#Chapter 218: Get Out

I retreat to the only safe space I have left in this place: Mia’s room. She is down for a nap, so I sit in a chair beside her crib and watch her sleep. Whatever happens from here on out, whatever hurtful things the brothers utter, whatever heartache I’m made to endure, I will find comfort in knowing that Mia’s affection for me has always and will always be genuine. I will miss so many things about the Pyramid. The food, the comfortable beds, the strong shower-pressure. I’ll even miss the brothers. At least, I’ll miss when they weren’t jerks to me. But Mia… sweet, mischievous little Mia. I will miss everything about her. These past three months, we’ve become constant companions. It will be difficult going forward, wondering she’s okay, hoping the brothers are treating her right. I wish I could have reunited Mia and Carrie, her mother, but some fractures were too deep to be repaired in a handful of days. I could only hope that I future for the two of them together exists somewhere in