. She nodded towards the little girl. They continued to look at her.
There was nothing that cheap. She looked at how much she had. She picked up a chocolate bar. Walking to the counter she placed the chocolate bar up on the table. The tall man looked down at her.
'1 dollar.' He said. She reached up and gave him the dime. ' This isn't enough kid.' She looked at him and said nothing. 'You either give me the money or you don't get it.' Abby stepped in.
'Here,' she gave the man a dollar. She gave the little girl the chocolate bar.
'Thank you ma'am.' She said quietly taking the candy gently. She bent down to her.
'My name's Abby. What's yours?'
'Sophie.'
'That's a nice name. Where's you're mummy?' Sophie shrugged her shoulders. 'Your daddy?' again she shrugged her shoulders looking at the lady. 'O.k.,' Abby thought, 'we'll take you to the hospital where I work and they can come pick you up there. See there's the hospital.' She said pointing to it out the door. 'O.k.?' Sophie nodded. Abby took her hand and walked over to Luka.