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Chapter 2

Nothing at all had turned up in the trace analyse of the letter, no finger prints, or DNA though to be honest she didn't expect to find anything either, she knew these men or a least knew the type and what they were capable of, they were too smart to get caught out by details like finger prints. She'd realised that when she first meet them she remembered that day so clearly and as she went to bed that night that was all she thought about.

Flashback

Lily was approaching her eighth birthday and had only received one more mysterious letter, which had been on her seventh birthday, but again her mother had taken it away from her before she had had a chance to open it. But she knew whatever was inside wasn't good as every time one of these letters showed up her parents would start to fight and it would always continue long into the night at the end of which her father would storm out and her mother would drink herself half way into a coma.

Lily was quite proud of the fact that she had learnt to take care of herself and Christina by the time she was 6, something that most adult had a hard time doing but life was hard in the Rush Household and you had learn how to fend for yourself because no one else would do it for you.

Today was a fairly ordinary day in the Rush household lily woke up at 7:30 and got herself washed and dress, she did a brief scout around the house to find her father had already left or hadn't come home from last night and her mother passed out on the sofa with a bottle of Vodka cradled in her arms.

Sighing to herself lily went to wake and dress her little sister, as she walked upstairs they creaked loudly and lily stilled as she heard her mother groan, the result would not be good if she woke her mother at this hour.

As she enters Christina's room she finds that the 4 year old was already awake but waiting quietly for her sister to tell her it was time to get up. Her sister may be young but even she was learning the rules of the Rush household. Lily helped her get dressed in quite whispers and then the biggest task of the morning, finding something to eat.

They searched the kitchen but found nothing but alcohol and moulding bread. This made Lily angry she had told both her parents that there was no food in the house and they had done nothing about it, she knew they weren't perfect but sometimes she wished they were more responsible.

So they left the house early, stomachs growling, Lily's had decided that they would go straight to school and drop Christina off at playschool on the way. But Christina's moaning had gotten the best of her so they stopped at the local store on the way.

"Good morning, Flower" the owner said as Lily walked in, "what will it be today?"

The owner, Mr. Becker knew Lily well and she smiled up at him at the sound of the pet name he had for her.

"An all day breakfast sandwich, please Mr. B." As he went to find the sandwich for her, Lily looked through her bag for the money she had earned from her weekend's work for Mrs Granger a horrible old woman who hated children.

As they left the store they stopped briefly to split the sandwich between them they bumped into Lily's best friend Ray. He was the cool kid in their year and his friends always wonder why he let Lily hang out with him. They appeared to be complete opposites Lily's family was poor and she never had anything new and worked hard at school, Ray's family was better off he had the coolest clothes and was a joker never bothered with school work. But they had grown up together doors apart, and Ray knew Lily did have a serious rebellious strike when she snuck out and Lily knew that Ray worked hard for everything he had including his clothes and grades, which were actually pretty good.

At the end of the school day Ray walked Lily to pick up Christina and then the three headed home. As they walked they played with Christina until she tripped on a curb and cut up her knees she cried for a few minutes until Ray said he'd carry her home. They parted a few doors apart and Lily moved to open the front door when she found it unlocked.

Lily proceeded with caution keeping her sister behind her, as the entered the living room they found a very unwelcome sight, their parents bound to chairs both bleeding badly and three men standing between them who all turned to look at them as they entered.

"We've been waiting for you girls. You're parents seem to have been lying to us they said you girls wouldn't be home for hours."

Lily said nothing but stared at the men who now turned to their father, "I've told you already that I don't like it when people lie to me I would've hoped that you'd have learnt that by now." His sentence was punctuated as the man nearest their father back-handed him.

The middle man, who Lily assumed to be the leader then approached Lily and Christina and knelt down in front of them, "You never told me you had such beautiful daughters Rex." He reached up and brushed Lily's hair from her face. He turned to Rex and smiled, "you know I've always like young blondes"

"Don't you dare." Their father struggled against his restraints "Don't touch them."

"Your not in any position to make demands Rex, you broke the rules, you were late with the payments, you stole from us, you knew the consequences we sent you warnings now it's time we collect are payment as we see fit. Girls you're coming with me."

"No, I don't want to go with him!" Christina cried and grabbed on to Lily's arm.

"Sweetheart, you don't have a choice." He lent in and picked her up and put her on his hip and grabbed Lily's hand and took them into their parent's room. The distant sounds of their father's protest echoing in their ears as the door shut.

To be continued in the next chapter

Am I cruel or what lol :- ) he he!