Lucy begins her quest
I'm Lucy, I'm 17, and living on my own here in an apartment in Arche territory (southern France). I hand out newspapers, and help spread news between friends, and acquaintances so the owner, someone high up in the Arche gang lets me stay here for free. It's not a very good neighborhood, but good neighborhoods don't really exist anymore. I remember taking trips to Paris as a little girl. It was a long train ride away, but I loved the sights. I loved the Eifel Tower, but the fancy bakeries were my favorite thing. Now days a decent meal is one that comes frozen with no taste.Mrs. Belcher next door is my only friend, but sometimes she can be a mom, sometimes she can be a sister, or even a teacher. Mrs. Belcher is a friend of my grandma. After my mom died after interfering in a gang fight my grandma went to Paris to arrange the funeral, but she never returned. My mom died when I was 14. My grandma left me hear saying she'd only be gone a few days, but she never came back. I told Mrs. Belcher the news, and she told me I could always come to her. She was always like a second grandma to me, and she treats me as the granddaughter she never had.
That's mostly the past. Now is the future. I want to be the new dictator. Mrs. Belcher was surprised, yet at the same time she didn't take me seriously. I would always remind her. "That's nice dear, but now don't you go getting into any scraps now". She would say with a warm smile. I remember one day I picked a fight with a couple of boys my age, but they got me good, and I arrived at her house all scrappy, fighting back tears. She bandaged my wounds, and cursed out the boys that fought me, at that moment I knew I needed to really step up my game.
"Hey, I don't have any money to give you". Her smile disappeared after I said that, and I wasn't too happy either. "Um, but, your homeless right I can give you somewhere to live". I knew she was homeless, I've seen her many times on while I was on the job. Hopefully she would take my offer...
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