"Okay. We should probably head back before it gets too dark, shouldn't we?" she said and when the girl nodded, Abi called a cab.
She was about to tell the driver to bring them to the orphanage when her eyes fell on the digital clock on the cab's dashboard.
Her eyes immediately widened. Oh no! Her curfew!!!
Alex's cold and stern voice saying that he will punish her began playing in her ears and Abi began to panic. It was only her third day and she was already going to break one of his rules!!
Panicking, Abi immediately told the driver a different address, the address to Alex's house.
She called the orphanage during the taxi ride home and told them that she was going to be dropping Betty off a little late. Of course, the people at the orphanage didn't mind at all since Abi had been known to even bring little Betty over to her house during some weekends.
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