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Chapter 17

The four family members walked along the pavement with sad expressions written on their face. Who can blame them anyway? If you're owing money to the IRS, that's a big issue. The parents kinda felt like it was their fault in a way. Thanks to them, they were kicked out of their home. All because they didn't pay up their dept that they owe.

(Flashback Ends)

"So, you guys owed the IRS money? " Lincoln asked to reconfirm what he heard was right.

"Yes. We owed them big amount of money back then" Lexi confirmed.

"Alright here's your soup and steak" A lady said near the boy's location. Looking up, she placed him meal in front of him.

"So, What happened next?" Lincoln asked. Alexa then started to continue the flashback.

(Second Flashback)

The family didn't really have a lot money to spend. They were lucky enough that those government workers let them keep the money. As they walked, they passed a doughnut shop. Looking up at the sign, Luthor turned around to have them wait for him as went into the shop.

"At least we have enough money for doughnuts on their weekly 50% off sale" Audria said sadly.

"Yeah...I'm not really sure if I'm hungry anymore. Not when this just happened?" Lexi added.

"I know that you girls are upset but I promise that it'll soon turn out for the better" Alexa said sadly.

"Hey, give us your money!" A voice screamed behind them. Turning around, the three family members spotted a group of robbers standing in front of them. Automatically, the two kids quickly threw their money at the group of thugs.

"Y..y..you want my money?" Alexa said shivering of freight.

"You heard us turd!" One of them screamed. Without another second, she quickly handed over her money towards them. The group of criminals then made their get away to the three family members and had a little fun. After a couple screams of pain, the criminals ran away as Luthor walked out of the shop holding a bag of doughnuts.

"What happened?" Luthor asked looking down at his wife and kids.

"T...they attacked her, dad. They took our money that we had. My sister and I automatically threw them our money. Mom on the other hand wasn't really willing to fork over her money, so they resorted to violence" Lexi explained holding her freighted sister.

"Oh my god!! Are you ok?" Luthor asked kneeling down to help her up with a worried face.

"H...h...h..how's the baby?" Lexi said with a worried expression.

"D...d...does it hurt, mom?" Audria asked as she helped her up.

A little. I'm kind of nervous about the baby" Alexa said as she rubbed her stomach.

(Six Months Later)

We see the Burlington family walking the night skies of Royal Woods with the new addition to the family. Ever since the baby was born, the poor family had to rob stores in order to survive and feed each other. This not what they wanted. No family should suffer like this. It's quite weird how the family was able to go around looting goods for themselves and not get caught.

"Alexa, you know that we basically have no money left to feed him" Luthor reminded.

"I know dear. I just don't know what to do" She replied sadly.

"I don't want him to die" Lexi spoke. This seemed to wake the family more.

"Who said anything about him dying" The father stated as they walked down a street.

"Sorry...didn't mean to say that dad" the oldest sibling apologized.

"Well, it's good that we were able to hide in a guy's van as he went into a store. I still can't believe that he didn't spot us" Alexa said.

"Well he did have a lot of things in the car that helped us blend in with" Audria pointed out.

"Where are we anyway?" The youngest child asked looking around.

"I'm guessing that this street is called Franklin Avenue" Luthor said pointing to a sign. The rest of the family spotted the street sign with those exact words on it.

"Well, this may not really be a good idea but maybe this street has a family that can take care of him" Lexi questioned.

That's a great idea sis. There's gotta be a family on this block that will take care of him. I think I hear a noisey house as we speak" Audria said as she picked up her walking speed up. The two parents looked at each other before catching up with their kids. It's not the best idea to leave a child on a door step of a stranger's house. Strangers can be nice while the others are mean and grouchy.

The parents stopped in front of a standard size. In front of the house was one van with the bottom of it being a ocean blue and the top to be a egg white color. The van looked a little dirty around the doors but overall it wasn't in bad shape. With a sigh, Alexa took out a paper and a pen as Lexi held a basket that was a red and white. Luthor placed his son in the basket along with his blanket a bottle of milk. The family then wrote down a message for the stranger's house. They soon walked up to the door and rung the doorbell with Audria being electricuted after pressing the button. After that, the Berlington family soon walked away as the door opened.

A young woman with blonde hair opened the door.

"Hello, Anyone there?" She asked as she looked around the front lawn of her house. She soon heard a crying sounds infant of her. Looking down, she spotted a red and white basket with a baby inside of it along with a note. Picking up the note, she read

Dear resident of 1216 Franklin Ave,

This baby boy is named Lincoln. My family and I had to give him up to someone since we had tax problems. We didn't look for a orphanage at our hometown because we didn't want to live there anymore since we had issues. We heard that Royal is a good place to live. My family and I got here about a week ago. The problem is that we can no longer afford him anymore so since we barely know this town and we heard the commotion within your house, we've decided to see if you'd take him under your wing for us.

Sincerely,

The Burlington Family

The lady picked up the basket and went inside.

End Of Second Flashback)

"So, yeah..that's all we can remember what happened to you after that but I can tell it was a good thing that happened afterwards and we were able to get a picture of our family and other members for memories" Alexa explained as Lincoln sat there absorbing the information.

Meanwhile at 1216 Franklin Avenue, Lynn was currently watching a sports movie called 42- Story Of Jackie Robbinson. She didn't really want to watch it. She saw it too many times already. She saw that movie more than the other baseball movies like The Babe and Major League

"Hey, Are you ok, Lynn?" A voice asked near her location. Looking up, Lynn saw Lori standing next to the couch.

"I'm doing good. Just not really interested in watching this anymore. I saw it too many times" Lynn said with a sigh.

"I can literally see that, Lynn. I've noticed that you seem all depressed and sad every time Lincoln is out of the house" Lori stated as she took a spot on the couch next to her younger sister.

"He May be a goof and annoying at times but he's really a great guy to have around. He's always willing to help you and the rest of us if we need anything, even though it takes his free time away" Lynn said as she changed the channel.

"You two have gotten closer over the past year. We literally see you two hanging out together a lot" The phone addict said.

"Yeah...we have" Lynn said not knowing how to continue the conversation without revealing too much.

AN-Chapter 18 is coming soon. So please leave a review (I like to read them) and don't be afraid to Pm if any suggestions or any requests that you might have for me to try to write about with the The Loud House. My old account Crazytaxi87 may no longer be available for me to sign in due to our old cable company retaining possession of my email account name along with my dad's as well