Orphan's Escape
Sixteen years trapped in a hellish orphanage. Beatings, starvation, and despair were daily companions. Now, Amelia Florence, along with little Gracie and the deaf maintenance man Theo, seizes a chance for freedom. But the world outside is fraught with its own dangers, and hidden truths from the past may catch up to them faster than they can outrun.
The air in the Stone Orphanage is thick with the scent of stale whiskey and despair. Amelia Florence, at twenty-five, feels every one of the sixteen years she's been trapped here.
Tonight is the night. Little Gracie, only five but already bearing the weight of the orphanage's cruelty, clutches Amelia's hand.
The old house groans around them, a living entity of their misery. Children's cries echo from the dormitories.
With a stolen wad of Mr. Stone's money and the quiet support of Uncle Theo, their desperate bid for freedom begins. Every creaking step, every distant sound, tightens Amelia's chest. The world outside is unknown, but it has to be better than this.
