Mollie had chosen to go into the orphanage with Connie instead of waiting in the car, she wanted to see her room mates and say goodbye, that was if she was allowed to leave. They got to the door and Mollie started shaking uncontrollably,
"Breathe slowly, it's going to be ok" said Connie as she put her arm around Mollie.
When Mollie had calmed down, Mrs Grieves opened the door, "Mollie! Come with me!" she said as she grabbed Mollie's wrist.
"Actually, I was hoping she would go home with me." said Connie, she didn't think Mrs Grieves would allow it, but she didn't seem like one to follow the rules,
Mrs Grieves went inside then returned with some files and what appeared to be a young social worker, "Abi is going to go home with you, she'll make sure everything is ok before returning here with all these filled out".
Mrs Grieves shoved Abi out the door before closing it and returning to telling off what sounded like a 3 year old.

"You're going to have to come back to work with me" said Connie, she was only allowed 2 hours off which was unfair considering the circumstances,
"Ok" said Mollie while watching Abi write things down and doodle on the paper, "What am I supposed to do for a few hours?".
"You could sit in the staffroom or my office",
Mollie thought about it before deciding on the staffroom, "Can I sit in the staffroom?".
"Ok but don't expect any privacy, as soon as someone sees you you'll likely become the new topic" said Connie while she took Mollie and Abi to the staffroom.

Mollie and Connie had been talking for a while and Abi had been writing various notes down and doodling on her arm a the paper was full of them already.
"There you are, I said 2 hours not 3 and who's this?" asked Zoe who was mad that she had done an extra hour of work because nobody else was there,
"None of your business" said Connie sharply before turning to Mollie and saying "I'll be back in a bit, will you be ok?".
"Yeah, I'll be fine" said Mollie, she decided to try and be quiet as she didn't want to be the new topic,
After Connie had left, Zoe took the opportunity to talk to Mollie, "You ok um...", she trailed off when she realised that she didn't know who Mollie was.
"Mollie, I'm fine thanks" she said while pulling her knees up to her chest,
"Well, that's good but who are you?" asked Zoe as it was annoying talking to someone who you didn't know properly.
"Apparently none of your business" said Mollie, she knew she could be rude but she saw no point in people knowing who she was.
"Ok, I won't ask and I'm Zoe", Zoe went to get a cup but accidentally smashed it on the floor.

Mollie got scared of the smashing noise and leapt up before curling up in the corner of the room like maybe if she was smaller then she would be invisible. Abi noticed Mollie was shaking but she knew what abused children could be like (at least the ones she had met), she decided to let Mollie sort herself out because most of the time trying to help seemed to make it worse.
"Sorry, it's ok, it was only a cup" said Zoe as she went over to Mollie,
"Don't touch me!" Mollie said almost in a shout before getting up and trying to get away.
Zoe took a step back and looked at Mollie, she had never seen anyone so scared of being touched, "Are you sure you're ok?".
"I'm fine, I don't want to talk about it" said Mollie as she pulled herself up and sat back down, even she didn't know exactly why she was scared but she knew it was to do with being repeatedly beaten with glass.

A/N: Sorry for not updating, my laptop broke (it's very good at doing that). Anyway, I wasn't going to continue this but my friends persuaded me to. - Jazz x