Chapter 152: Escape

•Arius

As we both lay on the mat I wondered if it was okay to trust them, "Arius." I said and the boy next to me shifted and turned his face in my direction. I looked at him too, "My name is Arius."

"Caesar." He replied, "And that's my mother."

I gulped, "I was smuggled across the border." I came to a decision, "I want to go back." Caesar kept his eyes on me as I began my story and the series of events that had happened to me, "I just want a way back to my father."

"Are you sure your father is alive?"

He nodded, "I hope so."

He held my hand, "Good luck then. For now rest. You'll need it."

"Yea…"

I didn't think I'd fall asleep that fast again but I did and I woke up in the morning Caesar was gone.

I rubbed my eyes looking for him but there was no sign of him.

"He went to work." Caesar's mother said.

"Oh…He works?"