Maria, who was innocent, was perplexed by his behavior.
"Umm, there's nothing you can do." He avoided eye contact and started staring at the walls.
The entire storage room was dark, except for the light coming from the open door.
Maria left the storage room.
Dennis, who had been listening, knew that the nuns were looking for Maria.
Dennis thought to herself, "If I tell the nuns about Maria, she may be punished or even worse, killed. What should I do?"
She decided to keep Maria's secret safe.
*******
Maria ran into the garden, thinking about when she start hating Demon.
Out of nowhere, Shawn appeared and said,
"Hey Maria, can we talk?"
******
They sat on the grass, and Maria told Shawn everything that happened that night .
Shawn was surprised when Maria told him about the secret passage that could lead them out of the orphanage.
He couldn't believe that the nuns and teachers wanted them to stay in the orphanage until they died.
No one lived past the age of fifteen because of a virus that had been around here for hundreds of years.
In other words they will died when they will turned fifteen.
The sun was about to set.
"I think I need go. Bye Shawn!"
Maria smiled and waved goodbye to Shawn.
He waves back.
*******
Meanwhile, Dennis was sitting in the library when Penny came and sat down with her.
"The nuns are searching for the person who was awake last night. They're planning to question every child, I wonder who will be unlucky enough to die this time," said Penny.
Dennis and Penny was a really good friend. They never hide anything from eachother. So Dennis decided to tell Penny everything.
"I'm going to tell you a secret, but don't tell anyone," Dennis whispered.
Penny listened carefully as Dennis told her everything about what she had heard at the door.
"But remember it's just a rumor she didn't except that she was the one."
******
Later, Penny was making a cake in the kitchen when Sofia came to help her.
"Why are you in the kitchen, Sofia?" Penny asked.
"Well, the nuns are still questioning us. I wonder who forgot to sleep last night," Sofia responded.
"I have a secret to tell you, but you can't tell anyone," Penny said.
She told Sofia everything she had learned, and then Sofia went to tell another girl.
Eventually, all the children in the orphanage found out that Maria was the one the nuns were looking for.
For my Maria:
"FALSE IS FALSE EVEN IF IT'S FEEL GOOD
TRUTH IS TRUTH EVEN IF IT'S HURTS"