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Chapter Six

When Mr. Thompson got to the house, Solomon told him about Joey and Niles smiled and he said "Don't you worry, we'll all be there to help Joey learn and we'll have fun doing it."

When all the boys came down and they all sat at the make shift desks, Niles said "I hear we have a new student and he wants to learn with the rest of us, so why don't we all begin with printing our alphabets and that way Joey can learn how to write his name."

All the boys got out their tablets and Niles gave Joey one and he whispered to him "You'll do just fine." Joey smiled at him and then Niles went to the blackboard and started printing the letters of the alphabet and the boys all said each letter after Niles wrote it down. Joey loved learning and it didn't take him that long to learn how to write his name and tears filled both Solomon and Nile's eyes as they witnessed this miracle.

All the boys praised Joey when he finally was able to write his name and then Niles got out a first grade reader and gave it to Joey and he said "I bet that your brothers will help you learn how to read this book and by next week you'll be able to read it to all of us, what do you say do you want to do that?"

Joey took the book and as tears ran down his face he softly said "I want to learn and thank all of you for being my brothers and for wanting to help me." Then the other boys gathered around Joey and one by one they all gave him a hug and kiss and then Bakura said "We are now all family and being a family we all stand together and if any of us are frightened or have bad dreams we can go to our brothers for help and we'll never be alone ever again."

Solomon looked at Niles and they both smiled and as Niles was leaving he said "You are a miracle worker, you really love them don't you?"

Solomon shook Niles's hand and he said "Their my boys why wouldn't I love them, as Bakura just said we're family and families always stick together."

After class Joey took his book and went to sit by the big window and he opened the book and looked at all the letters and tears filled his eyes and he felt so alone, when all of a sudden Ryou, Malik and Mokuba all came over to him and Ryou said "Would you like us to help you say the words?"

Joey smiled at them and he said "Yes please, will you help me."

Malik then said "Let's all sit on the floor and all of us will take turns helping you learn to read and even Mokuba can learn along with you." So as they sat on the floor Malik and Ryou helped Joey and Mokie sound out each word and as they each would say the word right they'd get a hug from their brothers.

Ishizu called Solomon and told him "Since we have the new girls we really need two beds, can you get hold of Gregory and ask Bakura and Marik if they'll help bring over the beds."

Solomon smiled as he heard her request and he said "I'll get hold of Gregory right away, and then he asked how the girls are doing?"

Ishizu told him "The two youngest are better then their sister and Papa, I'm so scared because she won't let any of us help her and she's having horrible nightmares." Solomon then told her "When Gregory, Bakura and Marik bring over the beds I'm coming too and maybe together you and I can help her."

Ishizu wiped the tears from her eyes as she said "Thank you for coming over Papa."

Gregory came over with the van and as they loaded the three beds inside and as he drove over to the other house Solomon told them "Three new girls are at then house and they have been in an abuse situation where they were sold to some old bastard by their mothers for the drugs they needed and this man well he tried to touch the youngest two but the older one allowed herself to be the one that the man raped over and over till the Police finally got them out of that hell hole, Ishizu is scared because this girl won't let anyone in so I'm coming to see if I can help. I don't any of you to talk to or even look at these girls till I can find a way to get this girl to let me in."

When they got to the house Ishizu went outside and she was crying and she said "Susan is completely out of control and she's trying to take Jennifer and Debbie with her, she wants to leave, please try to get her to stop."

Solomon ran inside and there stood Susan and she had this terrifying look of terror in her eyes and Solomon had only seen it one other time and that was when they brought Bakura and Ryou to him, so Solomon called out "Bakura I really need your help."

Bakura knew that something was really wrong and he ran to where Solomon was and he saw this young girl and she was in real danger of harming herself and the two younger girls with her if she couldn't be reached and soon. Bakura stood there and then he said "The walls are closing in on you aren't they, you feel like you're losing control of you body and you don't know where to go or what to do isn't that right?"

Susan looked at his young man and she shook her head yes and then Bakura then said "A very special man once told me to take a deep breath, let it out and close my eyes and when I did everything around me came back into focus, that man is standing right beside me and if you let him he can help you as he did me. You see when they found me I had my baby brother with me and I wouldn't let anyone near us and my little brother was really sick and I was so terrified that I couldn't see it. Papa was the one who calmed me down enough so I could look at my brother and see how sick he was and Papa was the one who helped me and in turn got Ryou the medical care he needed. Now we live in a house like this but it's for boys, boys that no one wanted until Papa showed us that he loved us and that we are now a family. Let Papa and Ishizu help you and you'll see that all the ones around you are now your family and that they'll always be here for you as my family is there for me."

Susan looked at Bakura then to Solomon and she let go of Jennifer and Debbie and she fell to her knees and cried "Please someone help me, I'm scared that that bastard will come back and hurt me again, I can't let that happen."

She then looked up at Solomon and she said "Papa please help me."

Solomon went to her as Ishizu gathered Jennifer and Debbie to her side and as Solomon got down next to Susan he gathered her into his arms and held her as they cried tears for all the hell that she went through and then she looked up at Bakura who went over and he got down next to them and he too held her and he whispered "You're going to be alright now, we're all family and families always sticks together."

Marik and Gregory stood in the doorway and they witness another miracle that this loving man helped to happen and as they went to take the beds upstairs Gregory said "God put that man here because he knew that the love that Solomon has inside his heart is enough to share with all his lost children."

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