C52 The cost of happiness

"I've had enough of you picking up rogues." She heard her mother mutter.

"He is not a rogue, he is a human being caught in an unfortunate situation." She corrected calmly. Both she and her mother stood inside King's room, by the bed, staring down at the sleeping boy.

Because of the boy's pleas and because she feared for both she and the boy lives, she had chosen not to take him to the hospital