April wakes up in her mothers arms. She is a little startled at first, because she thought she would wake up in the basement.

April looks at her mother, her eyes are puffy and tear stained.
“Mommy, are you ok? where are we?” She asked in a small voice.

April’s mother looked at her and pushed some hair away from her eye. She tried to smile but it became too difficult. Her face hurt too much.

“Honey, we are at a shelter” she said, looking at her daughter.

“a what?” April replied, still a little confused.

“We are at a shelter, for mommy’s and little girls who get beat up at home”. She tried to explain the best she could.

“Oh” April said plainly.

“Are we going back home mommy?” April asked with growing interest.

“Not for a while sweetheart” April’s mother said as she looked into her daughters cloudy blue eyes. She puts her arms around her and holds her close.

April starts to look around. She observes her environment. She realizes, that her dream had come true. She is safe!