Orange

Orange was born of the carnival. Well, not exactly, but as close as you can get anyway.

He was told his mother left him just outside of the park near the carnival's dumpsters.

He should have gone to the authorities but Carnies have their own ideas about how things should be done.

I hear your thoughts loud and clear. You want to know how he got a name like Orange. That's two fold I figure. One part is on account he has a bright orange birth mark on his head. The next part is a joke from the Carnies. They reckon no kids could rhyme his name so his early years should safe from those jackles that like to aim at the heart.

Orange was runnin his booth late. Most of the folks was gone and he was thinking of packing it up. When a young women halfway through her thirties approached him slowly, predatorish. Like she was thinking if she walks a little sideways and takes her time she can't be seen.

Something was off about her and Orange noticed right away. Hey baby, want to go away with me? He saw a bright orange mark on her arm.