Sorry I've taken so long to update, but without further adieu...chapter 3

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He sat in silence until Louisa snapped, "What's the matter? Don't appreciate the name your parents had the decency to give you?! Those miserable lowlifes..."

"Don't talk about my parents like that!" Peter shouted with surprising force.

"Why?" she retorted angrily. "They abandoned you in the woods! You should be grateful I even told you your name after what you did to us the last time you were in our care!"

"What's going on up here?" Louisa's mother asked gently, "I heard loud voices; some of the customers were complaining."

"I'm just reminding Peter," Louisa practically spit out the last word. "About his 'incident' that got Rupert taken away!"

"I promise, I didn't know what was happening!" Peter shouted, tears streaming down his cheeks.

"Well your little show," Louisa sneered, moving over to the boy. "was your own doing and I should have made you pay the price for it a long time ago."

"Louisa!" her mother shouted, "What happened is in the past, you need to let go."

"You always protect him!" She shrieked, hysterically, pointing a shaking finger at Peter. "Even when you do not know the whole story!"

"The boy was eight!" Her mother yelled harshly, "Even more of a child than he is now! I let you force him from my care once, but this...this is too much Louisa. You cannot condone him because of a simple mistake. Rupert knew that too, and he genuinely cared for this boy."

"That boy...got my husband KILLED!" Louisa shouted angrily, tears leaking out of her eyes. "You cannot seriously expect me to live in a house with that...that..."

"I know," Peter cried, standing. "I'm a freak...a monster! Don't you think I know what I am! And i sure as anything know when I'm not wanted."

He stalked over to the door and ran down the steps and the two women heard the door to the alley slam open, then shut.

"Good rid..." Louisa started to say.

"No," her mother said, her voice commanding. "You just sent that boy back on the streets for the second time in his life. You tell me that I do not know the whole story, but I assure you I do."

"I understand why Rupert did what he did and I can see the events that you could not, blinded as you were by your grief and hatred."

Louisa snorted in disbelief, but did not say a word.

"I can only tell you, but know that it is your decision of what should happen to him. You can take him to the authorities if you wish. His fate is in your hands my daughter."


Sorry if the chapter is a little short. I wanted to do the back-story in a separate chapter so this was mostly set up. But stay tuned and please review and comment below.