#Chapter 225: Meager Beginnings

The men, being bigger and larger than me, forced me out of my backyard and toward a black SUV on the street with tinted windows. It was midmorning. As most of the neighbors were working people, they had all gone to school and work, leaving the streets basically desolate. Unless Logan looked out the window, there was no one left to help me. Still, I struggled, kicking and squirming. The men cursed at me and tightened their grip on my upper arms. I didn’t have any means of escape. They shoved me into the backseat of the SUV, then one of the men crawled in beside me. The other man hopped into the passenger side. A third man was already behind the wheel. When both doors closed, the SUV took off, careening down the street too fast to be legal. Turning my head, I watched through the back window as my new home slowly disappeared. I was taken downtown among the tall buildings. Here, there were people milling about, but with the tinted windows of the SUV, they couldn’t see me. The