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as mercury - glare at me, piercing straight through my calm facade. She’s clearly not happy. Her blonde hair was clipped back from her face, allowing for her

I made a decision this year not to go off to university to study a course mother would be

ys pointedly, “no one is going to hire a usele

l, and I failed to take it. Many have snubbed their noses at me, refusing to accept my work. I’m to the point

ing from the table. She makes a scene of scrunching the

to this family. Right now, associating with you is not in your father and

skill is pulling a paintbrush too across a canvas is easy to disregard. I don’t stick around. I shove as much as I can int

d watches over everyone’s mistakes. Despite the advertisement that everyone in this Pack is loyal to each other, it’s all a lie. In evidence of this. My father built this home upon a hill, among with ot

y parents. If my mother thinks I’m coming back, she’s crazy. And I know my father will never ask about me. Where I’m going to get my money from, I’m unsure. The lakeside village my parents became so wealthy in is so popular, as it seems to be the only place

ys a big spectacle I would often look forward to. Instead of walking by the lakefront, avoiding gushing couples and giggling friend groups, I wander down the s

ve been cast out from shame. Mother never allowed the public to get a single glimpse of what actually went on within our home. Behind closed doors. I find an alleyway, sheltered

n I’ll leave this Pack, forget my parents. I’m not one for revenge, so hoping tonight was t

w, my family never wanted me anyway. Not when they got their perfect child. He knows nothing of a perfect society. Not when he keeps himself hidden away on that stupid island of his. God I

wn thoughts I hadn’t even seen someone approach. A man, in a decaying suit jackets and loose trousers

spiciously. He’s clearly homeless, or every eccentric. Either way, when someone app

e, not here. “If you want to take my stuff, go ahead,” I say, motioning to

k against the wall again. Hard on my luck? I wouldn’t say it was much of my fa

ke any further interest in my sob story. It’s no ones b

they will surely offer you a place to stay if you desperately need it.” We stare at each other. Ass

he disappeared around the corne

l my legs from my sittin