Chapter 5
Once again, everyone was gathered in the living room for the family meeting, well the family meeting in which were added Martin and Rick.
"So," Eric began, "I asked you all to come because there are some things we need to talk about."
"Maybe I should go." Rick suggested.
"No, actually we wanted to talk to you." Annie said.
"About what?" the boy enquired.
"Well, it's been a few days since you arrived, and we wanted to get to know you a little better." Eric explained.
"What do you want to know?"
"You could start by telling us a little about your life, and maybe about your parents." Lucy suggested.
"Why?"
"We know you must have had a hard time ad we want to help you, but in order to do that, we need to know a few things." Eric said. "Maybe we could start by asking you some questions."
Rick nodded, a little unsure.
"Are your parents still alive?" Simon asked. Again the little boy nodded.
"Where are they?" Silence.
"Did they abandon you?" Silence.
"Rick you need to answer." Kevin said.
"Why? So you can think that you did you preacher and cop job by helping a poor kid whose parents apparently left?" Tears had started to appear in his eyes. "You don't care anyway, you never did." He yelled. "We don't need your help, not now."
"Rick, calm down." Annie said softly.
"You want to know where my parents are? I don't have a father and my mother is a prostitute working for a monster." Rick took a deep breath. "You wanna know if she abandonned me? She saved my life." He was now sobbing. "She said you were good people, better than she would never be, that would be safe and happy with you, but it's not true. You don't give a damn!"
They were all stunned by what they had just heard, and bit confused. There was more to it than what they had supposed.