The Boy No One Loved
by Casey Watson
‘We’re hungry,’ his brother kept repeating. ‘We’re hungry, Justin. Please find us some food.’Justin was just five years old; his brothers two and three. Their mother, a heroin-addict, had left them hungry and alone, while she went to get her next fix. Later that day, after trying to burn down the family home, Justin was taken into care.Justin was taken into care at the age of five after deliberately burning down his family home. Six years on, after 20 failed placements, Justin arrives at Casey’s home.