chapter 28

The tears mist my eyes, my throat swelling so I almost can t breathe as ache hits me low in the gut and threatens to make me crumble. I push the note back inside quickly, trying to combat it and flick through the cash, mentally counting almost two hundred dollars and it breaks the wall that s been holding in the tears. I slump down onto the floor, like a disheveled sack and cry, holding it close to my chest and completely break down. It s not just for this, it s for everything. Why did I find my pack now, at a time when I thought I had no other option? Why would the Fates give me something closer to a real home, only to make it unreachable by the tiniest stretch? I have to pull myself together and stop being weak. None of it matters, and it doesn t change things. I have to get my crap together and stick to what I decided. I have to stay strong and determined. I can t break, because if I do, I won t be able to put myself back together. I pull myself to get up and walk to the cl