Finding June

g away from hom

over my face and held onto my bag like my life depended on it. As I l

as happy when I didn't get to choose if I wanted the party or not. He was partly responsible

ave lied to him, but he didn

s such a

whining of that child did nothing to me but once I decided to focus on numbing out all of

e sweet, Abe" the m

e was scared of my appearance. I watched as he took the sweet from her when she wasn't lookin

would have heard me. I should have locked the door behind me. I should have told Mom more sternly that I

bow and put some sweet in my palm befor

fering me this?

troubled and don't seem to have nothing

o be nice to me. Maybe Jade was right, I

ered. Why was she noticing me or my existence? I just

bruises, I'm a health car

ively. "No don't worr

t I got attacked? That was my only reminder,

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y phone screen as my phone rang a

ssed

ssages f

sa P

it'

we should totally go

d off my phone. Soon, we arrived in

the train knowing exactly where to go next. The taxi stopped in front of me

s" the driver spoke up as I watched him

I hoped that he would get the message

ill be the best decision you'll make

certainly not advice from you

ard him mumble before he

even suppo

look at his face and turned away knowing I'll never forget that f

and froze as I stood there. I wondered

e and I swallowed the lump

!" I tensed

to me and pulled me into a hug after dr

wing very well that that was a lie.

e other two?" She asked me as she took my

I mumbled hoping that no q

left for college, I am so happy you are here." She spok

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t have to be so bitter. She asked the right questions, the normal amount. She knows how to ma

only had this grace till Tuesday. I knew I didn't want to go

e, d

sh her into asking. As I passed by the mirror, I couldn't see my body through the baggy clothes I wore, the scars

self less noticeable to the world. Jade was right, that person did that because he saw something he liked seeing in a

to force out a smile and sat down. She

" she mentioned and it was then I figured you don't walk aroun

ause she already

except you have a baseball bat," She prompted me so I laughed

pasta and stabbed the steak without putting any

ick already, eat." She complained wi

I a

k more and

ven and more of it till

to take me beyond all p