"God, Pease Save Me"

"I just want another chance," he said. --
"I'm not even sure where I was born," she said. --
"I've been on the street since I was 13." --
"I live below the city," he said. "In the tunnels." --
"They're cigarette burns," she said softly. "I got them from my mother." --
"It was do that or die," he told me. --
"I used to be from somewhere, but I'm not from anywhere anymore," she said. --
"I'm sure you can tell I'm pretty sick," he said. --
"He used to have this belt he used after he was done drinking at night," he said. --
"Thanks," was all she could say. And that said it all. --
"He said I was not welcome in his house anymore." --
"He just tried to kill me about two hours ago," she whispered. --
"My parents died when I was in the first grade," he told me. --
"Daddy, I kept dreaming you'd come and save me," she said. --
Epilogue.