Chapter 35 - Aurelia

I don’t even know how long I’d been crying before I fell asleep. I woke up when I heard the house phone and Mikali answering it. It must be mom calling to come home. I don’t know if I can face her. I don’t know if she’d even want to see me.

I don’t even feel welcome in my own home anymore. I slowly got out of my bed, looked around my room, and heard Mikali starting the truck. My fingers traced the picture of my parents at my last riding championship and me. We looked so happy. They’d been so proud that I won.

Now I was just a monster in their eyes. It would never be the same again. ‘What are you doing?’ Theia asked as I grabbed a bag and started to shove some clothes into it. ‘I’m leaving.’ I answered, and as a second thought, I grabbed the picture tossing it in the bag. 

‘This is a bad idea.’ Theia sighed. ‘They don’t want me here. Learning what I am nearly killed, dad and mom won’t look at me. I can’t stay here. We can’t say here, Theia.’ I argued, hea