"Hey, Leon, wash my pants."
"Bring me food.."
"Sweep the floor."
"I can't do tha…...''Leon hadn't even finished his sentence when he first slammed on his gut.
"It seems you are not used to this place. This is the newcomer ritual."
Several boys a bit taller than him surrounded him looking at him in contempt.
"It's good that we didn't beat you to death or throw you out."
"What…Are you going to kill us like your parents?"
Leon gritted his teeth to fight back but he was forced to swallow his grievance and went back to sweep the floor.
He was moved to the orphanage and was the youngest one at that place and everyone's punching bag.
His day starts with getting beaten and doing chores and ends with getting beaten.
Even at the tender age of 10, one could see kids smoking and chewing tobacco. As for how they got this…
