The placing-out agent called them the children nobody wanted. The forgotten ones. The leftovers.
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Chapter 12: Tobias Finally Becomes A Child
Chapter 12: Tobias Finally Becomes A Child
After the investigation ended, Tobias changed.
Slowly.
He started playing.
He laughed.
He stopped sleeping near the door.
One evening, Emmett found him sitting with the younger children.
“What are you doing?”
Tobias smiled.
“Nothing.”
Emmett shook his head.
“No. You're finally being thirteen.”
The boy laughed.
And Emmett realized something.
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He wasn't only saving children.
They were saving him too.
