They called
her Wolf Girl on the psych ward at the hospital . No one had been able to
approach her …much. She was like a wild animal. If you came too close to her,
she would howl; if she was hungry she would stand at your table, looking at
your tray with the puppy dog eyes, no one could refuse her. The staff was
curious about her but all, without exception, fell in love with her especially
when she would curl up into a ball in the fetus position on the centre of her bed…thumb
in mouth, lights ON. If ever a staff member felt pity for anyone sleeping with
those bright neon lights and turned it off in her room, she would sit up, howling,
eyes wide, holding on to her blanket for dear life.

Her name
was Torey. Child services brought her in
3 months ago to…