Mairead just turned to Clio and hugged her again, tightly. "Can I live with you," she asked, sniffing.
"Whoa...May, do your parents know where you are?" Patrick asked carefully. If they didn't, then Clio and Patrick could end up being charged with kidnapping. Mairead was not of legal age.
Immediately she looked up at Patrick, clearly terrified. "Don't tell them!" she hissed. "Please don't tell them! They were starving me, you can't tell them where I am."
Patrick's face crumpled and he felt like his heart was going to break. "What!? May, w-why?"