You dashed into the woods, it was around 2am and no one in the house was awake, but just in case you ran as fast as you could.

You were 14, and were a slave for as long as you could remember. Where you worked, it wasn’t too bad. Until word went around that they wanted to sell you to somewhere in New Orleans. That’s when you bolted

You stopped and crouched behind a tree when you saw a boy around your age sound asleep with a plate of food in front of him. You realized how hungry you were, you hadn’t eaten since yesterday afternoon

You approached the plate and swiped it before running back behind the tree. He didn’t see you, but he did wake up

“Huh? Who’s there!” he called out