"I've got work that keeps me here," Lotte said. Besides, with the Full Moon and the knowledge that Erik would be out...She shuddered despire herself. She couldn't run and let that madness happen, she knew she wouldn't be able to live with it. "Maybe when things clear up or I have someone to go with."
There was a small, tight nod. "Department of Social Services they - they're convinced if people don't conform to standards, they're not raising their children right. They had me enroll in school and had him work at a local factory - they gave us housing too..." She trailed off, not wanting to lead to what it had ended up as.