Delilah used the police to her advantage, as her mother was busy with them, she slipped to the other side of the house. She was stopped by her 5-year-old brother standing at the door, "Sissy, why do you have blood on you? Are you okay?" he looked worried. The police had given her a new shirt and wiped off her face, but there was still blood on her arms. The look on his face broke her heart, how could she leave him? He would surely be beaten by her mother's next boyfriend, have to suffer though his mother drinking and taking up drugs again after the death of her "lover."

She knelt down and looked him in the eyes one last time, "There are some things you wont understand, Seth, sometimes confusing things happen. But no matter what happens, you stay strong, okay? You just have to make dreams of your own and follow them with every beat of your heart. Look at me, " she wanted to make sure this memory stuck out in his head, "I love you more than anything, and I will never..." [i]leave you[/i] she wanted to say, "Stop loving you." then opened her arms for a hug

He looked at her a little confused but nodded, "I love you too," then wrapped his arms around her. She fought her tears by clenching her jaw. She wanted to take both of her siblings with her, but she wasn't sure if she'd be able to find shelter for all of them, she wouldn't be able to keep them all safe, and she surely couldn't feed them. It would be selfish of her to drag them through this journey, so she let them go.

"Tell Trevor I love him too, okay?" she pulled back and looked into his eyes.
"Where are you going?" he looked at her bag.
She sighed, thinking. "I'm going on an adventure. I'm going to fight big, scary monsters and look for treasure. I would take you, but there's an age limit. I'll come back and get you both later, but for now I have to go on alone" he had sparkles in his eyes, his imagination probably taking over. She hoped one day he would look back and realize it was a metaphor. Suddenly he hugged her again, tighter.
"I don't want you to go..." he said, muffled into her shirt.
"I know..." she patted his back, "Me either..."

And with that she kissed him on the head and told him to tell nobody of her secret adventure. She waved him goodbye and headed out into the other part of the forest.