THE FOOTPRINTS. Journey of no return.

CHAPTER 40: WALLS AFAR.

With each passing day on the unforgiving streets of Chicago, Roselvett's desperation grew. She had set out with the noble goal of surviving on the streets of Chicago and the thoughts of her siblings crowded her mind, to lift them out of the darkness that had consumed their home. But the city had a way of swallowing dreams, replacing them with the stark reality of survival.

Roselvett's journey into the heart of Chicago's underbelly was a descent into a world she had never imagined. She watched, wide-eyed and fearful, as the bustling streets transformed into a theater of survival. The people who filled these streets were not the hopeful dreamers of her childhood; they were the forgotten, the discarded, and the desperate.

Roselvett learned to navigate this new reality. She watched the street performers, the beggars, and the hustlers, trying to decipher the art of survival. It wasn't long before she realized that the path to providing for her family would require actions she had once de