Chapter 36: Hurdles to Happiness.
Fun times fly by. Unpleasant times drag on forever. The hours spent in that café felt like mere moments, yet […]
Fun times fly by. Unpleasant times drag on forever. The hours spent in that café felt like mere moments, yet […]
The same words, yet they felt so utterly different; it wasn’t just the voice or the tone. My vision was
I had noticed the moment I stepped into the classroom that something was off. Yesterday she had been so looking
Classes ended. One by one, my classmates left the room. This moment after school, when I was forced to face
I waved back at Marin—who was forcing a smile through tear-filled eyes—and left the house a full ten minutes earlier
Morning came, and Mary-June had returned to her usual brightness. Catching her on the way to the dining hall and
The hellish scene clung to my memory like tar, impossible to scrape away. I never imagined that seven years later
I was wandering the back alleys as usual, stomach empty, searching for anything. Someone’s leftovers, something rotten, even a drink
“Then, if you’ll excuse me.” “It was delicious. Thank you for the meal.” I took the empty cup and left
After returning home, I crossed paths with Mary-June several times, but she never once spoke to me. Normally she would