But they didn't move even at the slightest call.
They didn't look up to her voice!
Instead, the tallest boy slowly raised his head, his young face pale and drenched with rain. His eyes were dark, empty, devoid of light as he stared straight through her.
"Why did you leave us?" his voice echoed softly, impossibly calm, but each word sliced into her chest like a blade, "Why did you abandon us…?"
"No… no… I didn't want to… I… I was… I was scared… I....."
"Liar," whispered the smallest boy, lifting his gaze, his delicate features twisted with rage and grief, "You chose to leave back then instead of changing and improving yourself! You left us to starve… to die…"
Tears poured down her face as she stumbled closer, but the streetlamp flickered violently, and suddenly the boys were gone.
She spun around frantically, the darkness tightening like a vice around her throat, "No… don't leave… don't leave me again… please… I'm sorry… I'm sorry…!"
Then she heard it...
A low, echoing sob.
