Cast Out, Then Called Back

han appeared in the doorway of my dorm room. He st

doing?" he demanded, his

up from the

er eyes, wide and curious, held a flicker of t

ar program, about the complete and total separation he was forcing upon me. To s

the words died in my throat. He wouldn't believe me.

I l

, taping the box shut. "

lightly. The anger was replaced by

an't afford your own place. Are you doing th

ing him. "I'm doing this for me.

f our home, the home he was now sharin

voice piped up, her lower lip trembl

nnocence, and felt nothing but exha

faction she was too young to

ou dare think about coming back," Ethan t

towards the door. The single suitcase held everything I

he fabric of my coat

from behind me. "And

is final words echoed behind me, a curse that

t thing I heard from the home I was leaving forever. The rain started to fa