"Toby come here," Sarah said to her feisty and free-spirited younger brother.
"But, but 5 more minutes pwease?" Toby protested.
"Ok, fine but if it starts to rain we have to leave".
Sarah had decided to take her 7 year old brother to the park… the same park she went to whenever she needed to get away and think, the same park that she went before she went to The Labyrinth. Despite the fact that she almost let her brother become a goblin, nowadays she was incredibly close to him… after all he was basically all she had.
Just two months after that night in the labyrinth Karen had been told she was pregnant which had thrilled her and her husband. However, during the 2nd trimester Karen had a miscarriage, which had devastated the whole family. Because Karen was having a lot of problems with the miscarriage, Sarah was left to be the sole caregiver of Toby.
However months passed and still Karen wasn't better, in fact she was worse. She adamantly refused to be around Toby and had developed a new "relationship" with alcohol. The only thing worse then Karen's drinking problems was the simple fact that she had brought Sarah's father down with her. Now, at the young age of 20 Sarah not only had to take care of herself but also her brother. Yeah Sarah did love him but she wished she could have a normal life, College, boyfriends, that type of thing but sadly there are only so many hours in a day.
With this last sad thought Sarah turned back to Toby "Ok come on Toby its time to go home"
"Ok Sarah" Toby said as he started to walk home"