Tony
I started to worry about where Lucy was when I looked around and didn’t see her. I couldn’t make out her heartbeat through the crowd. There were so many humans around.
Then, I heard her talking to some woman who thought she knew her. I took note of her name. I tensed until it seemed that Lucy recognized her. I turned back to the conversation I was having about an export company looking for investments.
“I’ll have to look into it,” I said. “There have been some family things that have come up recently that I’m managing.”
“It’s just you and your brother here on this side of the country, right?” Someone asked. “You said your father was being taken care of overseas?”
I nodded, trying not to tense at the mention of our father. Then, I heard Lucy’s voice again.
“They bought me from
