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After the quick greeting and explanation, she talked to each of them one by one in the office. She gave them an opportunity to leave or continue working. One of the caretakers left for “not liking the new management” as she stated. The others were happy that the orphanage would be taken in a new direction.\n\n\tShe walked up the rickety, creaky stairs to the second floor out of four floors. Stepping into the hallway she opened the first door on the left. It was a dark, dusty, damp, musty smelling storage room. The next room on left was another storage room. The entire floor was eerily silent as she walked to each room. Once finished with the eight rooms on the second floor she made her way up to the third floor. She could hear faint whispers from behind a door. She opened the door and a few shrieks filled the room. The cubs inside the room quickly ran to the other side of the room crying. Willow stepped inside and watched as the eight cubs of various species cowered in the corner.\n\n\t“Easy everyone. You’re all safe. I’m Willow Wolfe.” She said.\n\t“Just go away. Leave us alone.” One of them shouted.\n\n\tWillow walked into the room further and sat on one of the small busted beds. “I’m the new headmistress. I’d like to meet all of you.” She said with a soft voice. One girl looked up, still shaking. She appeared to be a young teenager.\n\n\t“Who … Who are you?” She asked.\n\t“I’m Willow Wolfe. And you would be?” Willow replied.\n\t“I’m Shenna.” She, a cow, replied.\n\t“Nice to meet you Shenna. Who are the rest?” Willow replied.\n\n\tShenna went quiet and whispered to the other nine cubs. After a few moments they slowly moved out of the corner and cautiously up to Willow. After a few moments they gave their names.\n\n\t“It’s nice to meet you all. Things are going to change here. Good things are to come. 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We’ll get that dealt with as well. I want you all to do something for me please. Go downstairs and find the tall scary looking wolf, all black with red glowing eyes. He’s my brother. His name is Quill. He’s a big softy like a teddy bear. Ask him for sheets of paper and pencils. I want you all to write down everything that Ms. Gros wouldn’t allow you to do. What she did to you. Anything that she let others do to you. Everything. Be honest on it, Okay?” Willow said.\n\t“Okay.” They replied.\n\n\tWillow left the room and headed to the next room, which was empty. Out of the eight rooms half of them had girls in them. After a couple of hours on the third floor and meeting all 32 girls she headed up the stairs to the fourth floor.\n\n\tShe opened the third door on the left, the first two being empty, eight boys laid on some cardboard on the floor.\n\n\t“Where are your beds at?” Willow exclaimed.\n\t“Beds? What fucking beds? We’ve never had any. 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I could smell them before they started coming down the stairs.” Quill replied.\n\t“Not our fault!” A girl lemur stated.\n\t“Of course not Nikia.” Quill replied with a smile and ruffled her hair, causing her to giggle.\n\t“Walls, floors, ceilings, stairs all are need in repair. Paint is peeling and lots of spots are missing paint completely. Some walls are down to the studs. This place is a total disaster.” Willow stated.\n\t“I’ll get on it right away. We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us.” He replied.\n\t“I’ll help if you need me to.” Kurtis said, sitting from the front row chairs.\n\t“Thank you. And you would be?” Quill said.\n\t“Kurtis.” He replied.\n\t“Nice to meet you Kurtis. Want to help me pull out everything from your floor and we’ll get you beds today?” Quill asked.\n\t“Sure. 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I’m tired of smelling this crap.” She replied.\n\t“Go to Lal-mart on Glenmore and 10th South Street. We have an account setup with them. Buy whatever you think you’ll need for tonight and the rest of the week. We’ll deal with ordering proper food on Monday.” Willow replied.\n\t“I’d love to, but I have no vehicle.” She replied.\n\t“Okay. Give me a few minutes.” Willow said then left the kitchen then returned a few minutes later. “My son and his wife are coming down. She’ll drive you to the store and help you with everything.” Willow stated.\n\t“I’ll be ready.” She replied. Willow watched her pick up the pot and pour it down the sink.\n\t“Eww. Why is it lumpy?” Willow replied gagging.\n\t“Don’t know. You try cooking this crap day in and day out for years.” She replied.\n\t“No thank you. And I’ll make sure that you never cook that… stuff… here again.\n\t“I’ll be happy if I never have to see or smell that crap ever again.” She replied.\n\t“I’m sorry but I forgot your name. What was it?” Willow asked.\n\t“Shenzi Awolowo.” She replied.\n\t“You care if I just call you Shenzi?” Willow asked with a chuckle.\n\t“No worries Ms. Wolfe. Very few can say my last name correctly. And yes that is fine.” Shenzi replied.\n\n\t“Ah jeez. What did I sign myself up for?” Kurtis exclaimed.\n\t“I appreciate the help, from all of you.” Quill said. “Just a few more rooms to go.” He added.\n\n\tThey quickly removed the rest of the old furniture and moved it outside and sat it all by the dumpster. After a short break Quill looked over at Kurtis and the others. “Thank you all for the help. We’ll get this place looking nice and running smoothly in no time.” Quill stated.\n\t“We hope so. We probably won’t get adopted but whatever we can do to help the younger ones will be worth it.” Alfonzo said.\n\n\tQuill stood up and stretched before turning his attention to the teen boys. “Who wants to go to Homes To Go with me and pick out new furniture?” He asked.\n\t“I’d rather just stay here, cool off and relax.” Anupam, a Sloth Bear, said with others agreeing.\n\t“Kurtis?” Quill asked.\n\t“Sure. It’ll be nice to get out of this building.” Kurtis replied.\n\n\tAfter they finished their water, Quill and Kurtis headed to Homes to Go.\n\n***\n\n\tFang and Vapor arrived and found Willow sitting in the office looking through papers. Stacks of paper stood on the desk. They sat down in the chairs and looked at Willow, whose paws where on her forehead, rubbing it.\n\n\t“You look a bit stressed mom.” Fang said.\n\t“I have no idea what she was even doing. I’m looking at the adoption papers for Tib and Katia. She never filed them with the state or federal government. She’s in such deep shit.” Willow stated with an exhausted exhale. She leaned back in the chair with a creak. “At this point in time, I’m not even legally Tib and Katia’s parent.” Willow added.\n\t“What about the others that’s been adopted out?” Vapor asked.\n\t“In the past five years, she’s only approved four other cubs to be adopted.” Willow replied.\n\t“Jeez. Poor cubs.” Vapor replied.\n\t“I’m going to have CPS, Cub Protection Service, do a check up on these cubs. I don’t trust what she’s done.” Willow replied.\n\n\tWillow opened the middle desk drawer to get a pen out, but pulled it out too far and caused it to fall into her lap. “Dammit!” She exclaimed. With a soft thump a folder fell to the floor underneath the desk. Willow looked down then put the drawer back into the desk and picked up the folder. She opened it and looked at the few papers inside. Her eye’s widened and paw covered her mouth.\n\t“What’s wrong mom?” Fang asked.\n\n\t“It’s a list of names, seems to be mostly female names with a few male names. Also prices it looks like.” Willow replied then gasped loudly a few seconds later.\n\t“Vapor, in the kitchen is Shenzi, a hyena. Would you drive her to Lal-mart on Glenmore and 10th South Street please? Help her get food for the this place.” Willow stated still looking at the paper.\n\t“Yeah sure. I’ll see you later.” Vapor said standing up. She walked up to Fang and kissed him before leaving the room. Willow flipped to another page. Her eyes widened again.\n\t“Oh my god!” Willow shrieked but recovered quickly.\n\t“Mom?” Fang asked.\n\t“You don’t want to know Fang.” Willow replied, already knowing his question.\n\n\tFang reached across the desk and pulled the folder from her paws and looked at it. His face showed disgust on it after just a few seconds.\n\n\t“Want me to talk to the ones on this list?” Fang asked handing it back.\n\t“No. Not you. But go and find Elli Metayer for me. I don’t know what species she is. Bring her back here please.” Willow stated.\n\t“Sure. Where should I start at?” Fang asked.\n\t“Auditorium. Go right when you leave this room then make a left at the stairs and the auditorium will be on the right at the end of the hallway. The double doors should be open.” Willow replied.\n\n\tFang left the room and found the auditorium with ease, following the sounds of loud chatting. He walked down the aisle and up on the stage. “Quiet please!” Fang shouted. The auditorium silenced quickly. “Which one of you is Elli Metayer?” Fang asked loudly. After a few silent moments a paw rose up in the middle of the room. Fang jumped off the stage and walked up to her. He smiled at her and squatted down.\n\n\t“I’m Fang. Willow’s son. It’s nice to meet you.” Fang said.\n\t“I… I’m Elli.” She said quietly.\n\t“I have a question for you.” Fang said.\n\t“W-What i-is the que-question?” She stuttered.\n\t“What are you? I’ve never seen another fur like you.” Fang said.\n\t“I-I’m a… A Kin-Kinkajou.” She stuttered out.\n\t“You’re quite pretty.” Fang said.\n\n\tHer eye’s widened and showed lots of fear. Her body tensed up slightly. Her chest started to raise and fall quickly. “My mom, Ms. Wolfe, wants to talk to you in the office. You want me to walk you there?” Fang said. She looked over at a couple of others she was sitting next to.\n\t“Are you going to do stuff to me?” She asked.\n\t“No.” Fang replied.\n\t“You promise?” She asked.\n\t“I promise. Cross my heart and hope to die.” Fang replied as he made an x over his heart.\n\t“Okay.” She replied. Fang stood up and walked back to the aisle. He waited as Elli slowly walked to the aisle. He reached out to take her paw. She shakily took his paw and started walking out of the auditorium with him. She stopped suddenly and caused Fang’s arm to jerk backwards a little bit. He looked back at her who was staring back at another girl that she was sitting next to. After a few seconds the other girl spoke up but softly, “go, don’t make it worse, you’ll be fine. I’ll be here when he’s done with you.” Elli lowered her head and turned back around and started walking. As Fang and her walked down the isle he looked down at her. She was shaking almost uncontrollably with tears running down her face.\n\t“How old are you?” Fang asked.\n\t“Eight.” She replied.\n\t“That’s a fun age.” Fang replied.\n\t“No. Not really.” She replied quietly.\n\t“What do you like to do?” Fang asked.\n\t“What do you mean?” She asked.\n\t“I mean like drawing, coloring, playing. Stuff like that.” Fang replied.\n\t“I don’t know. We aren’t allow to do much stuff here. We have to be quiet and we aren’t allow to play or run around.” She explained.\n\t“Well, you’ll be able to now.” Fang replied looking at her with a smile.\n\n\tA minute later he walked into the office with her. She stood at the desk and looked at Willow, who was on the phone. After a few minutes she hung up and asked Elli to sit down.\n\n\t“Elli. You doing okay?” Willow asked.\n\t“Yes.” She replied.\n\t“How old are you?” Willow asked.\n\t“Eight.” She replied.\n\t“I want you to be very honest with me, okay?” Willow said in a soft voice.\n\t“Su-sure.” She replied.\n\t“Did Grog have you meet with adult male furs that did things to you? Things that made you take your clothes off?” Willow asked.\n\n\tElli started breathing rapidly and shallow. Her paws grabbed the chair arms and squeezed tightly. “Elli Sweetie, you’re not in trouble. I promise. You don’t have to worry about that anymore. I want you to feel safe here not scared. Okay?” Willow stated.\n\t“Yes. She did.” She replied and started crying.\n\t“Thank for you being honest. I promise you that you will never go through that again.” Willow said and walked over to Elli and hugged her.\n\t“We’re going to find the furs that did this and have them put in jail.” She said. Elli looked up at her still crying. Willow wiped the tears from her eyes and face.\n\t“How many are there?” Fang asked.\n\t“Twenty out of thirty two girls.” Willow replied.\n\t“Why me though?” Elli asked.\n\t“What do you mean?” Willow asked.\n\t“Why did you ask me this?” Elli replied.\n\t“Your name was at the top of a list I found.” Willow replied.\n\t“Oh.” Elli replied squirming in her seat.\n\t“Go on back to the auditorium. Remember what I told you. You’re safe now. I promise no harm will come to you or any of the others.” Willow replied.\n\tElli smiled and stood up. She looked over at Fang. “Will you walk back with me please?” She asked.\n\t“Of course.” Fang replied with a smile.\n\t“Fang. Lyle Belin. A male. Bring him here please.” Willow said.\n\t“Okay.” Fang replied taking Elli’s paw.\n\tHe walked Elli back to the auditorium and did as he did before to find Lyle.\n\n\tWillow picked up the phone as Fang and Elli left the office. She called the contractors that built Fang’s house. After a few rings the phone was picked up, she put the phone onto speaker and sat the receiver back down.\n\t“Hello?” A voice sounded out.\n\t“Hello. This is Willow Wolfe. Is this Alonzo Mandred?” Willow asked.\n\t“Yes ma’am. I recognize your name from somewhere.” Alonzo replied.\n\t“You built the large three story house for my son. A teen wolf, his wife and their three cubs a while back.” Willow replied.\n\t“Ah yes. I remember now. How’s that insane rain collection system of his working out?” He asked.\n\t“It’s wonderful. But I’m calling for other business with you though. Do you have a few minutes to talk?” Willow asked.\n\t“I do. How can I help you Ms. Wolfe?” He replied.\n\t“Do you know the Copens Orphanage at Fog street and Carrik Street East?” Willow asked.\n\t“I do.” He replied.\n\t“I just took over running it. Would you be interested in doing a lot of work on it? It’s in dire need of repair. The floors, walls, ceiling and plumbing. Pretty much everything.” Willow explained.\n\t“Yeah. I can drop by on Saturday to go through it with you, if that works for you.” He replied.\n\tFang walked back into the office with Lyle hopping in behind. The two of them sat down in the chairs.\n\t“Yes that will be fine. I’ll see you tomorrow Mr. Mandred.” Willow said.\n\t“Have a good day Ms. Wolfe.” He replied and then hung up.\n\n\t“You must be Lyle Belin.” Willow asked.\n\t“Yes.” The young Kangaroo replied.\n\t“How are you doing?” Willow asked.\n\t“I’m good.” He replied.\n\t“How old are you?” Willow asked.\n\t“Twelve.” He replied.\n\n***\n\n\tQuill and Kurtis walked up to bed frames in the large store and looked at them.\n\n\t“Which ones do you think would be nice?” Quill asked.\n\t“Anything is better than that cardboard.” Kurtis replied.\n\t“I bet.” Quill chuckled but stopped and cleared his throat.\n\t“Hmm… These are only a hundred each. They seem weak though.” He said then shook it causing it to squeak and shake unsafely.\n\t“I don’t fucking think so.” He replied.\n\n\tThey moved over to higher dollar bed frames and found some nice bronze colored metal frames, $375 each, as an employee walked up to them.\n\n\t“You two need any help?” The employee asked.\n\t“Do you work on commission?” Quill asked.\n\t“Yes.” He replied.\n\t“What’s your commission rate, if you don’t mind me asking?” Quill asked looking over at the tall lanky ferret.\n\t“Ten percent normally. Fifteen percent if it’s over fifty thousand. I’ve heard it can be higher too.” The employee replied.\n\t“I’m about to make your day, possibly year.” Quill replied with a smile.\n\t“Okay?” The employee replied confused.\n\t“I’m Quill, this is Kurtis. And you are?” Quill asked.\n\t“I’m Toben.” He replied.\n\t“Nice to meet you Toben. I need one hundred sixty of these bed frames. Also one hundred sixty box springs and one hundred sixty mattresses to fit them. Plus many more other items.” Quill stated.\n\t“What?! Really? You’re joking!” Toben replied with a laugh.\n\t“I’m not joking kid. You want to help?” Quill replied sternly, not smiling.\n\t“Uh yeah! I’d be happy to.” Toben replied excitedly as his tail swayed back and forth.\n\n\tQuill, Kurtis and Toben walked around the store for bed frames, dressers, mattresses, box springs, night stands, bookcases, locked storage chests, pillows, sheets, blankets and padlocks. After four hours of walking around and making a list of everything the three of them headed up to the front. Toben asked them to wait while he grabbed his manager. A few minutes later Toben and a short German Shepherd walked up to them.\n\t“Sorry for the wait. Did Toben explain to you why I need to be here?” The dog asked.\n\t“Not yet sir.” Quill replied.\n\t“Purchases this large requires a manager to ensure that all products are correct before leaving the store. I do have a question. Why so many of each?” He asked.\n\t“My sister just took over Copens Orphanage this morning and we’re replacing everything. As you can see from the list, we’re throwing out all the old stuff and bringing in all new stuff.” Quill explained.\n\t“What happened to the hag?” He asked.\n\t“In jail.” Quill replied bluntly.\n\t“Ah good to hear. Hopefully you two will be able to turn that place around.” The manager stated.\n\t“Not hopefully. We will.” Quill stated sternly.\n\n\tAfter about half an hour the manager signed off on the order form for requested products and allowed the purchase of $309,392,75 to go through.\n\n\t“We’ll have the beds delivered today as soon as they’re loaded on the truck. The rest will delivered first thing tomorrow morning. I’ll send a few extra furs to help move them in and get them setup.” The manager stated.\n\t“Thank you.” Quill replied. “Toben, thank you for all of the help. Enjoy your commission.” He added.\n\n\tThe two of them left and headed back to the orphanage.\n\n***\n\n\t“You think this is enough?” Vapor asked Shenzi.\n\t“It’ll be enough for a the rest of the week.” Shenzi replied.\n\t“So next is meat and vegetables. And for a surprise, we’ll bring cake back for everyone tonight.” Vapor stated.\n\tThe two of them pushed and pulled the four shopping carts around to the meat section. Furs stared at them and the three carts that were already filled with food. After placing over four hundred pounds of meat into one of the empty carts a store manager walked up to them.\n\n\t“Can I help you push one of these?” He asked.\n\t“Would you please?” Vapor asked.\n\t“So what’s all this for? If you don’t mind me asking. You’ve taken a good bit of our product.” He asked pushing the cart of meat.\n\t“My mother-in-law just took over Copens Orphanage. We’re stocking proper food for the cubs there.” Vapor replied.\n\t“What happened to the headmistress that was there?” He asked.\n\t“Thrown in jail, just a few hours ago.” Shenzi replied.\n\t“Ah okay. I remember, what was her name? Willow, I think? Anyway, I’ll help you with the rest of your shopping and I’d like to give the orphanage a discount as well.” The manager stated.\n\t“Thank you sir. And yes, it’s Willow Wolfe.” Vapor replied.\n\n***\nFriday October 2, 2020\n\n\tLater in the afternoon Willow sat on the stage looking out at all of the cubs that were there. She had a smile on her face as some cubs ran around chasing each other. Others sat in the chairs and talked to each other. Most of the older teens stood around watching over the younger cubs.\n\n\t“Ms. Wolfe?” A brown bear said as she and three other young cubs walked up to her.\n\t“What’s your names and ages?” Willow asked.\n\t“I’m Earline and I’m ten” The brown bear girl replied.\n\t“I’m Cecilia and I’m ten also” A chipmunk girl replied.\n\t“I’m Jeff. I’m twelve.” A mouse boy replied.\n\t“I am Quyen and eight.” A Ocelot boy replied twisting his hind paw on the ground.\n\t“I’ll eventually remember everyone’s names. What can I do for you?” Willow replied while looking at a list in her paw.\n\t“Are you going to fix the playground?” Earline asked looking down at the floor.\n\t“Playground? What playground?” Willow asked looking at the four.\n\t“There’s a playground in the back. Ms. Gros covered over the door years ago. Some of the older teens told me about it while back.” Jeff replied.\n\t“Show me where this door is please.” Willow said and stood up.\n\n\tWillow followed the four cubs out of the auditorium and towards the stairs. They turned left just past the stairs and walked by the restrooms to a wall that was boarded up. Willow leaned down and peered through a small crack between two boards. She called out to Fang who found them a moment later.\n\n\t“Pull these boards off the wall please.” Willow said.\n\t“Sure?” Fang replied confused. He returned a moment later with a crowbar. He slipped the crowbar under a board and pushed against it. The nails squeaked loudly as they bent and pulled out of the wall. He did the same for the next eleven boards revealing a sheet of plywood. He made quick work and pulled it off. He quickly stepped away to the side as it fell to the ground with a bang. The short dark hallway was now flush with bright light from the afternoon sun glistening off the dust that was just knocked up into the air. She pushed the handle to open the door but it wouldn’t budge. She growled and harrumphed then picked up the crowbar and popped it between the door and the door jamb. With a quick yank, a loud snap sounded out breaking the lock loose from the wood door frame. With a huff and smile she stepped out on to the deck and looked over the yard. Fang and the four cubs walked out behind her. There were two trees, one hickory and the other, a large black oak tree. In between the trees was a swing set, slide and a few other playground equipment. The yard, trees and playground equipment was overgrown with weeds, normal ivy vines, tall grass, poison ivy vines and thorn vines.\n\t“It’s going to be a while before any of you can play out here. It’s far from safe right now.” Willow replied and looked down at the four cubs.\n\t“Okay. We’ll look forward to it.” They all replied in their own way.\n\tFang and Willow watched the four walked back inside, their tails hanging and not swaying.\n\t“I didn’t even know this was here.” Willow said to Fang who made his way down into the tall grass.\n\t“Can’t see it from the road.” Fang replied then shrieked before running back up on to the deck. Willow looked at him confused.\n\t“Large spider.” Fang replied shivering.\n\t“Baby.” Willow replied with a laugh. “I’ll get the contractors to clear this, rebuild the deck and replace all the equipment out there. Until then, we’ll keep the plywood in place.”\n\t“Ugh.” Fang groaned, as they walked back in, at the thought of having to put the plywood back up onto the opening.\n\n***\n\n\tThe next morning Quill walked into the office with a fur following behind him, while four others waited outside. Willow was sitting at the desk, with a paw on her head, looking down at a stack of papers.\n\n\t“Homes To Go is here with the beds and everything.” Quill said walking up to the desk.\n\t“Okay. Just get them up to the rooms and the beds in place. The cubs had to sleep on the floor.” Willow replied, not looking up from the papers.\n\t“I give my deepest apologies ma’am. The truck with the beds broke down on it’s way over yesterday. The manager is waiving all fees for delivery. He’s already refunded the money.” A badger said placing a replacement receipt on the desk.\n\t“Thank you.” Willow replied looking up.\n\n\tQuill and the badger left the room. Quill showed the five furs where everything is supposed to go. After Quill showed them the rooms he headed into the auditorium and sat on the stage. A group of five cubs walked up to him.\n\n\t“I thought you said it was going to get better!” Nikia scowled, while others agreed.\n\t“It’s only been a day, it takes time to get things better. I’m sorry you all had to sleep on the floor. The beds were supposed to have been here yesterday.” Quill replied.\n\t“You promised.” Elli replied quietly, holding Akhenaten’s paw. Akhenaten is a ten year old Pharaoh Hound.\n\t“Look in main hall. You’ll see five guys working their tails off with your new beds and furniture. Willow and I don’t lie about this stuff. When we promise something, we don’t break our promise. But sometimes unexpected things happen that cause plans to be pushed back a little bit.” Quill explained.\n\t“It was chilly on the floor though.” Akhenaten replied.\n\t“I’m sorry girls, really. There was nothing we could do about the beds yesterday. We gave everyone of you an extra blanket and pillows. I promise you that won’t happen again. It was my fault for taking the beds out before we got the new beds in. I’m truly sorry.” Quill replied.\n\t“You promise?” Leonard, a ferret, asked.\n\t“I promise.” Quill replied.\n\t“All of you will have your own bed, dresser, night stands, locked storage and more. We’ve got a lady coming Monday or Tuesday to take measurements so we can get you all new clothing. Shirts, pants, shorts, dresses, shoes, socks and panties. Underwear for boys of course.” Quill replied.\n\t“Okay.” They replied with a smile and started walking away.\n\t“Elli and Akhenaten. Come back please.” Quill said.\n\t“Y-Yes?” Elli replied.\n\t“You two always hold paws?” Quill asked.\n\tElli nodded in reply while looking down at the floor.\n\t“Yes. It helps her feel safe.” Akhenaten replied.\n\t“Okay. I was just wondering.” Quill replied rubbing them between their ears.\n\t“Elli, what species are you?” Quill asked.\n\t“Kinkajou.” She replied looking down.\n\t“Okay.” Quill replied, placing his paw under her maw and carefully lifting her head up.\n\t“You’re safe here. There’s no need to be scared anymore. I promise you.” Quill said with a smile.\n\t“I hope so.” Elli replied.\n\t“If you have trouble, just come get me, Fang or Willow. We’ll scare them away. If it’s another cub here, let us know and we’ll deal with it accordingly.” Quill replied giving them an odd smile showing his teeth and fangs. Both girls giggled at his odd smile.\n\t“You two can go now. Play safe.” Quill said. The two girls giggled and walked off still holding paws.\n\n\tWillow walked up as the two girls walked away. “Follow me Quill.” Willow stated and turned around. Quill followed her into the dark hallway and had him remove the plywood from the door.\n\t“This door needs to be fixed and the playground cleaned out. The contractor will clean the yard but I want the door fixed today, right now. We need to get air blowing through this place, it stinks.” Willow said.\n\t“Okay but I have to…” he was cut of by Willow.\n\t“NO! Do it NOW!” Willow scowled and then left hastily.\n\tQuill stood there and scratched his head. “What did I do to deserve that rage from her?” He said as he looked out the door.\n\t“Punishment maybe? Everyone slept on the floor last night, you know.” Kendra said walking up to the door.\n\t“I KNOW! I’m sorry.” Quill replied turning around to see the short brown bat.\n\t“I was fine. I hang from the ceiling most of the time.” She replied.\n\t“What are you doing here?” Quill asked.\n\t“Restroom. I’ll be back in a moment. I’ve never seen the playground. So I want to see it.” Kendra said then entered restroom.\n\n\tQuill left and returned with tools to fix the broken door jam. As he put a temporary fix on the door jamb Kendra stepped out of the restroom and watched him drive in another nail. After testing the door to see if it would lock he stepped out onto the deck. Kendra followed him and stood beside him.\n\t“It’s ugly.” Kendra stated.\n\t“It’ll be nice soon. You all will be able to play out here.” Quill stated.\n\n\tKendra took a step down onto the stairs when a loud pop sounded. She screamed as she fell through the stairs. Quill quickly grabbed her and pulled her back up through the hole and stood her back on the deck. She stood there shaking.\n\t“Deck needs to be replaced too. That lady let this place go for far too long.” Quill said.\n\tKendra stood there breathing in deep when Quill placed his paw on her shoulder.\n\t“You okay?” He asked.\n\t“Yeah I think so. Good thing I already peed, huh?” She replied with a chuckle.\n\t“Okay, let’s get back inside.” Quill replied.\n\n\tMany hours later the five Home to Go workers stopped in the hall in front of the office and knocked on the open door. Quill, Fang and Willow sat in the office looking through papers.\n\t“Everything is setup and ready.” The badger stated.\n\t“Go check it Quill.” Willow said.\n\n\tQuill walked out of the room and upstairs. Katia ran past them and into the office up to the desk.\n\t“Mom! The restroom down here has hot water spraying out of the sink pipe.” Katia exclaimed frantically.\n\t“UGH! This damn building!” Willow scowled, standing up.\n\t“I’ll go deal with it mom.” Fang stated as he stood up and left the room. Katia followed him. Willow picked up the phone and called the contractor again to see if he was on his way.\n\n\tTwenty minutes later Fang and Katia walked back into the office.\n\t“It’s fucked.” Fang said bluntly as he sat down. Katia jumped up into his lap.\n\t“Language!” Willow replied.\n\t“I had to turn the bathroom water off down in the basement. The pipe is cracked just before the shutoff valve.” Fang explained. Katia repositioned herself in Fang’s lap while they sat in the office.\n\n\t“The contractor will be here in a couple of hours. Until then… I don’t know. Let them use the boy’s bathroom.” Willow replied massaging her temples.\n\t“More work than you expected?” Fang asked.\n\t“I knew it was going to be a lot of work. But this. This is far more work than I expected.” She replied.\n\t“Then you’ll hate to hear this then.” He said. Willow looked up at him and sighed.\n\t“There’s mold in the walls in the bathroom. I saw it after opening the hatch in the wall. There’s also heavy mold in the basement. The floor, the walls and ceiling. The same goes for the upstairs bathrooms. All floors.” Fang explained.\n\t“It just keeps getting fucking better.” Willow huffed and slammed her fists on the desk, cracking it. She laid her head on the desk when a small young wombat girl walked into the office.\n\n\t“Ms. Wolfe?” The wombat said quietly. Willow looked up at the girl, she had tears in her eyes and flowing down her face.\n\t“Sweetie why are you crying?” Willow asked.\n\t“I didn’t make it to the bathroom in time.” She replied with her head hanging down.\n\t“It’s okay sweetie. Come here.” Willow replied with a smile. The wombat walked up to Willow.\n\t“I’m sorry.” She said crying. Willow looked down at her.\n\t“You don’t seem … nevermind I know now.” Willow replied.\n\t“It’s okay. Accidents happen. What’s your name and how old are you?” Willow said to the girl.\n\t“Ashlen I’m seven.” She replied.\n\t“Well Ashlen. Don’t worry about it okay.” Willow replied wiping tears from the wombats face.\n\t“Fang you want to help clean her up?” Willow asked.\n\t“Sure. Katia should come and help though.” Fang replied.\n\t“Ah yeah, good idea,” Willow replied.\n\t“But where at though? The showers are down right now.” He asked. \n\t“Bathroom. Just sit her on a sink or something. Find a tub. I don’t care. Just get her cleaned up and some clean clothing.” Willow replied. Fang walked over to the wombat and squatted down. After a few moments of talking to her, he picked her up in his arms. Fang and Katia walked to the bathroom with her.\n\n***\n\n\tIt was December fourth and the building has been temporarily patched up. All of the water back on. The cubs back into a normal, proper and safe life. \n\n\tWillow was walking down the second floor hall about half an hour before classes end when she spotted a resident running towards her.\n\n\t“Abigail stop running in the halls!” Willow shouted out as the pronghorn rushed by.\n\t“Bathroom. Can’t stop. Not now.” The young pronghorn replied still running.\n\n\tWillow walked into one of the classrooms and stood in the back while the teacher was giving a lecture about the ‘Simplification of Mathematical Linear Equations’. The room was filled with boys and girls aged 14 to 17. The teacher, an elk, looked up from the book and smiled at Willow. She then started writing an equation on the white board. Willow shook her head trying to understand what Miss Laprend was writing on the whiteboard. After having enough of that math she opened the door and quietly left the room.\n\n\tInside the next classroom was a gorilla, Mr. Vern, he was teaching science today, specifically Basics of Chemistry. In one paw he held up a flask, an Erlenmeyer Flask, quarter full of a clear fluid. In the other paw was another Flask, filled with another clear fluid. He poured the first solution into the second and it quickly turned a deep blue and seconds later back to clear. The young students ooh’d, aww’d, clapped and asked to see it again. This class was for 10 to 13 year olds. Willow noticed a young fox with his head on the desk. She walked up to him and noticed his eyes closed. She squatted down next to him. Mr. Vern stopped talking and looked back her.\n\t“Theo time to wake up.” She said softly shaking him. He continued sleeping.\n\t“Theo. Wake up.” She repeated shaking him a bit more harder this time. “Five more minutes mommy.” He mumbled out.\n\t“Theo. Wake up.” She said a bit louder. By now the entire class was looking at him and Willow. He sat up with a piece of paper sticking to his fur. He looked around and then back to Willow, her face just a foot away from his. His eye’s widened as he figured out he was still in class.\n\t“I’m sorry.” He said quickly pulling the paper off his face.\n\t“You awake now?” Willow asked. He nodded and looked down at his desk in embarrassment.\n\t“No need to be embarrassed Theo. It happens. I know that science can be a bit boring. No offense Mr. Vern.” Willow replied. He waved his paw at her.\n\t“Come on. Let’s you and me have a little chat outside.” Willow said extending her paw. A couple of his classmates laughed at her comment. She glared at Benjamin, a skunk, and Zachary, a raccoon.\n\t“I’ll see you both in my office after classes are over. Understood?” She replied to their chants. The rest of the class chuckled at the two.\n\t“I’ll have Theo back soon.” Willow said to Mr. Vern. The two of them stepped out of the classroom and sat down on a bench in the hallway.\n\t“Theo. I’m worried about you. You know you can talk to me about anything. You want to talk about it?” Willow asked.\n\t“No. Not really. I’m okay though.” He replied looking down.\n\t“Theo. I’ve got a house full of cubs and run an orphanage. I know when something isn’t right with cubs.” Willow replied.\n\n\tA few moments went by in silence. Abigail walked by and stopped in front of the two.\n\t“How’s the cutey fox doing today?” She asked and sat on the floor in front of him.\n\t“Abigail. You have a class to get back to.” Willow said.\n\t“Theo?” Abigail said ignoring Willow. He shook his head. Abigail placed her hoof under his head and lifted it up. He was silently crying sitting there.\n\t“There’s no need to cry. Ms. Wolfe is a good fur. She’s loving, caring and listens to anyone who needs help or just wants to talk.” Abigail said to him.\n\t“I know.” He replied.\n\t“Listen you cutey fox. If you want to talk, you can find me after classes end. But for now, I have to get back. Don’t want Ms. Wolfe to punish me for skipping classes.” Abigail said.\n\t“You’re right about that.” Willow replied.\n\t“I’ll see you both later.” She said and walked into the classroom. Willow sat there in silence while she waited patiently for Theo to talk, if he wanted to. He looked up at her, tears flowed down his white fur.\n\t“I miss my mom and dad. I want my mom and dad back. When will they come and get me?” He said. Willow frowned sadly and shook her head. She moved him on her lap and hugged him.\n\t“I’m sorry Theo. I know it’s hard losing your parents. I don’t know how to say it without it hurting you any further. But I am here for you if you need to talk. Just don’t pent it up. It’s not good for young cubs.” Willow said.\n\n\tTheo is a new resident of the Orphanage. He arrived just three weeks ago. His parents were mugged and killed when they were on vacation in Jamaica. He turned his upper body and hugged her and continued crying. She ran her paw through his hair and patted his back. He moved over and sat on her lap.\n\t“Classes are almost over. You want to take the rest of the time and help me?” Willow asked. He nodded and moved off her lap. She stood up and took his paw. They walked down the stairs from the second floor and through the dining room and into the kitchen. Shenzi stood at the preparation table chopping vegetables. Willow walked up to her and whispered into her ear. Shenzi pointed at the cooler. Willow released her grip from Theo.\n\t“I’ll be back, stay here.” Willow said and walked into the cooler. Theo stood at the counter and watched Shenzi chop the food. \n\t“What are you cooking?” He asked. She looked down at the sniffling fox.\n\t“Well these are the veggies for the salad tonight. We’ll have chopped beef stew. Mushrooms and cheese and some other stuff as well.” She replied.\n\t“Sounds good. Smells good too.” He replied.\n\t“Thank you.” She replied. Willow returned a moment later with two small cups in her paw. After getting a couple of spoons, she sat him in a chair and the two of them ate some vanilla pudding. “Don’t tell others that I let you eat pudding while you were supposed to be in class. Okay?” Willow said as he finished eating. “Yes ma’am. Thank you.” He replied and smiled. He slowly started talking to her for the next ten minutes while they ate. She took the spoons and dropped them into the sink and threw away the pudding cups. As they headed up the stairs and into the hallway the other residents started leaving the rooms.\n\t“Well it looks like classes are over now.” She said to him. \n\t“Thank you for listening to me Ms. Wolfe. I’ll come to you or a teacher if I’m feeling sad again. Sorry for worrying you.” He replied and hugged her.\n\t“Anytime Theo. Go be with your friends.” Willow replied with a smile and patted his head.\n\n\tA few younger residents walked up to Willow after Theo walked away.\n\t“Thanks for getting the playground fixed. We’ve been having fun out there. When there’s not any snow.” The three cubs stated.\n\t“I’m glad you’re all enjoying it.” Willow replied. They giggled and ran off. Willow looked out over the crowd of residents and spotted the two she wanted to see.\n\t“Benjamin and Zachary!” Willow said loudly. She caused both of them to jump and straighten up. She grabbed them by their ears and pulled them over to the wall.\n\t“Trying to sneak by huh?” She said walking them through the crowd.\n\t“No we were…” Benjamin stated being cut off.\n\t“Don’t lie. I saw you duck your heads down.” Willow replied. Giggles and chuckles could be heard through out.\n\t“Keep that up and you’ll all get this too.” Willow said to the crowd. Willow walked the two into the office and shut the door. A short time later the two cubs walked out of the office and headed to the cleaning cabinet and pulled out a broom, mop and mop bucket. She watched Zachary fill the mop bucket with hot water and the cleaning chemical.\n\t“I hear you both grumbling. Next time you won’t laugh at your friends will you?” Willow replied crossing her arms.\n\n***\n\n\tWillow walked into the house and sat down on the couch. Tib and Katia was laying on the floor doing homework. Pepper and Shade was sitting at the dining room table doing homework as well. “Hi mama.” Katia said.\n\n\t“Hi kids.” Willow replied kicking her shoes off.\n\t“Where is Fang and Vapor?” Willow asked.\n\t“Over at Izzy’s.” Pepper replied loudly.\n\t“Why? It’s a Thursday.” Willow replied.\n\t“Mom… It’s Friday.” Tib said looking back at her. \n\t“UGH!” Willow groaned. Tib sat his pencil down and walked into the kitchen, returning a moment later he handed his mom a glass of water.\n\t“Thanks honey.” Willow said then took a large drink.\n\t“Long day?” Katia asked.\n\t“Yeah. Still have a lot of work to do on the building. Had to punish a few residents today also.” Willow replied.\n\t“Ooh spankings!” Tib replied giggling.\n\t“We don’t spank at the orphanage Tib.” Willow replied looking at him.\n\t“I know. I just like to think you do.” Tib replied.\n\t“Any one be adopted yet?” Pepper asked sitting on the couch.\n\t“Three in the past three weeks. But had three come in though.” Willow replied.\n\t“That’s good though, they’re getting adopted.” Pepper replied.\n\t“Yeah. One of them was Kurtis. You know the turtle. Usually older teens don’t get adopted out.” Willow replied taking another drink of the water.\n\t“That’s even better.” Pepper replied laying her head down in Willow’s lap. Willow looked down at Pepper and smiled. She ran her paw through Pepper’s hair.\n\t“You need a hair cut.” Willow said.\n\t“Nooooo. I want to grow it down to my knees.” Pepper replied.\n\t“Why?” Willow replied.\n\t“Just because. I guess for fun.” Pepper replied smiling.\n\t“I’ll let you do it under one condition. Once you cut it you have to donate it to a charity for cubs that are in cancer treatment. Often times they lose their hair and fur.” Willow explained.\n\t“I’m okay with that.” Pepper replied with a smile. She sat up and hugged her mom, then laid her head back down in her lap.\n\n\tA few hours later Fang and Vapor walked into the house and dropped their bags onto the dining table before they headed into the kitchen.\n\t“Fang, Elli keeps asking about you.” Willow said.\n\t“Oh? Why?” Fang asked walking into the living room.\n\t“You made her feel really safe the first couple of weeks. She talks about you all the time.” Willow explained.\n\t“Fang has a little girlfriend.” Pepper sung loudly and giggled.\n\t“She is cute.” Fang replied. Vapor walked by and softly punched his arm.\n\t“Don’t even think about leaving me for a younger cub.” She replied.\n\t“Nah. I’ll do that after you turn twenty. You’ll be old then.” Fang replied with a smirk. Willow and Vapor both glared at him.\n\t“I’m playing. You know I wouldn’t leave you.” Fang replied and quickly kissed Vapor.\n\t“Oh no. You’re not getting off that easily for that.” Vapor replied and gently pushed him away.\n\t“Fine. I guess I’ll just marry Elli too. Have the best of both worlds.” Fang replied and smiled.\n\t“Polygamy is illegal.” Willow stated.\n\t“I’m joking.” Fang replied.\n\n\tAbby walked down the stairs with Laika in her arms. Onai and Luna rushed down the stairs shortly after. Onai and Luna both ran up to their parents and hugged them before they plopped down in front of the TV. Vapor took Laika from Abby, and give Laika a few kisses, causing her to giggle.\n\n\t“Thanks for watching them again.” Vapor replied.\n\t“You know I enjoy it.” Abby replied.\n\t“All three of them have had their bath … and so have I.” Abby added.\n\t“Onai?” Fang replied.\n\t“Nope. Luna didn’t want to take a bath, but a shower. So I took one with her and Laika.” Abby explained.\n\t“Ah okay. Thanks again.” Vapor replied. “Hey you want to go have a girls night out?” Vapor asked.\n\t“Sure. I’m up for it.” Abby replied.\n\t“See you all later.” Vapor said and rushed up stairs to get ready.\n\n***\n\nFriday February 19, 2021\n\n\tWillow sat in the orphanage office on that Friday afternoon. Fang, Vapor and all cubs was at the orphanage, since school was out for the day for a teacher’s day. Fang and Vapor walked into the office while Laika slept in Vapor’s arms.\n\t“Shut the door please. I need to talk to you both.” Willow said. Vapor walked in and laid Laika on the couch and sat down.\n\t“Look. I don’t know how to say it, so I’ll just say it. The orphanage and me are bankrupt.” Willow said rubbing her temples.\n\t“What? How?” Fang asked.\n\t“So many things. The mold removal found another serious issue. There was asbestos in the building. The EPA had to be called in. They contacted a disposal company. That alone cost over five million dollars.” Willow explained.\n\t“What the hell is asbestos?” Fang asked.\n\t“It’s an old insulating material. Commonly used over sixty years ago. It’s no longer used since it’s know to cause lung and respiratory conditions and cancer, specifically mesothelioma. It’s nasty stuff. It’s why we had to move all the residents from here to the hotel back in December. I didn’t want to scare them or either of you about it.” Willow explained.\n\t“Are we okay? How about all the cubs here?” Vapor asked.\n\t“Yes, we’re fine. Some of the cubs that’s been here the longest, I have no idea. But on top of that, all the paint was lead based. The water pipes were lead too. All the paint had to be scrapped off of everything. All the pipes were replaced. Add another three million dollars for all that. Lead can cause issues with cubs and elderly. It’s used in a lot of stuff, but shouldn’t be ingested.” Willow explained.\n\t“Wow.” Fang replied.\n\t“Both of those issues brings us into the next fund eater. I had to set up a health insurance for all the residents and workers here. That cost me nearly twenty million. I used what I had in my bank and bonds. I only have five thousand dollars in my bank now.” Willow explained laying her head on the desk.\n\t“Damn mom. Why didn’t you ask for help?” Fang asked.\n\t“I didn’t want to. But I am now Fang.” Willow looked up at the two with tears welled in her eyes. Something neither of them have seen in a long time.\n\t“Willow, we’re more than happy to help you. You know that. How much do you need?” Vapor said.\n\t“I honestly don’t know. Right now, bills are sitting at around fifty thousand a month. That’s water, electric, gas for the kitchen and heater in the winter and food. Each new cub that is brought in takes almost ten thousand dollars to get setup here, clothing, paperwork filing fees, state and federal government fees.” Willow said handing them a notebook.\n\tVapor looked through the pages for a few minutes and sat it on the desk.\n\t“First, let’s get your bank account back up. We’ll transfer a few million over into it as a start. Then for this place, say fifty million to start.” Vapor replied with Fang agreeing.\n\t“You sure you want to? That’s a lot of money from you’re own personal accounts.” Willow replied.\n\t“What are we ever going to do with five hundred million dollars Willow?” Vapor replied with a chuckle.\n\t“I still think it was a bad idea to sell those stocks on the FMSE.” Willow replied.\n\t“Eh, didn’t really want to be linked to them anymore. That oil company has caused enough issues already at that point. If you remember, after we sold our stocks, five of their eight tankers ran aground and leaked out the tens of millions of gallons of oil into the ocean. They’re no longer around if you remember.” Fang replied.\n\t“Ah yeah that’s right. Nevermind me, I’m going a bit insane here.” Willow replied.\n\t“Mom. You’ve been working your ass off here for four months. Everyday. You need a break or you will go insane.” Fang stated.\n\t“I know that but I can’t take a break. These cubs need me.” Willow replied looking over at Laika as she moved her arm a little bit.\n\t“Baby, go to the bank and transfer the money over. I’ll deal with Willow.” Vapor said. As he stood up Laika sat up and looked around. “Daddy.” Laika said sleepily. “Hey baby, you okay?” Fang asked. She nodded and smiled then rose her arms into the air at him.\n\t“I’ll take Laika, Onai and Luna with me. You two go and get out of this building for a bit … Actually Vapor, take her to the spa. Give her a full everything.” Fang said.\n\t“Quill is here so he can care for the residents, Tib, Katia, Pepper and Shade.” Willow replied.\n\n***\n\n\t“Damn that feels so good. Keep doing it.” Willow said as her body quivered while the masseur pushed his paws down her back. Her tail flicked side to side, her body wanting to melt into a puddle under the table. Vapor looked over at her, Willow had a huge smile across her muzzle. After a couple of hours the masseur finished the massage.\n\t“You want a happy finish?” He asked.\n\t“No.” Willow replied.\n\t“Yes! Yes she does.” Vapor replied quickly. Willow glared at her. “It’s been over a decade. She needs it.” Vapor said getting off the table then left the room.\n\t“Your daughter cares for you a lot.” He said.\n\t“In law.” Willow replied as the masseur pulled her towel off.\n\t“What?” He asked.\n\t“Daughter in law. Married my son.” Willow replied. She quivered as he rubbed her between her legs. His fingers pressing at her slit.\n\n\tWillow walked out of the room shakily and sat down next to Vapor. Vapor looked over at her smiling. Willow shook her head then breathed in and out. Vapor paid and they left.\n\n\t“Thank you Vapor.” Willow said as they pulled into their driveway.\n\t“How was it?” Vapor asked.\n\t“It was amazing.” Willow replied with a huge grin.\n\t“And the ending?” Vapor replied with a smile.\n\t“I’m going to ground your ass for that.” Willow replied.\n\t“You enjoyed it. Your smile gives it away.” Vapor replied and quickly ran out of the building and to the car.\n\n***\n\nMonday May 3, 2021\n\n\tWillow sat in the office filling out paper work when a fur male knocked on the door. Willow asked him to step in and take a seat. \n\t“How can I help you Mr…?” Willow asked.\n\t“Cyrus Vandenberghe.” He replied. “I’m interested in one of the cubs for “adoption” maybe an eight to twelve year old girl.” He replied making hand gestures.\n\t“Sure. Give me a few minutes to go get some files.” Willow said picking up a notebook. She left the room closing the door behind her. She stepped into another office and flipped through the first couple of pages in the notebook, running her finger down the page. “Bingo. Got you, you sick fuck.” Willow said quietly. She picked up the phone and dialed the police. She returned a couple minutes later, Vandenberghe was still sitting in the chair waiting. She sat a few folders down on the desk and looked up at him. “These are all the girls in that age range. Is there a specific species you’d like to adopt?” She asked buying some time.\n\t“Small. Maybe a chipmunk or perhaps a Kinkajou or something like that.” He replied.\n\t“We don’t have any Kinkajou’s here, but we do have a chipmunk.” Willow said, lying to protect Elli. She handed over the file, which was fake. The image was digitally created by the police. Every detail for the girl was fake as well. He flipped through the pages and slowly read it all. Barely five minutes later a knock sounded at the door. Willow called out for them to enter. The door opened up with four police furs at the door. Two of them stepped into the room while the other two stayed in the doorway.\n\t“What’s this about?” He asked nervously.\n\t“We know what you’ve done to the girls here. Your name, phone and address are in a notebook that the previous headmistress had. If you didn’t know, she’s in prison now for abuse of cubs. It’s where you’re heading. Take him away.” Willow stated. He jumped up and tried to push through the two officers at the door. They quickly tasered him to the floor. Cubs quickly filled the hallway due his screams. Elli walked down the stairs and shrieked when she noticed the fur while the police was handcuffing him.\n\t“That’s all the proof we need. She’s scared of you.” Willow said.\n\t“All of you back upstairs please.” Willow said to the cubs. They all walked past Elli and four other girls that stood there trembling. They watched as he was drug out of the building screaming and kicking. Willow walked up to the five girls and ushered them into the dining hall. She sat them down and she sat across from them. All five of them had been abused by this fur.\n\t“All of you are safe. He’s going to jail. I promised each and everyone of you and all here that I was going to get these guys. I’m doing it, as promised.” Willow replied. They all nodded as Willow wiped tears off their faces.\n\t“He was the last one for all five of you.” Willow said.\n\t“Thank you Ms. Wolfe.” Elli said quietly through her sobbing. Fang walked into the dining room after being out in the playground fixing a few things.\n\t“What was that about?” He asked.\n\t“Another guy off the streets.” Willow replied with a smile.\n\t“Ah good.” Fang replied. He walked up to the five girls and hugged each of them. Elli latched onto his neck and hugged him tightly.\n\t“Why don’t you five head upstairs and get ready for dinner?” Fang said sitting Elli back down. Elli took hold of Akhenaten’s paw and walked out of the dining room, walking behind the other three girls.\n\t“That was nice of you to do Fang. They all like you and Quill too. They were so scared of males when we took over.” Willow replied.\n\t“We gotta protect them. They have no one other than us and their friends here.” He replied.\n\t“So why are you and Vapor skipping school today?” She asked.\n\t“The next few weeks are the end of year tests. Our grades were high enough that we don’t have to take them. So we asked Mr. Rosco if we could take those weeks off to work here. He allowed it after we asking a few times.” He replied.\n\t“So where’s Vapor then?” She replied.\n\t“At home with Laika. Waiting for school to be out to pick up Onai and Luna.” He replied.\n\t“Okay.” She replied.\n\t“How’s the finances doing now?” He asked.\n\t“It’s better but still losing money each month though. But not as much as it was when you and Vapor transferred the money to the Orphanage.” she replied.\n\t“We’ll get cash flowing through and bills down. We still have, what, fifteen grant proposals out?” He asked.\n\t“Yeah. I gotta call and check up on them today. You want to help?” She asked.\n\t“Sure.” He replied. They left the dining hall and returned to the office.\n\n\tAfter more than five hours of phone calls everyday over the next two weeks they finally received eight grants totaling more than five million dollars per year. Reduced electrical, water and gas bills. A National Science Lab donated more than a hundred computers for the classrooms, library and study room. Each cub would also receive their own laptop when they were adopted.\n\n***\n\nFriday May 7, 2021\n\n\tFang pulled up to the orphanage and headed inside. As he entered a few of the residents ran up to him and ran around him calling out his name. They stopped and looked up at him. They talked for a few minutes then they ran away. He walked into the office to see Willow staring at a stack of large sheets of papers. He walked up to her and looked at the blueprints.\n\t“What’s this?” He asked.\n\t“Blueprints silly, you should know that,” she replied.\n\t“Well no shit mom,” he replied and chuckled.\n\t“It’s the new orphanage building plans,” she replied.\n\t“It looks the same though,” he replied.\n\t“Mostly yes. Due to the land constraints of this plot of land, we can’t build outwards. But I can add up to four more floors though,” she explained.\n\t“Ah awesome, so a seven floor high-rise orphanage?” He asked.\n\t“I don’t know if I want to do six or seven floors Fang. Each floor adds an additional five million to the estimate,” she explained.\n\t“Mom, fuck money, we have plenty of it. Just do seven and be prepared for the future. Don’t forget to add an elevator and ramps,” he replied.\n\t“Language Fang, please,” she replied.\n\t“Sorry,” he replied and rolled his eyes.\n\t“Anyway, what do you think of the new facade for the front?” Willow asked pulling out a sheet and laying it on top. After a few minutes Fang nodded.\n\t“It looks nice. Looks welcoming instead of this horror house style that’s currently here,” he replied.\n\t“Yup. You remember how much your house blueprints plans cost you?” She asked.\n\t“Yeah, why? How much were these?” He asked. She laughed a bit five or six times, nervously.\n\t“How much mom?” He asked crossing her arms.\n\t“Two-hundred-fifty thousand,” she replied.\n\t“WHAT?! Why so much?!” He replied and picked his jaw up from the floor.\n\t“Well, it’s a business. It’s plans for housing, so basically like apartments. Just so many details have to go on them and more than I can even think of. Then there’s lots of pages,” she replied and flipped through the thirty pages.\n\t“That’s still insane,” he replied.\n\t“It is what it is,” she replied as she rolled up the papers. She sat down and looked over at Fang who sat down as well.\n\t“So where are we going to get all of the building supplies? Who’s going to build it?” Fang asked.\n\t“All that’s worked out already. Building Depot is going to give us twenty percent off of all building supplies. Alonzo Mandred is going to be the contractor for everything. He’s the one that built your house, if you remember. He’s also giving us a discount on the work, I think fifteen percent,” she explained.\n\t“They did a good job with my house. I’m sure he’ll do even better here,” he replied. As they talked one of the teachers walked into the office with two residents. Willow looked over at the three. The two residents heads were lowered and looking at the floor.\n\t“Sorry for interrupting you Ms. Wolfe, but I caught these two kissing in a storage room,” the teacher replied.\n\t“Is that so? Fang move over to the couch and you two sit down,” Willow commanded. The teacher left the room and closed the door behind him.\n\t“Elva Hahn and Maxwell Hines. What were you two thinking? You know it’s against the rules,” Willow stated and crossed her arms.\n\t“We’re sorry, we were getting extra towels for the bathrooms and well things just took off,” Elva, a 15 year old girl squirrel, explained.\n\t“I’m sorry Ms. Wolfe,” Maxwell, a 15 year old horned frog, replied.\n\t“Sorry won’t cut it. You both have been here for two months and you both know the rules. So for your punishment, you both have two months of floor cleaning duty, every other day. Cafeteria, kitchen, first floor hallway and offices. Understood?” Willow stated.\n\t“Yes ma’am,” both of them replied. Willow stood up and moved to a filing cabinet and pulled out two folders and sat back down. She opened a desk drawer and pulled out two folders and a few packets of papers. She wrote down information on the infraction and made the two of them sign and date the papers. Afterwards she pulled off the carbon copies and handed them each their copy. She then put the original into each of the folders, their records, and then put it back into the filing cabinet.\n\t“Don’t do it again or one of you will be moved to a different orphanage, understood?” Willow stated.\n\t“Yes ma’am,” they both replied.\n\t“Good, now go and get started on those floors,” she replied. The two of them stood up and left the room in silence.\n\t“Harsh punishment for just a kiss,” Fang said.\n\t“You want four months of doing the same?” Willow asked looking over at him.\n\t“Nope, I’m good. I’ve got a house that takes too much time to clean,” he replied and chuckled.\n\t“What’s with the laugh?” Willow asked.\n\t“Send those two over to our house and have them clean it,” he replied and shook his head.\n\t“Fang, I can’t do that,” she retorted.\n\t“I know, it was only a joke mom,” he replied and stuck his tongue out at her.\n\t“So what are you doing here?” Willow asked.\n\t“Eh, got bored at home. Figured I’d see how you were doing,” he replied.\n\t“Ah. Well, I’m doing okay. So you’re already bored and summer break just started like four hours ago huh?” she replied.\n\t“No, not that type of bored. Anyway, it seems like you’ve got things taken care of here,” he replied.\n\t“Yup. By the way, are you still going and hanging out with your friends tonight?” Willow asked.\n\t“Yes. We’ll be at the arcade back at home,” he replied.\n\t“Okay, just be careful there. Don’t do anything stupid,” she replied.\n\t“We’ll be careful mom,” he replied.\n\t“I know you will be,” she replied.\n\t“Okay, I think I’m going to head back home and get ready for tonight. Love you mom,” he said as he stood up. He walked around the desk and hugged her then kissed her. She did the same then watched him walk out of the office. A couple of minutes later she chuckled shaking her head and rolled her eyes when she heard his car turn on due to the exhaust system sound and rumbling the building. She pulled the blueprints out and laid them back across the desk. She flipped through the papers and found the front facade and looked for a flat area next to the door. Without luck, she made changes to some bricks and added in a bronze dedication plate. On the side she made a note of what the plate should dedicate. “There it’s complete,” she said to herself and smiled.\n\nFriday May 7, 2021",
  "writing_bbcode_parsed": "<span style='word-wrap: break-word;'>Thursday October 1, 2020<br /><br />\t&rdquo;Not you again. I thought I told you to never come back here!&rdquo; The anteater scowled.<br />\t&ldquo;True, but this time I have a few friends with me.&rdquo; Willow said. She opened the office door back open and three police furs stepped into the office. One of them handed her papers, which she quickly read over and tossed them into the trash.<br />\t&ldquo;You have no proof of anything.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Oh, but we do though.&rdquo; Willow said leaning over the desk face to face with the anteater. &ldquo;That electrician that came in a couple months back to check for compliance was an undercover police fur. He installed camera&rsquo;s and microphones under a search warrant. We have all the proof we need to send you away for life Ms. Gros. Take her away officers.&rdquo; Willow explained.<br />\t&ldquo;Fuck you! You stupid fucking bitch. I&rsquo;ll rip your fucking throat out and feed your remains to the little assholes here.&rdquo; Ms. Gros scowled and yelled. She ran toward Willow with scissors in her paw. Two officers tackled her to the floor and quickly bent her arms behind her back and locked cuffs on her wrists. As she was being escorted out a couple of lawyers stepped into the office and sat down in the two chairs at the desk. Willow walked around the office and chuckled at a hole in the wall.<br />\t&ldquo;What&rsquo;s so funny?&rdquo; Mr. Andrews, a bull, asked.<br />\t&ldquo;This hole. It&rsquo;s still here. When I adopted Tib and Katia, Quill hit the desk and broke it, sending something flying and busted the hole into it. Can&rsquo;t believe that she didn&rsquo;t have it fixed.&rdquo; Willow explained.<br />\t&ldquo;Shall we get started on the paperwork?&rdquo; Mr. Walser, a snake, asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Yes, lets do.&rdquo; Willow replied sitting down at the desk.<br /><br />\tAfter a few hours of paperwork the two lawyers left. Willow stepped out of the office and greeted the workers and caretakers. She explained to the four furs what just happened and how things were going to go from here on out. After the quick greeting and explanation, she talked to each of them one by one in the office. She gave them an opportunity to leave or continue working. One of the caretakers left for &ldquo;not liking the new management&rdquo; as she stated. The others were happy that the orphanage would be taken in a new direction.<br /><br />\tShe walked up the rickety, creaky stairs to the second floor out of four floors. Stepping into the hallway she opened the first door on the left. It was a dark, dusty, damp, musty smelling storage room. The next room on left was another storage room. The entire floor was eerily silent as she walked to each room. Once finished with the eight rooms on the second floor she made her way up to the third floor. She could hear faint whispers from behind a door. She opened the door and a few shrieks filled the room. The cubs inside the room quickly ran to the other side of the room crying. Willow stepped inside and watched as the eight cubs of various species cowered in the corner.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Easy everyone. You&rsquo;re all safe. I&rsquo;m Willow Wolfe.&rdquo; She said.<br />\t&ldquo;Just go away. Leave us alone.&rdquo; One of them shouted.<br /><br />\tWillow walked into the room further and sat on one of the small busted beds. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m the new headmistress. I&rsquo;d like to meet all of you.&rdquo; She said with a soft voice. One girl looked up, still shaking. She appeared to be a young teenager.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Who &hellip; Who are you?&rdquo; She asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m Willow Wolfe. And you would be?&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m Shenna.&rdquo; She, a cow, replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Nice to meet you Shenna. Who are the rest?&rdquo; Willow replied.<br /><br />\tShenna went quiet and whispered to the other nine cubs. After a few moments they slowly moved out of the corner and cautiously up to Willow. After a few moments they gave their names.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;s nice to meet you all. Things are going to change here. Good things are to come. I promise.&rdquo; Willow said.<br />\t&ldquo;What happened to Ms. Gros?&rdquo; One of them asked.<br />\t&ldquo;She&rsquo;s in jail. Soon to be taken to court on many charges. I&rsquo;ll explain further another time okay?&rdquo; Willow explained.<br />\t&ldquo;Good. The bitch is finally gone.&rdquo; Another said.<br />\t&ldquo;Kendra. Language please.&rdquo; Willow said with smile.<br />\t&ldquo;Sorry Ms. Wolfe.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Why don&rsquo;t you all go get cleaned up. Go take a bath or shower.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;We can&rsquo;t.&rdquo; Sheena replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Why not?&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Only working bathroom is on the boys floor on the fourth floor.&rdquo; She explained.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay. I&rsquo;ll have a contractor come fix everything. In the mean time we&rsquo;ll figure something out. I guess you can share the boys bathroom.&rdquo; Willow said. &ldquo;When was the last time you all had a bath or shower?&rdquo; She asked.<br />\t&ldquo;A couple of weeks. The boys haven&rsquo;t had one for at least the same amount of time. Ms. Gros kept the shower door locked and water off when it wasn&rsquo;t bath time.&rdquo; Sheena explained.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay. We&rsquo;ll get that dealt with as well. I want you all to do something for me please. Go downstairs and find the tall scary looking wolf, all black with red glowing eyes. He&rsquo;s my brother. His name is Quill. He&rsquo;s a big softy like a teddy bear. Ask him for sheets of paper and pencils. I want you all to write down everything that Ms. Gros wouldn&rsquo;t allow you to do. What she did to you. Anything that she let others do to you. Everything. Be honest on it, Okay?&rdquo; Willow said.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay.&rdquo; They replied.<br /><br />\tWillow left the room and headed to the next room, which was empty. Out of the eight rooms half of them had girls in them. After a couple of hours on the third floor and meeting all 32 girls she headed up the stairs to the fourth floor.<br /><br />\tShe opened the third door on the left, the first two being empty, eight boys laid on some cardboard on the floor.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Where are your beds at?&rdquo; Willow exclaimed.<br />\t&ldquo;Beds? What fucking beds? We&rsquo;ve never had any. Who the hell are you anyway?&rdquo; One of them scowled.<br />\t&ldquo;Language please. I&rsquo;m Willow Wolfe. The new headmistress.&rdquo; She stated.<br />\t&ldquo;New headmistress huh? I hope you&rsquo;re better than Bitch Gros. Yeah yeah, language.&rdquo; Another replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I took over today, just a few hours ago. Ms. Gros has been arrested and will be charged on multiple accounts.&rdquo; Willow explained to the older teen boys.<br />\t&ldquo;Well I hope things will change Ms. Wolfe. Nice to meet you. I&rsquo;m Kurtis.&rdquo; He, a turtle, said.<br />\t&ldquo;Things will change. First things first is for all of you to get beds in here. Give me some time please. It&rsquo;ll be today or tomorrow, I promise.&rdquo; Willow stated. &ldquo;Which of these rooms here have other boys in them?&rdquo; She asked.<br />\t&ldquo;The second and fourth rooms on the right side. One has six and the other has fifteen. The one with six are younger teens, ten to fourteen. The other room have four to nine years olds. We&rsquo;re fifteen to seventeen.&rdquo; Ervin, a snail, stated.<br />\t&ldquo;Thank you boys.&rdquo; Willow stated.<br /><br />\tShe explained to the boys what she asked the girls to do then left the room to meet the other boys. After another hour she walked down the stairs with the youngest cubs and into the auditorium. Quill was sitting on the edge of the stage surrounded by a few cubs. Willow was surprised and happy to see they weren&rsquo;t scared of him. She walked up to him and sat down next to him.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Every boy needs a bed. They&rsquo;re sleeping on cardboard.&rdquo; Willow said.<br />\t&ldquo;Really?&rdquo; Quill asked looking over at her.<br />\t&ldquo;I wish I was lying.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay. Are there spares or what?&rdquo; Quill asked.<br />\t&ldquo;No idea. But we&rsquo;re going to buy all new furniture for every bedroom. We need to hire a contractor to fix the bathroom on the girls floor and find out where to turn the water on for the boys bathroom.&rdquo; Willow stated.<br />\t&ldquo;Yeah. I could smell them before they started coming down the stairs.&rdquo; Quill replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Not our fault!&rdquo; A girl lemur stated.<br />\t&ldquo;Of course not Nikia.&rdquo; Quill replied with a smile and ruffled her hair, causing her to giggle.<br />\t&ldquo;Walls, floors, ceilings, stairs all are need in repair. Paint is peeling and lots of spots are missing paint completely. Some walls are down to the studs. This place is a total disaster.&rdquo; Willow stated.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll get on it right away. We&rsquo;ve got a lot of work ahead of us.&rdquo; He replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll help if you need me to.&rdquo; Kurtis said, sitting from the front row chairs.<br />\t&ldquo;Thank you. And you would be?&rdquo; Quill said.<br />\t&ldquo;Kurtis.&rdquo; He replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Nice to meet you Kurtis. Want to help me pull out everything from your floor and we&rsquo;ll get you beds today?&rdquo; Quill asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Sure. It beats sleeping on the damn floor.&rdquo; Kurtis replied standing up.<br />\t&ldquo;How do you want me to pay for it all?&rdquo; Quill asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Use the bank account I setup for this place.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br /><br />\tKurtis yelled for the other teen boys to help Quill and him. A moment later they all headed up the stairs. Willow left the auditorium, walked across the hallway and into the dining room and into the kitchen. A Spotted Hyena was standing at the stove stirring a gray bubbling <em>something</em> in a large pot.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;What&rsquo;s the plan for dinner for everyone tonight?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Same old slop.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Which consists of?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I have no idea. Gros ordered the stuff and I just cook it. I didn&rsquo;t ask questions.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;You know how to cook more than just &hellip; slop?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Of course. I can cook pretty much anything.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;You want to go to the store and buy real food? Give these cubs a nice home cooked meal?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I would love to. I&rsquo;m tired of smelling this crap.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Go to Lal-mart on Glenmore and 10th South Street. We have an account setup with them. Buy whatever you think you&rsquo;ll need for tonight and the rest of the week. We&rsquo;ll deal with ordering proper food on Monday.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;d love to, but I have no vehicle.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay. Give me a few minutes.&rdquo; Willow said then left the kitchen then returned a few minutes later. &ldquo;My son and his wife are coming down. She&rsquo;ll drive you to the store and help you with everything.&rdquo; Willow stated.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be ready.&rdquo; She replied. Willow watched her pick up the pot and pour it down the sink.<br />\t&ldquo;Eww. Why is it lumpy?&rdquo; Willow replied gagging.<br />\t&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t know. You try cooking this crap day in and day out for years.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;No thank you. And I&rsquo;ll make sure that you never cook that&hellip; stuff&hellip; here again.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be happy if I never have to see or smell that crap ever again.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry but I forgot your name. What was it?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Shenzi Awolowo.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;You care if I just call you Shenzi?&rdquo; Willow asked with a chuckle.<br />\t&ldquo;No worries Ms. Wolfe. Very few can say my last name correctly. And yes that is fine.&rdquo; Shenzi replied.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Ah jeez. What did I sign myself up for?&rdquo; Kurtis exclaimed.<br />\t&ldquo;I appreciate the help, from all of you.&rdquo; Quill said. &ldquo;Just a few more rooms to go.&rdquo; He added.<br /><br />\tThey quickly removed the rest of the old furniture and moved it outside and sat it all by the dumpster. After a short break Quill looked over at Kurtis and the others. &ldquo;Thank you all for the help. We&rsquo;ll get this place looking nice and running smoothly in no time.&rdquo; Quill stated.<br />\t&ldquo;We hope so. We probably won&rsquo;t get adopted but whatever we can do to help the younger ones will be worth it.&rdquo; Alfonzo said.<br /><br />\tQuill stood up and stretched before turning his attention to the teen boys. &ldquo;Who wants to go to Homes To Go with me and pick out new furniture?&rdquo; He asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;d rather just stay here, cool off and relax.&rdquo; Anupam, a Sloth Bear, said with others agreeing.<br />\t&ldquo;Kurtis?&rdquo; Quill asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Sure. It&rsquo;ll be nice to get out of this building.&rdquo; Kurtis replied.<br /><br />\tAfter they finished their water, Quill and Kurtis headed to Homes to Go.<br /><br />***<br /><br />\tFang and Vapor arrived and found Willow sitting in the office looking through papers. Stacks of paper stood on the desk. They sat down in the chairs and looked at Willow, whose paws where on her forehead, rubbing it.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;You look a bit stressed mom.&rdquo; Fang said.<br />\t&ldquo;I have no idea what she was even doing. I&rsquo;m looking at the adoption papers for Tib and Katia. She never filed them with the state or federal government. She&rsquo;s in such deep shit.&rdquo; Willow stated with an exhausted exhale. She leaned back in the chair with a creak. &ldquo;At this point in time, I&rsquo;m not even legally Tib and Katia&rsquo;s parent.&rdquo; Willow added.<br />\t&ldquo;What about the others that&rsquo;s been adopted out?&rdquo; Vapor asked.<br />\t&ldquo;In the past five years, she&rsquo;s only approved four other cubs to be adopted.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Jeez. Poor cubs.&rdquo; Vapor replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to have CPS, Cub Protection Service, do a check up on these cubs. I don&rsquo;t trust what she&rsquo;s done.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br /><br />\tWillow opened the middle desk drawer to get a pen out, but pulled it out too far and caused it to fall into her lap. &ldquo;Dammit!&rdquo; She exclaimed. With a soft thump a folder fell to the floor underneath the desk. Willow looked down then put the drawer back into the desk and picked up the folder. She opened it and looked at the few papers inside. Her eye&rsquo;s widened and paw covered her mouth.<br />\t&ldquo;What&rsquo;s wrong mom?&rdquo; Fang asked.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a list of names, seems to be mostly female names with a few male names. Also prices it looks like.&rdquo; Willow replied then gasped loudly a few seconds later.<br />\t&ldquo;Vapor, in the kitchen is Shenzi, a hyena. Would you drive her to Lal-mart on Glenmore and 10th South Street please? Help her get food for the this place.&rdquo; Willow stated still looking at the paper.<br />\t&ldquo;Yeah sure. I&rsquo;ll see you later.&rdquo; Vapor said standing up. She walked up to Fang and kissed him before leaving the room. Willow flipped to another page. Her eyes widened again.<br />\t&ldquo;Oh my god!&rdquo; Willow shrieked but recovered quickly.<br />\t&ldquo;Mom?&rdquo; Fang asked.<br />\t&ldquo;You don&rsquo;t want to know Fang.&rdquo; Willow replied, already knowing his question.<br /><br />\tFang reached across the desk and pulled the folder from her paws and looked at it. His face showed disgust on it after just a few seconds.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Want me to talk to the ones on this list?&rdquo; Fang asked handing it back.<br />\t&ldquo;No. Not you. But go and find Elli Metayer for me. I don&rsquo;t know what species she is. Bring her back here please.&rdquo; Willow stated.<br />\t&ldquo;Sure. Where should I start at?&rdquo; Fang asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Auditorium. Go right when you leave this room then make a left at the stairs and the auditorium will be on the right at the end of the hallway. The double doors should be open.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br /><br />\tFang left the room and found the auditorium with ease, following the sounds of loud chatting. He walked down the aisle and up on the stage. &ldquo;Quiet please!&rdquo; Fang shouted. The auditorium silenced quickly. &ldquo;Which one of you is Elli Metayer?&rdquo; Fang asked loudly. After a few silent moments a paw rose up in the middle of the room. Fang jumped off the stage and walked up to her. He smiled at her and squatted down.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m Fang. Willow&rsquo;s son. It&rsquo;s nice to meet you.&rdquo; Fang said.<br />\t&ldquo;I&hellip; I&rsquo;m Elli.&rdquo; She said quietly.<br />\t&ldquo;I have a question for you.&rdquo; Fang said.<br />\t&ldquo;W-What i-is the que-question?&rdquo; She stuttered.<br />\t&ldquo;What are you? I&rsquo;ve never seen another fur like you.&rdquo; Fang said.<br />\t&ldquo;I-I&rsquo;m a&hellip; A Kin-Kinkajou.&rdquo; She stuttered out.<br />\t&ldquo;You&rsquo;re quite pretty.&rdquo; Fang said.<br /><br />\tHer eye&rsquo;s widened and showed lots of fear. Her body tensed up slightly. Her chest started to raise and fall quickly. &ldquo;My mom, Ms. Wolfe, wants to talk to you in the office. You want me to walk you there?&rdquo; Fang said. She looked over at a couple of others she was sitting next to.<br />\t&ldquo;Are you going to do stuff to me?&rdquo; She asked.<br />\t&ldquo;No.&rdquo; Fang replied.<br />\t&ldquo;You promise?&rdquo; She asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I promise. Cross my heart and hope to die.&rdquo; Fang replied as he made an x over his heart.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay.&rdquo; She replied. Fang stood up and walked back to the aisle. He waited as Elli slowly walked to the aisle. He reached out to take her paw. She shakily took his paw and started walking out of the auditorium with him. She stopped suddenly and caused Fang&rsquo;s arm to jerk backwards a little bit. He looked back at her who was staring back at another girl that she was sitting next to. After a few seconds the other girl spoke up but softly, &ldquo;go, don&rsquo;t make it worse, you&rsquo;ll be fine. I&rsquo;ll be here when he&rsquo;s done with you.&rdquo; Elli lowered her head and turned back around and started walking. As Fang and her walked down the isle he looked down at her. She was shaking almost uncontrollably with tears running down her face.<br />\t&ldquo;How old are you?&rdquo; Fang asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Eight.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;That&rsquo;s a fun age.&rdquo; Fang replied.<br />\t&ldquo;No. Not really.&rdquo; She replied quietly.<br />\t&ldquo;What do you like to do?&rdquo; Fang asked.<br />\t&ldquo;What do you mean?&rdquo; She asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I mean like drawing, coloring, playing. Stuff like that.&rdquo; Fang replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know. We aren&rsquo;t allow to do much stuff here. We have to be quiet and we aren&rsquo;t allow to play or run around.&rdquo; She explained.<br />\t&ldquo;Well, you&rsquo;ll be able to now.&rdquo; Fang replied looking at her with a smile.<br /><br />\tA minute later he walked into the office with her. She stood at the desk and looked at Willow, who was on the phone. After a few minutes she hung up and asked Elli to sit down.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Elli. You doing okay?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Yes.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;How old are you?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Eight.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I want you to be very honest with me, okay?&rdquo; Willow said in a soft voice.<br />\t&ldquo;Su-sure.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Did Grog have you meet with adult male furs that did things to you? Things that made you take your clothes off?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br /><br />\tElli started breathing rapidly and shallow. Her paws grabbed the chair arms and squeezed tightly. &ldquo;Elli Sweetie, you&rsquo;re not in trouble. I promise. You don&rsquo;t have to worry about that anymore. I want you to feel safe here not scared. Okay?&rdquo; Willow stated.<br />\t&ldquo;Yes. She did.&rdquo; She replied and started crying.<br />\t&ldquo;Thank for you being honest. I promise you that you will never go through that again.&rdquo; Willow said and walked over to Elli and hugged her.<br />\t&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to find the furs that did this and have them put in jail.&rdquo; She said. Elli looked up at her still crying. Willow wiped the tears from her eyes and face.<br />\t&ldquo;How many are there?&rdquo; Fang asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Twenty out of thirty two girls.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Why me though?&rdquo; Elli asked.<br />\t&ldquo;What do you mean?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Why did you ask me this?&rdquo; Elli replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Your name was at the top of a list I found.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Oh.&rdquo; Elli replied squirming in her seat.<br />\t&ldquo;Go on back to the auditorium. Remember what I told you. You&rsquo;re safe now. I promise no harm will come to you or any of the others.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\tElli smiled and stood up. She looked over at Fang. &ldquo;Will you walk back with me please?&rdquo; She asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Of course.&rdquo; Fang replied with a smile.<br />\t&ldquo;Fang. Lyle Belin. A male. Bring him here please.&rdquo; Willow said.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay.&rdquo; Fang replied taking Elli&rsquo;s paw.<br />\tHe walked Elli back to the auditorium and did as he did before to find Lyle.<br /><br />\tWillow picked up the phone as Fang and Elli left the office. She called the contractors that built Fang&rsquo;s house. After a few rings the phone was picked up, she put the phone onto speaker and sat the receiver back down.<br />\t&ldquo;Hello?&rdquo; A voice sounded out.<br />\t&ldquo;Hello. This is Willow Wolfe. Is this Alonzo Mandred?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Yes ma&rsquo;am. I recognize your name from somewhere.&rdquo; Alonzo replied.<br />\t&ldquo;You built the large three story house for my son. A teen wolf, his wife and their three cubs a while back.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Ah yes. I remember now. How&rsquo;s that insane rain collection system of his working out?&rdquo; He asked.<br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;s wonderful. But I&rsquo;m calling for other business with you though. Do you have a few minutes to talk?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I do. How can I help you Ms. Wolfe?&rdquo; He replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Do you know the Copens Orphanage at Fog street and Carrik Street East?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I do.&rdquo; He replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I just took over running it. Would you be interested in doing a lot of work on it? It&rsquo;s in dire need of repair. The floors, walls, ceiling and plumbing. Pretty much everything.&rdquo; Willow explained.<br />\t&ldquo;Yeah. I can drop by on Saturday to go through it with you, if that works for you.&rdquo; He replied.<br />\tFang walked back into the office with Lyle hopping in behind. The two of them sat down in the chairs.<br />\t&ldquo;Yes that will be fine. I&rsquo;ll see you tomorrow Mr. Mandred.&rdquo; Willow said.<br />\t&ldquo;Have a good day Ms. Wolfe.&rdquo; He replied and then hung up.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;You must be Lyle Belin.&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Yes.&rdquo; The young Kangaroo replied.<br />\t&ldquo;How are you doing?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m good.&rdquo; He replied.<br />\t&ldquo;How old are you?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Twelve.&rdquo; He replied.<br /><br />***<br /><br />\tQuill and Kurtis walked up to bed frames in the large store and looked at them.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Which ones do you think would be nice?&rdquo; Quill asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Anything is better than that cardboard.&rdquo; Kurtis replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I bet.&rdquo; Quill chuckled but stopped and cleared his throat.<br />\t&ldquo;Hmm&hellip; These are only a hundred each. They seem weak though.&rdquo; He said then shook it causing it to squeak and shake unsafely.<br />\t&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t fucking think so.&rdquo; He replied.<br /><br />\tThey moved over to higher dollar bed frames and found some nice bronze colored metal frames, $375 each, as an employee walked up to them.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;You two need any help?&rdquo; The employee asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Do you work on commission?&rdquo; Quill asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Yes.&rdquo; He replied.<br />\t&ldquo;What&rsquo;s your commission rate, if you don&rsquo;t mind me asking?&rdquo; Quill asked looking over at the tall lanky ferret.<br />\t&ldquo;Ten percent normally. Fifteen percent if it&rsquo;s over fifty thousand. I&rsquo;ve heard it can be higher too.&rdquo; The employee replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m about to make your day, possibly year.&rdquo; Quill replied with a smile.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay?&rdquo; The employee replied confused.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m Quill, this is Kurtis. And you are?&rdquo; Quill asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m Toben.&rdquo; He replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Nice to meet you Toben. I need one hundred sixty of these bed frames. Also one hundred sixty box springs and one hundred sixty mattresses to fit them. Plus many more other items.&rdquo; Quill stated.<br />\t&ldquo;What?! Really? You&rsquo;re joking!&rdquo; Toben replied with a laugh.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not joking kid. You want to help?&rdquo; Quill replied sternly, not smiling.<br />\t&ldquo;Uh yeah! I&rsquo;d be happy to.&rdquo; Toben replied excitedly as his tail swayed back and forth.<br /><br />\tQuill, Kurtis and Toben walked around the store for bed frames, dressers, mattresses, box springs, night stands, bookcases, locked storage chests, pillows, sheets, blankets and padlocks. After four hours of walking around and making a list of everything the three of them headed up to the front. Toben asked them to wait while he grabbed his manager. A few minutes later Toben and a short German Shepherd walked up to them.<br />\t&ldquo;Sorry for the wait. Did Toben explain to you why I need to be here?&rdquo; The dog asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Not yet sir.&rdquo; Quill replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Purchases this large requires a manager to ensure that all products are correct before leaving the store. I do have a question. Why so many of each?&rdquo; He asked.<br />\t&ldquo;My sister just took over Copens Orphanage this morning and we&rsquo;re replacing everything. As you can see from the list, we&rsquo;re throwing out all the old stuff and bringing in all new stuff.&rdquo; Quill explained.<br />\t&ldquo;What happened to the hag?&rdquo; He asked.<br />\t&ldquo;In jail.&rdquo; Quill replied bluntly.<br />\t&ldquo;Ah good to hear. Hopefully you two will be able to turn that place around.&rdquo; The manager stated.<br />\t&ldquo;Not hopefully. We will.&rdquo; Quill stated sternly.<br /><br />\tAfter about half an hour the manager signed off on the order form for requested products and allowed the purchase of $309,392,75 to go through.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll have the beds delivered today as soon as they&rsquo;re loaded on the truck. The rest will delivered first thing tomorrow morning. I&rsquo;ll send a few extra furs to help move them in and get them setup.&rdquo; The manager stated.<br />\t&ldquo;Thank you.&rdquo; Quill replied. &ldquo;Toben, thank you for all of the help. Enjoy your commission.&rdquo; He added.<br /><br />\tThe two of them left and headed back to the orphanage.<br /><br />***<br /><br />\t&ldquo;You think this is enough?&rdquo; Vapor asked Shenzi.<br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;ll be enough for a the rest of the week.&rdquo; Shenzi replied.<br />\t&ldquo;So next is meat and vegetables. And for a surprise, we&rsquo;ll bring cake back for everyone tonight.&rdquo; Vapor stated.<br />\tThe two of them pushed and pulled the four shopping carts around to the meat section. Furs stared at them and the three carts that were already filled with food. After placing over four hundred pounds of meat into one of the empty carts a store manager walked up to them.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Can I help you push one of these?&rdquo; He asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Would you please?&rdquo; Vapor asked.<br />\t&ldquo;So what&rsquo;s all this for? If you don&rsquo;t mind me asking. You&rsquo;ve taken a good bit of our product.&rdquo; He asked pushing the cart of meat.<br />\t&ldquo;My mother-in-law just took over Copens Orphanage. We&rsquo;re stocking proper food for the cubs there.&rdquo; Vapor replied.<br />\t&ldquo;What happened to the headmistress that was there?&rdquo; He asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Thrown in jail, just a few hours ago.&rdquo; Shenzi replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Ah okay. I remember, what was her name? Willow, I think? Anyway, I&rsquo;ll help you with the rest of your shopping and I&rsquo;d like to give the orphanage a discount as well.&rdquo; The manager stated.<br />\t&ldquo;Thank you sir. And yes, it&rsquo;s Willow Wolfe.&rdquo; Vapor replied.<br /><br />***<br />Friday October 2, 2020<br /><br />\tLater in the afternoon Willow sat on the stage looking out at all of the cubs that were there. She had a smile on her face as some cubs ran around chasing each other. Others sat in the chairs and talked to each other. Most of the older teens stood around watching over the younger cubs.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Ms. Wolfe?&rdquo; A brown bear said as she and three other young cubs walked up to her.<br />\t&ldquo;What&rsquo;s your names and ages?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m Earline and I&rsquo;m ten&rdquo; The brown bear girl replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m Cecilia and I&rsquo;m ten also&rdquo; A chipmunk girl replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m Jeff. I&rsquo;m twelve.&rdquo; A mouse boy replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I am Quyen and eight.&rdquo; A Ocelot boy replied twisting his hind paw on the ground.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll eventually remember everyone&rsquo;s names. What can I do for you?&rdquo; Willow replied while looking at a list in her paw.<br />\t&ldquo;Are you going to fix the playground?&rdquo; Earline asked looking down at the floor.<br />\t&ldquo;Playground? What playground?&rdquo; Willow asked looking at the four.<br />\t&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a playground in the back. Ms. Gros covered over the door years ago. Some of the older teens told me about it while back.&rdquo; Jeff replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Show me where this door is please.&rdquo; Willow said and stood up.<br /><br />\tWillow followed the four cubs out of the auditorium and towards the stairs. They turned left just past the stairs and walked by the restrooms to a wall that was boarded up. Willow leaned down and peered through a small crack between two boards. She called out to Fang who found them a moment later.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Pull these boards off the wall please.&rdquo; Willow said.<br />\t&ldquo;Sure?&rdquo; Fang replied confused. He returned a moment later with a crowbar. He slipped the crowbar under a board and pushed against it. The nails squeaked loudly as they bent and pulled out of the wall. He did the same for the next eleven boards revealing a sheet of plywood. He made quick work and pulled it off. He quickly stepped away to the side as it fell to the ground with a bang. The short dark hallway was now flush with bright light from the afternoon sun glistening off the dust that was just knocked up into the air. She pushed the handle to open the door but it wouldn&rsquo;t budge. She growled and harrumphed then picked up the crowbar and popped it between the door and the door jamb. With a quick yank, a loud snap sounded out breaking the lock loose from the wood door frame. With a huff and smile she stepped out on to the deck and looked over the yard. Fang and the four cubs walked out behind her. There were two trees, one hickory and the other, a large black oak tree. In between the trees was a swing set, slide and a few other playground equipment. The yard, trees and playground equipment was overgrown with weeds, normal ivy vines, tall grass, poison ivy vines and thorn vines.<br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to be a while before any of you can play out here. It&rsquo;s far from safe right now.&rdquo; Willow replied and looked down at the four cubs.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay. We&rsquo;ll look forward to it.&rdquo; They all replied in their own way.<br />\tFang and Willow watched the four walked back inside, their tails hanging and not swaying.<br />\t&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t even know this was here.&rdquo; Willow said to Fang who made his way down into the tall grass.<br />\t&ldquo;Can&rsquo;t see it from the road.&rdquo; Fang replied then shrieked before running back up on to the deck. Willow looked at him confused.<br />\t&ldquo;Large spider.&rdquo; Fang replied shivering.<br />\t&ldquo;Baby.&rdquo; Willow replied with a laugh. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll get the contractors to clear this, rebuild the deck and replace all the equipment out there. Until then, we&rsquo;ll keep the plywood in place.&rdquo;<br />\t&ldquo;Ugh.&rdquo; Fang groaned, as they walked back in, at the thought of having to put the plywood back up onto the opening.<br /><br />***<br /><br />\tThe next morning Quill walked into the office with a fur following behind him, while four others waited outside. Willow was sitting at the desk, with a paw on her head, looking down at a stack of papers.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Homes To Go is here with the beds and everything.&rdquo; Quill said walking up to the desk.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay. Just get them up to the rooms and the beds in place. The cubs had to sleep on the floor.&rdquo; Willow replied, not looking up from the papers.<br />\t&ldquo;I give my deepest apologies ma&rsquo;am. The truck with the beds broke down on it&rsquo;s way over yesterday. The manager is waiving all fees for delivery. He&rsquo;s already refunded the money.&rdquo; A badger said placing a replacement receipt on the desk.<br />\t&ldquo;Thank you.&rdquo; Willow replied looking up.<br /><br />\tQuill and the badger left the room. Quill showed the five furs where everything is supposed to go. After Quill showed them the rooms he headed into the auditorium and sat on the stage. A group of five cubs walked up to him.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;I thought you said it was going to get better!&rdquo; Nikia scowled, while others agreed.<br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;s only been a day, it takes time to get things better. I&rsquo;m sorry you all had to sleep on the floor. The beds were supposed to have been here yesterday.&rdquo; Quill replied.<br />\t&ldquo;You promised.&rdquo; Elli replied quietly, holding Akhenaten&rsquo;s paw. Akhenaten is a ten year old Pharaoh Hound.<br />\t&ldquo;Look in main hall. You&rsquo;ll see five guys working their tails off with your new beds and furniture. Willow and I don&rsquo;t lie about this stuff. When we promise something, we don&rsquo;t break our promise. But sometimes unexpected things happen that cause plans to be pushed back a little bit.&rdquo; Quill explained.<br />\t&ldquo;It was chilly on the floor though.&rdquo; Akhenaten replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry girls, really. There was nothing we could do about the beds yesterday. We gave everyone of you an extra blanket and pillows. I promise you that won&rsquo;t happen again. It was my fault for taking the beds out before we got the new beds in. I&rsquo;m truly sorry.&rdquo; Quill replied.<br />\t&ldquo;You promise?&rdquo; Leonard, a ferret, asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I promise.&rdquo; Quill replied.<br />\t&ldquo;All of you will have your own bed, dresser, night stands, locked storage and more. We&rsquo;ve got a lady coming Monday or Tuesday to take measurements so we can get you all new clothing. Shirts, pants, shorts, dresses, shoes, socks and panties. Underwear for boys of course.&rdquo; Quill replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay.&rdquo; They replied with a smile and started walking away.<br />\t&ldquo;Elli and Akhenaten. Come back please.&rdquo; Quill said.<br />\t&ldquo;Y-Yes?&rdquo; Elli replied.<br />\t&ldquo;You two always hold paws?&rdquo; Quill asked.<br />\tElli nodded in reply while looking down at the floor.<br />\t&ldquo;Yes. It helps her feel safe.&rdquo; Akhenaten replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay. I was just wondering.&rdquo; Quill replied rubbing them between their ears.<br />\t&ldquo;Elli, what species are you?&rdquo; Quill asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Kinkajou.&rdquo; She replied looking down.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay.&rdquo; Quill replied, placing his paw under her maw and carefully lifting her head up.<br />\t&ldquo;You&rsquo;re safe here. There&rsquo;s no need to be scared anymore. I promise you.&rdquo; Quill said with a smile.<br />\t&ldquo;I hope so.&rdquo; Elli replied.<br />\t&ldquo;If you have trouble, just come get me, Fang or Willow. We&rsquo;ll scare them away. If it&rsquo;s another cub here, let us know and we&rsquo;ll deal with it accordingly.&rdquo; Quill replied giving them an odd smile showing his teeth and fangs. Both girls giggled at his odd smile.<br />\t&ldquo;You two can go now. Play safe.&rdquo; Quill said. The two girls giggled and walked off still holding paws.<br /><br />\tWillow walked up as the two girls walked away. &ldquo;Follow me Quill.&rdquo; Willow stated and turned around. Quill followed her into the dark hallway and had him remove the plywood from the door.<br />\t&ldquo;This door needs to be fixed and the playground cleaned out. The contractor will clean the yard but I want the door fixed today, right now. We need to get air blowing through this place, it stinks.&rdquo; Willow said.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay but I have to&hellip;&rdquo; he was cut of by Willow.<br />\t&ldquo;NO! Do it NOW!&rdquo; Willow scowled and then left hastily.<br />\tQuill stood there and scratched his head. &ldquo;What did I do to deserve that rage from her?&rdquo; He said as he looked out the door.<br />\t&ldquo;Punishment maybe? Everyone slept on the floor last night, you know.&rdquo; Kendra said walking up to the door.<br />\t&ldquo;I KNOW! I&rsquo;m sorry.&rdquo; Quill replied turning around to see the short brown bat.<br />\t&ldquo;I was fine. I hang from the ceiling most of the time.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;What are you doing here?&rdquo; Quill asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Restroom. I&rsquo;ll be back in a moment. I&rsquo;ve never seen the playground. So I want to see it.&rdquo; Kendra said then entered restroom.<br /><br />\tQuill left and returned with tools to fix the broken door jam. As he put a temporary fix on the door jamb Kendra stepped out of the restroom and watched him drive in another nail. After testing the door to see if it would lock he stepped out onto the deck. Kendra followed him and stood beside him.<br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;s ugly.&rdquo; Kendra stated.<br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;ll be nice soon. You all will be able to play out here.&rdquo; Quill stated.<br /><br />\tKendra took a step down onto the stairs when a loud pop sounded. She screamed as she fell through the stairs. Quill quickly grabbed her and pulled her back up through the hole and stood her back on the deck. She stood there shaking.<br />\t&ldquo;Deck needs to be replaced too. That lady let this place go for far too long.&rdquo; Quill said.<br />\tKendra stood there breathing in deep when Quill placed his paw on her shoulder.<br />\t&ldquo;You okay?&rdquo; He asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Yeah I think so. Good thing I already peed, huh?&rdquo; She replied with a chuckle.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay, let&rsquo;s get back inside.&rdquo; Quill replied.<br /><br />\tMany hours later the five Home to Go workers stopped in the hall in front of the office and knocked on the open door. Quill, Fang and Willow sat in the office looking through papers.<br />\t&ldquo;Everything is setup and ready.&rdquo; The badger stated.<br />\t&ldquo;Go check it Quill.&rdquo; Willow said.<br /><br />\tQuill walked out of the room and upstairs. Katia ran past them and into the office up to the desk.<br />\t&ldquo;Mom! The restroom down here has hot water spraying out of the sink pipe.&rdquo; Katia exclaimed frantically.<br />\t&ldquo;UGH! This damn building!&rdquo; Willow scowled, standing up.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll go deal with it mom.&rdquo; Fang stated as he stood up and left the room. Katia followed him. Willow picked up the phone and called the contractor again to see if he was on his way.<br /><br />\tTwenty minutes later Fang and Katia walked back into the office.<br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;s fucked.&rdquo; Fang said bluntly as he sat down. Katia jumped up into his lap.<br />\t&ldquo;Language!&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I had to turn the bathroom water off down in the basement. The pipe is cracked just before the shutoff valve.&rdquo; Fang explained. Katia repositioned herself in Fang&rsquo;s lap while they sat in the office.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;The contractor will be here in a couple of hours. Until then&hellip; I don&rsquo;t know. Let them use the boy&rsquo;s bathroom.&rdquo; Willow replied massaging her temples.<br />\t&ldquo;More work than you expected?&rdquo; Fang asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I knew it was going to be a lot of work. But this. This is far more work than I expected.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Then you&rsquo;ll hate to hear this then.&rdquo; He said. Willow looked up at him and sighed.<br />\t&ldquo;There&rsquo;s mold in the walls in the bathroom. I saw it after opening the hatch in the wall. There&rsquo;s also heavy mold in the basement. The floor, the walls and ceiling. The same goes for the upstairs bathrooms. All floors.&rdquo; Fang explained.<br />\t&ldquo;It just keeps getting fucking better.&rdquo; Willow huffed and slammed her fists on the desk, cracking it. She laid her head on the desk when a small young wombat girl walked into the office.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Ms. Wolfe?&rdquo; The wombat said quietly. Willow looked up at the girl, she had tears in her eyes and flowing down her face.<br />\t&ldquo;Sweetie why are you crying?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t make it to the bathroom in time.&rdquo; She replied with her head hanging down.<br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;s okay sweetie. Come here.&rdquo; Willow replied with a smile. The wombat walked up to Willow.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry.&rdquo; She said crying. Willow looked down at her.<br />\t&ldquo;You don&rsquo;t seem &hellip; nevermind I know now.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;s okay. Accidents happen. What&rsquo;s your name and how old are you?&rdquo; Willow said to the girl.<br />\t&ldquo;Ashlen I&rsquo;m seven.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Well Ashlen. Don&rsquo;t worry about it okay.&rdquo; Willow replied wiping tears from the wombats face.<br />\t&ldquo;Fang you want to help clean her up?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Sure. Katia should come and help though.&rdquo; Fang replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Ah yeah, good idea,&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;But where at though? The showers are down right now.&rdquo; He asked. <br />\t&ldquo;Bathroom. Just sit her on a sink or something. Find a tub. I don&rsquo;t care. Just get her cleaned up and some clean clothing.&rdquo; Willow replied. Fang walked over to the wombat and squatted down. After a few moments of talking to her, he picked her up in his arms. Fang and Katia walked to the bathroom with her.<br /><br />***<br /><br />\tIt was December fourth and the building has been temporarily patched up. All of the water back on. The cubs back into a normal, proper and safe life. <br /><br />\tWillow was walking down the second floor hall about half an hour before classes end when she spotted a resident running towards her.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Abigail stop running in the halls!&rdquo; Willow shouted out as the pronghorn rushed by.<br />\t&ldquo;Bathroom. Can&rsquo;t stop. Not now.&rdquo; The young pronghorn replied still running.<br /><br />\tWillow walked into one of the classrooms and stood in the back while the teacher was giving a lecture about the &lsquo;Simplification of Mathematical Linear Equations&rsquo;. The room was filled with boys and girls aged 14 to 17. The teacher, an elk, looked up from the book and smiled at Willow. She then started writing an equation on the white board. Willow shook her head trying to understand what Miss Laprend was writing on the whiteboard. After having enough of that math she opened the door and quietly left the room.<br /><br />\tInside the next classroom was a gorilla, Mr. Vern, he was teaching science today, specifically Basics of Chemistry. In one paw he held up a flask, an Erlenmeyer Flask, quarter full of a clear fluid. In the other paw was another Flask, filled with another clear fluid. He poured the first solution into the second and it quickly turned a deep blue and seconds later back to clear. The young students ooh&rsquo;d, aww&rsquo;d, clapped and asked to see it again. This class was for 10 to 13 year olds. Willow noticed a young fox with his head on the desk. She walked up to him and noticed his eyes closed. She squatted down next to him. Mr. Vern stopped talking and looked back her.<br />\t&ldquo;Theo time to wake up.&rdquo; She said softly shaking him. He continued sleeping.<br />\t&ldquo;Theo. Wake up.&rdquo; She repeated shaking him a bit more harder this time. &ldquo;Five more minutes mommy.&rdquo; He mumbled out.<br />\t&ldquo;Theo. Wake up.&rdquo; She said a bit louder. By now the entire class was looking at him and Willow. He sat up with a piece of paper sticking to his fur. He looked around and then back to Willow, her face just a foot away from his. His eye&rsquo;s widened as he figured out he was still in class.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry.&rdquo; He said quickly pulling the paper off his face.<br />\t&ldquo;You awake now?&rdquo; Willow asked. He nodded and looked down at his desk in embarrassment.<br />\t&ldquo;No need to be embarrassed Theo. It happens. I know that science can be a bit boring. No offense Mr. Vern.&rdquo; Willow replied. He waved his paw at her.<br />\t&ldquo;Come on. Let&rsquo;s you and me have a little chat outside.&rdquo; Willow said extending her paw. A couple of his classmates laughed at her comment. She glared at Benjamin, a skunk, and Zachary, a raccoon.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll see you both in my office after classes are over. Understood?&rdquo; She replied to their chants. The rest of the class chuckled at the two.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll have Theo back soon.&rdquo; Willow said to Mr. Vern. The two of them stepped out of the classroom and sat down on a bench in the hallway.<br />\t&ldquo;Theo. I&rsquo;m worried about you. You know you can talk to me about anything. You want to talk about it?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;No. Not really. I&rsquo;m okay though.&rdquo; He replied looking down.<br />\t&ldquo;Theo. I&rsquo;ve got a house full of cubs and run an orphanage. I know when something isn&rsquo;t right with cubs.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br /><br />\tA few moments went by in silence. Abigail walked by and stopped in front of the two.<br />\t&ldquo;How&rsquo;s the cutey fox doing today?&rdquo; She asked and sat on the floor in front of him.<br />\t&ldquo;Abigail. You have a class to get back to.&rdquo; Willow said.<br />\t&ldquo;Theo?&rdquo; Abigail said ignoring Willow. He shook his head. Abigail placed her hoof under his head and lifted it up. He was silently crying sitting there.<br />\t&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no need to cry. Ms. Wolfe is a good fur. She&rsquo;s loving, caring and listens to anyone who needs help or just wants to talk.&rdquo; Abigail said to him.<br />\t&ldquo;I know.&rdquo; He replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Listen you cutey fox. If you want to talk, you can find me after classes end. But for now, I have to get back. Don&rsquo;t want Ms. Wolfe to punish me for skipping classes.&rdquo; Abigail said.<br />\t&ldquo;You&rsquo;re right about that.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll see you both later.&rdquo; She said and walked into the classroom. Willow sat there in silence while she waited patiently for Theo to talk, if he wanted to. He looked up at her, tears flowed down his white fur.<br />\t&ldquo;I miss my mom and dad. I want my mom and dad back. When will they come and get me?&rdquo; He said. Willow frowned sadly and shook her head. She moved him on her lap and hugged him.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry Theo. I know it&rsquo;s hard losing your parents. I don&rsquo;t know how to say it without it hurting you any further. But I am here for you if you need to talk. Just don&rsquo;t pent it up. It&rsquo;s not good for young cubs.&rdquo; Willow said.<br /><br />\tTheo is a new resident of the Orphanage. He arrived just three weeks ago. His parents were mugged and killed when they were on vacation in Jamaica. He turned his upper body and hugged her and continued crying. She ran her paw through his hair and patted his back. He moved over and sat on her lap.<br />\t&ldquo;Classes are almost over. You want to take the rest of the time and help me?&rdquo; Willow asked. He nodded and moved off her lap. She stood up and took his paw. They walked down the stairs from the second floor and through the dining room and into the kitchen. Shenzi stood at the preparation table chopping vegetables. Willow walked up to her and whispered into her ear. Shenzi pointed at the cooler. Willow released her grip from Theo.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be back, stay here.&rdquo; Willow said and walked into the cooler. Theo stood at the counter and watched Shenzi chop the food. <br />\t&ldquo;What are you cooking?&rdquo; He asked. She looked down at the sniffling fox.<br />\t&ldquo;Well these are the veggies for the salad tonight. We&rsquo;ll have chopped beef stew. Mushrooms and cheese and some other stuff as well.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Sounds good. Smells good too.&rdquo; He replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Thank you.&rdquo; She replied. Willow returned a moment later with two small cups in her paw. After getting a couple of spoons, she sat him in a chair and the two of them ate some vanilla pudding. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t tell others that I let you eat pudding while you were supposed to be in class. Okay?&rdquo; Willow said as he finished eating. &ldquo;Yes ma&rsquo;am. Thank you.&rdquo; He replied and smiled. He slowly started talking to her for the next ten minutes while they ate. She took the spoons and dropped them into the sink and threw away the pudding cups. As they headed up the stairs and into the hallway the other residents started leaving the rooms.<br />\t&ldquo;Well it looks like classes are over now.&rdquo; She said to him. <br />\t&ldquo;Thank you for listening to me Ms. Wolfe. I&rsquo;ll come to you or a teacher if I&rsquo;m feeling sad again. Sorry for worrying you.&rdquo; He replied and hugged her.<br />\t&ldquo;Anytime Theo. Go be with your friends.&rdquo; Willow replied with a smile and patted his head.<br /><br />\tA few younger residents walked up to Willow after Theo walked away.<br />\t&ldquo;Thanks for getting the playground fixed. We&rsquo;ve been having fun out there. When there&rsquo;s not any snow.&rdquo; The three cubs stated.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m glad you&rsquo;re all enjoying it.&rdquo; Willow replied. They giggled and ran off. Willow looked out over the crowd of residents and spotted the two she wanted to see.<br />\t&ldquo;Benjamin and Zachary!&rdquo; Willow said loudly. She caused both of them to jump and straighten up. She grabbed them by their ears and pulled them over to the wall.<br />\t&ldquo;Trying to sneak by huh?&rdquo; She said walking them through the crowd.<br />\t&ldquo;No we were&hellip;&rdquo; Benjamin stated being cut off.<br />\t&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t lie. I saw you duck your heads down.&rdquo; Willow replied. Giggles and chuckles could be heard through out.<br />\t&ldquo;Keep that up and you&rsquo;ll all get this too.&rdquo; Willow said to the crowd. Willow walked the two into the office and shut the door. A short time later the two cubs walked out of the office and headed to the cleaning cabinet and pulled out a broom, mop and mop bucket. She watched Zachary fill the mop bucket with hot water and the cleaning chemical.<br />\t&ldquo;I hear you both grumbling. Next time you won&rsquo;t laugh at your friends will you?&rdquo; Willow replied crossing her arms.<br /><br />***<br /><br />\tWillow walked into the house and sat down on the couch. Tib and Katia was laying on the floor doing homework. Pepper and Shade was sitting at the dining room table doing homework as well. &ldquo;Hi mama.&rdquo; Katia said.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Hi kids.&rdquo; Willow replied kicking her shoes off.<br />\t&ldquo;Where is Fang and Vapor?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Over at Izzy&rsquo;s.&rdquo; Pepper replied loudly.<br />\t&ldquo;Why? It&rsquo;s a Thursday.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Mom&hellip; It&rsquo;s Friday.&rdquo; Tib said looking back at her. <br />\t&ldquo;UGH!&rdquo; Willow groaned. Tib sat his pencil down and walked into the kitchen, returning a moment later he handed his mom a glass of water.<br />\t&ldquo;Thanks honey.&rdquo; Willow said then took a large drink.<br />\t&ldquo;Long day?&rdquo; Katia asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Yeah. Still have a lot of work to do on the building. Had to punish a few residents today also.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Ooh spankings!&rdquo; Tib replied giggling.<br />\t&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t spank at the orphanage Tib.&rdquo; Willow replied looking at him.<br />\t&ldquo;I know. I just like to think you do.&rdquo; Tib replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Any one be adopted yet?&rdquo; Pepper asked sitting on the couch.<br />\t&ldquo;Three in the past three weeks. But had three come in though.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;That&rsquo;s good though, they&rsquo;re getting adopted.&rdquo; Pepper replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Yeah. One of them was Kurtis. You know the turtle. Usually older teens don&rsquo;t get adopted out.&rdquo; Willow replied taking another drink of the water.<br />\t&ldquo;That&rsquo;s even better.&rdquo; Pepper replied laying her head down in Willow&rsquo;s lap. Willow looked down at Pepper and smiled. She ran her paw through Pepper&rsquo;s hair.<br />\t&ldquo;You need a hair cut.&rdquo; Willow said.<br />\t&ldquo;Nooooo. I want to grow it down to my knees.&rdquo; Pepper replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Why?&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Just because. I guess for fun.&rdquo; Pepper replied smiling.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll let you do it under one condition. Once you cut it you have to donate it to a charity for cubs that are in cancer treatment. Often times they lose their hair and fur.&rdquo; Willow explained.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m okay with that.&rdquo; Pepper replied with a smile. She sat up and hugged her mom, then laid her head back down in her lap.<br /><br />\tA few hours later Fang and Vapor walked into the house and dropped their bags onto the dining table before they headed into the kitchen.<br />\t&ldquo;Fang, Elli keeps asking about you.&rdquo; Willow said.<br />\t&ldquo;Oh? Why?&rdquo; Fang asked walking into the living room.<br />\t&ldquo;You made her feel really safe the first couple of weeks. She talks about you all the time.&rdquo; Willow explained.<br />\t&ldquo;Fang has a little girlfriend.&rdquo; Pepper sung loudly and giggled.<br />\t&ldquo;She is cute.&rdquo; Fang replied. Vapor walked by and softly punched his arm.<br />\t&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t even think about leaving me for a younger cub.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Nah. I&rsquo;ll do that after you turn twenty. You&rsquo;ll be old then.&rdquo; Fang replied with a smirk. Willow and Vapor both glared at him.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m playing. You know I wouldn&rsquo;t leave you.&rdquo; Fang replied and quickly kissed Vapor.<br />\t&ldquo;Oh no. You&rsquo;re not getting off that easily for that.&rdquo; Vapor replied and gently pushed him away.<br />\t&ldquo;Fine. I guess I&rsquo;ll just marry Elli too. Have the best of both worlds.&rdquo; Fang replied and smiled.<br />\t&ldquo;Polygamy is illegal.&rdquo; Willow stated.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m joking.&rdquo; Fang replied.<br /><br />\tAbby walked down the stairs with Laika in her arms. Onai and Luna rushed down the stairs shortly after. Onai and Luna both ran up to their parents and hugged them before they plopped down in front of the TV. Vapor took Laika from Abby, and give Laika a few kisses, causing her to giggle.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Thanks for watching them again.&rdquo; Vapor replied.<br />\t&ldquo;You know I enjoy it.&rdquo; Abby replied.<br />\t&ldquo;All three of them have had their bath &hellip; and so have I.&rdquo; Abby added.<br />\t&ldquo;Onai?&rdquo; Fang replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Nope. Luna didn&rsquo;t want to take a bath, but a shower. So I took one with her and Laika.&rdquo; Abby explained.<br />\t&ldquo;Ah okay. Thanks again.&rdquo; Vapor replied. &ldquo;Hey you want to go have a girls night out?&rdquo; Vapor asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Sure. I&rsquo;m up for it.&rdquo; Abby replied.<br />\t&ldquo;See you all later.&rdquo; Vapor said and rushed up stairs to get ready.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Friday February 19, 2021<br /><br />\tWillow sat in the orphanage office on that Friday afternoon. Fang, Vapor and all cubs was at the orphanage, since school was out for the day for a teacher&rsquo;s day. Fang and Vapor walked into the office while Laika slept in Vapor&rsquo;s arms.<br />\t&ldquo;Shut the door please. I need to talk to you both.&rdquo; Willow said. Vapor walked in and laid Laika on the couch and sat down.<br />\t&ldquo;Look. I don&rsquo;t know how to say it, so I&rsquo;ll just say it. The orphanage and me are bankrupt.&rdquo; Willow said rubbing her temples.<br />\t&ldquo;What? How?&rdquo; Fang asked.<br />\t&ldquo;So many things. The mold removal found another serious issue. There was asbestos in the building. The EPA had to be called in. They contacted a disposal company. That alone cost over five million dollars.&rdquo; Willow explained.<br />\t&ldquo;What the hell is asbestos?&rdquo; Fang asked.<br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;s an old insulating material. Commonly used over sixty years ago. It&rsquo;s no longer used since it&rsquo;s know to cause lung and respiratory conditions and cancer, specifically mesothelioma. It&rsquo;s nasty stuff. It&rsquo;s why we had to move all the residents from here to the hotel back in December. I didn&rsquo;t want to scare them or either of you about it.&rdquo; Willow explained.<br />\t&ldquo;Are we okay? How about all the cubs here?&rdquo; Vapor asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Yes, we&rsquo;re fine. Some of the cubs that&rsquo;s been here the longest, I have no idea. But on top of that, all the paint was lead based. The water pipes were lead too. All the paint had to be scrapped off of everything. All the pipes were replaced. Add another three million dollars for all that. Lead can cause issues with cubs and elderly. It&rsquo;s used in a lot of stuff, but shouldn&rsquo;t be ingested.&rdquo; Willow explained.<br />\t&ldquo;Wow.&rdquo; Fang replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Both of those issues brings us into the next fund eater. I had to set up a health insurance for all the residents and workers here. That cost me nearly twenty million. I used what I had in my bank and bonds. I only have five thousand dollars in my bank now.&rdquo; Willow explained laying her head on the desk.<br />\t&ldquo;Damn mom. Why didn&rsquo;t you ask for help?&rdquo; Fang asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t want to. But I am now Fang.&rdquo; Willow looked up at the two with tears welled in her eyes. Something neither of them have seen in a long time.<br />\t&ldquo;Willow, we&rsquo;re more than happy to help you. You know that. How much do you need?&rdquo; Vapor said.<br />\t&ldquo;I honestly don&rsquo;t know. Right now, bills are sitting at around fifty thousand a month. That&rsquo;s water, electric, gas for the kitchen and heater in the winter and food. Each new cub that is brought in takes almost ten thousand dollars to get setup here, clothing, paperwork filing fees, state and federal government fees.&rdquo; Willow said handing them a notebook.<br />\tVapor looked through the pages for a few minutes and sat it on the desk.<br />\t&ldquo;First, let&rsquo;s get your bank account back up. We&rsquo;ll transfer a few million over into it as a start. Then for this place, say fifty million to start.&rdquo; Vapor replied with Fang agreeing.<br />\t&ldquo;You sure you want to? That&rsquo;s a lot of money from you&rsquo;re own personal accounts.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;What are we ever going to do with five hundred million dollars Willow?&rdquo; Vapor replied with a chuckle.<br />\t&ldquo;I still think it was a bad idea to sell those stocks on the FMSE.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Eh, didn&rsquo;t really want to be linked to them anymore. That oil company has caused enough issues already at that point. If you remember, after we sold our stocks, five of their eight tankers ran aground and leaked out the tens of millions of gallons of oil into the ocean. They&rsquo;re no longer around if you remember.&rdquo; Fang replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Ah yeah that&rsquo;s right. Nevermind me, I&rsquo;m going a bit insane here.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Mom. You&rsquo;ve been working your ass off here for four months. Everyday. You need a break or you will go insane.&rdquo; Fang stated.<br />\t&ldquo;I know that but I can&rsquo;t take a break. These cubs need me.&rdquo; Willow replied looking over at Laika as she moved her arm a little bit.<br />\t&ldquo;Baby, go to the bank and transfer the money over. I&rsquo;ll deal with Willow.&rdquo; Vapor said. As he stood up Laika sat up and looked around. &ldquo;Daddy.&rdquo; Laika said sleepily. &ldquo;Hey baby, you okay?&rdquo; Fang asked. She nodded and smiled then rose her arms into the air at him.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll take Laika, Onai and Luna with me. You two go and get out of this building for a bit &hellip; Actually Vapor, take her to the spa. Give her a full everything.&rdquo; Fang said.<br />\t&ldquo;Quill is here so he can care for the residents, Tib, Katia, Pepper and Shade.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br /><br />***<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Damn that feels so good. Keep doing it.&rdquo; Willow said as her body quivered while the masseur pushed his paws down her back. Her tail flicked side to side, her body wanting to melt into a puddle under the table. Vapor looked over at her, Willow had a huge smile across her muzzle. After a couple of hours the masseur finished the massage.<br />\t&ldquo;You want a happy finish?&rdquo; He asked.<br />\t&ldquo;No.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Yes! Yes she does.&rdquo; Vapor replied quickly. Willow glared at her. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been over a decade. She needs it.&rdquo; Vapor said getting off the table then left the room.<br />\t&ldquo;Your daughter cares for you a lot.&rdquo; He said.<br />\t&ldquo;In law.&rdquo; Willow replied as the masseur pulled her towel off.<br />\t&ldquo;What?&rdquo; He asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Daughter in law. Married my son.&rdquo; Willow replied. She quivered as he rubbed her between her legs. His fingers pressing at her slit.<br /><br />\tWillow walked out of the room shakily and sat down next to Vapor. Vapor looked over at her smiling. Willow shook her head then breathed in and out. Vapor paid and they left.<br /><br />\t&ldquo;Thank you Vapor.&rdquo; Willow said as they pulled into their driveway.<br />\t&ldquo;How was it?&rdquo; Vapor asked.<br />\t&ldquo;It was amazing.&rdquo; Willow replied with a huge grin.<br />\t&ldquo;And the ending?&rdquo; Vapor replied with a smile.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to ground your ass for that.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;You enjoyed it. Your smile gives it away.&rdquo; Vapor replied and quickly ran out of the building and to the car.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Monday May 3, 2021<br /><br />\tWillow sat in the office filling out paper work when a fur male knocked on the door. Willow asked him to step in and take a seat. <br />\t&ldquo;How can I help you Mr&hellip;?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Cyrus Vandenberghe.&rdquo; He replied. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m interested in one of the cubs for &ldquo;adoption&rdquo; maybe an eight to twelve year old girl.&rdquo; He replied making hand gestures.<br />\t&ldquo;Sure. Give me a few minutes to go get some files.&rdquo; Willow said picking up a notebook. She left the room closing the door behind her. She stepped into another office and flipped through the first couple of pages in the notebook, running her finger down the page. &ldquo;Bingo. Got you, you sick fuck.&rdquo; Willow said quietly. She picked up the phone and dialed the police. She returned a couple minutes later, Vandenberghe was still sitting in the chair waiting. She sat a few folders down on the desk and looked up at him. &ldquo;These are all the girls in that age range. Is there a specific species you&rsquo;d like to adopt?&rdquo; She asked buying some time.<br />\t&ldquo;Small. Maybe a chipmunk or perhaps a Kinkajou or something like that.&rdquo; He replied.<br />\t&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t have any Kinkajou&rsquo;s here, but we do have a chipmunk.&rdquo; Willow said, lying to protect Elli. She handed over the file, which was fake. The image was digitally created by the police. Every detail for the girl was fake as well. He flipped through the pages and slowly read it all. Barely five minutes later a knock sounded at the door. Willow called out for them to enter. The door opened up with four police furs at the door. Two of them stepped into the room while the other two stayed in the doorway.<br />\t&ldquo;What&rsquo;s this about?&rdquo; He asked nervously.<br />\t&ldquo;We know what you&rsquo;ve done to the girls here. Your name, phone and address are in a notebook that the previous headmistress had. If you didn&rsquo;t know, she&rsquo;s in prison now for abuse of cubs. It&rsquo;s where you&rsquo;re heading. Take him away.&rdquo; Willow stated. He jumped up and tried to push through the two officers at the door. They quickly tasered him to the floor. Cubs quickly filled the hallway due his screams. Elli walked down the stairs and shrieked when she noticed the fur while the police was handcuffing him.<br />\t&ldquo;That&rsquo;s all the proof we need. She&rsquo;s scared of you.&rdquo; Willow said.<br />\t&ldquo;All of you back upstairs please.&rdquo; Willow said to the cubs. They all walked past Elli and four other girls that stood there trembling. They watched as he was drug out of the building screaming and kicking. Willow walked up to the five girls and ushered them into the dining hall. She sat them down and she sat across from them. All five of them had been abused by this fur.<br />\t&ldquo;All of you are safe. He&rsquo;s going to jail. I promised each and everyone of you and all here that I was going to get these guys. I&rsquo;m doing it, as promised.&rdquo; Willow replied. They all nodded as Willow wiped tears off their faces.<br />\t&ldquo;He was the last one for all five of you.&rdquo; Willow said.<br />\t&ldquo;Thank you Ms. Wolfe.&rdquo; Elli said quietly through her sobbing. Fang walked into the dining room after being out in the playground fixing a few things.<br />\t&ldquo;What was that about?&rdquo; He asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Another guy off the streets.&rdquo; Willow replied with a smile.<br />\t&ldquo;Ah good.&rdquo; Fang replied. He walked up to the five girls and hugged each of them. Elli latched onto his neck and hugged him tightly.<br />\t&ldquo;Why don&rsquo;t you five head upstairs and get ready for dinner?&rdquo; Fang said sitting Elli back down. Elli took hold of Akhenaten&rsquo;s paw and walked out of the dining room, walking behind the other three girls.<br />\t&ldquo;That was nice of you to do Fang. They all like you and Quill too. They were so scared of males when we took over.&rdquo; Willow replied.<br />\t&ldquo;We gotta protect them. They have no one other than us and their friends here.&rdquo; He replied.<br />\t&ldquo;So why are you and Vapor skipping school today?&rdquo; She asked.<br />\t&ldquo;The next few weeks are the end of year tests. Our grades were high enough that we don&rsquo;t have to take them. So we asked Mr. Rosco if we could take those weeks off to work here. He allowed it after we asking a few times.&rdquo; He replied.<br />\t&ldquo;So where&rsquo;s Vapor then?&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;At home with Laika. Waiting for school to be out to pick up Onai and Luna.&rdquo; He replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay.&rdquo; She replied.<br />\t&ldquo;How&rsquo;s the finances doing now?&rdquo; He asked.<br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;s better but still losing money each month though. But not as much as it was when you and Vapor transferred the money to the Orphanage.&rdquo; she replied.<br />\t&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll get cash flowing through and bills down. We still have, what, fifteen grant proposals out?&rdquo; He asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Yeah. I gotta call and check up on them today. You want to help?&rdquo; She asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Sure.&rdquo; He replied. They left the dining hall and returned to the office.<br /><br />\tAfter more than five hours of phone calls everyday over the next two weeks they finally received eight grants totaling more than five million dollars per year. Reduced electrical, water and gas bills. A National Science Lab donated more than a hundred computers for the classrooms, library and study room. Each cub would also receive their own laptop when they were adopted.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Friday May 7, 2021<br /><br />\tFang pulled up to the orphanage and headed inside. As he entered a few of the residents ran up to him and ran around him calling out his name. They stopped and looked up at him. They talked for a few minutes then they ran away. He walked into the office to see Willow staring at a stack of large sheets of papers. He walked up to her and looked at the blueprints.<br />\t&ldquo;What&rsquo;s this?&rdquo; He asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Blueprints silly, you should know that,&rdquo; she replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Well no shit mom,&rdquo; he replied and chuckled.<br />\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the new orphanage building plans,&rdquo; she replied.<br />\t&ldquo;It looks the same though,&rdquo; he replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Mostly yes. Due to the land constraints of this plot of land, we can&rsquo;t build outwards. But I can add up to four more floors though,&rdquo; she explained.<br />\t&ldquo;Ah awesome, so a seven floor high-rise orphanage?&rdquo; He asked.<br />\t&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know if I want to do six or seven floors Fang. Each floor adds an additional five million to the estimate,&rdquo; she explained.<br />\t&ldquo;Mom, fuck money, we have plenty of it. Just do seven and be prepared for the future. Don&rsquo;t forget to add an elevator and ramps,&rdquo; he replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Language Fang, please,&rdquo; she replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Sorry,&rdquo; he replied and rolled his eyes.<br />\t&ldquo;Anyway, what do you think of the new facade for the front?&rdquo; Willow asked pulling out a sheet and laying it on top. After a few minutes Fang nodded.<br />\t&ldquo;It looks nice. Looks welcoming instead of this horror house style that&rsquo;s currently here,&rdquo; he replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Yup. You remember how much your house blueprints plans cost you?&rdquo; She asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Yeah, why? How much were these?&rdquo; He asked. She laughed a bit five or six times, nervously.<br />\t&ldquo;How much mom?&rdquo; He asked crossing her arms.<br />\t&ldquo;Two-hundred-fifty thousand,&rdquo; she replied.<br />\t&ldquo;WHAT?! Why so much?!&rdquo; He replied and picked his jaw up from the floor.<br />\t&ldquo;Well, it&rsquo;s a business. It&rsquo;s plans for housing, so basically like apartments. Just so many details have to go on them and more than I can even think of. Then there&rsquo;s lots of pages,&rdquo; she replied and flipped through the thirty pages.<br />\t&ldquo;That&rsquo;s still insane,&rdquo; he replied.<br />\t&ldquo;It is what it is,&rdquo; she replied as she rolled up the papers. She sat down and looked over at Fang who sat down as well.<br />\t&ldquo;So where are we going to get all of the building supplies? Who&rsquo;s going to build it?&rdquo; Fang asked.<br />\t&ldquo;All that&rsquo;s worked out already. Building Depot is going to give us twenty percent off of all building supplies. Alonzo Mandred is going to be the contractor for everything. He&rsquo;s the one that built your house, if you remember. He&rsquo;s also giving us a discount on the work, I think fifteen percent,&rdquo; she explained.<br />\t&ldquo;They did a good job with my house. I&rsquo;m sure he&rsquo;ll do even better here,&rdquo; he replied. As they talked one of the teachers walked into the office with two residents. Willow looked over at the three. The two residents heads were lowered and looking at the floor.<br />\t&ldquo;Sorry for interrupting you Ms. Wolfe, but I caught these two kissing in a storage room,&rdquo; the teacher replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Is that so? Fang move over to the couch and you two sit down,&rdquo; Willow commanded. The teacher left the room and closed the door behind him.<br />\t&ldquo;Elva Hahn and Maxwell Hines. What were you two thinking? You know it&rsquo;s against the rules,&rdquo; Willow stated and crossed her arms.<br />\t&ldquo;We&rsquo;re sorry, we were getting extra towels for the bathrooms and well things just took off,&rdquo; Elva, a 15 year old girl squirrel, explained.<br />\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry Ms. Wolfe,&rdquo; Maxwell, a 15 year old horned frog, replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Sorry won&rsquo;t cut it. You both have been here for two months and you both know the rules. So for your punishment, you both have two months of floor cleaning duty, every other day. Cafeteria, kitchen, first floor hallway and offices. Understood?&rdquo; Willow stated.<br />\t&ldquo;Yes ma&rsquo;am,&rdquo; both of them replied. Willow stood up and moved to a filing cabinet and pulled out two folders and sat back down. She opened a desk drawer and pulled out two folders and a few packets of papers. She wrote down information on the infraction and made the two of them sign and date the papers. Afterwards she pulled off the carbon copies and handed them each their copy. She then put the original into each of the folders, their records, and then put it back into the filing cabinet.<br />\t&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t do it again or one of you will be moved to a different orphanage, understood?&rdquo; Willow stated.<br />\t&ldquo;Yes ma&rsquo;am,&rdquo; they both replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Good, now go and get started on those floors,&rdquo; she replied. The two of them stood up and left the room in silence.<br />\t&ldquo;Harsh punishment for just a kiss,&rdquo; Fang said.<br />\t&ldquo;You want four months of doing the same?&rdquo; Willow asked looking over at him.<br />\t&ldquo;Nope, I&rsquo;m good. I&rsquo;ve got a house that takes too much time to clean,&rdquo; he replied and chuckled.<br />\t&ldquo;What&rsquo;s with the laugh?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Send those two over to our house and have them clean it,&rdquo; he replied and shook his head.<br />\t&ldquo;Fang, I can&rsquo;t do that,&rdquo; she retorted.<br />\t&ldquo;I know, it was only a joke mom,&rdquo; he replied and stuck his tongue out at her.<br />\t&ldquo;So what are you doing here?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Eh, got bored at home. Figured I&rsquo;d see how you were doing,&rdquo; he replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Ah. Well, I&rsquo;m doing okay. So you&rsquo;re already bored and summer break just started like four hours ago huh?&rdquo; she replied.<br />\t&ldquo;No, not that type of bored. Anyway, it seems like you&rsquo;ve got things taken care of here,&rdquo; he replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Yup. By the way, are you still going and hanging out with your friends tonight?&rdquo; Willow asked.<br />\t&ldquo;Yes. We&rsquo;ll be at the arcade back at home,&rdquo; he replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay, just be careful there. Don&rsquo;t do anything stupid,&rdquo; she replied.<br />\t&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be careful mom,&rdquo; he replied.<br />\t&ldquo;I know you will be,&rdquo; she replied.<br />\t&ldquo;Okay, I think I&rsquo;m going to head back home and get ready for tonight. Love you mom,&rdquo; he said as he stood up. He walked around the desk and hugged her then kissed her. She did the same then watched him walk out of the office. A couple of minutes later she chuckled shaking her head and rolled her eyes when she heard his car turn on due to the exhaust system sound and rumbling the building. She pulled the blueprints out and laid them back across the desk. She flipped through the papers and found the front facade and looked for a flat area next to the door. Without luck, she made changes to some bricks and added in a bronze dedication plate. On the side she made a note of what the plate should dedicate. &ldquo;There it&rsquo;s complete,&rdquo; she said to herself and smiled.<br /><br />Friday May 7, 2021</span>",
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