Brute

So here I am, at the bus stop in the middle of the night, my bags on the floor. I’d rather eat grass like a goat than apologize to that fool.

I sighed and looked down at the ground in defeat. Maybe I should have done it… but I wasn’t wrong!

Now I have nowhere to go…

Wait.

*Him…*

“No, Lucia, anyone but him,” Alexandria quickly said, malice dripping from her voice.

“But we have no choice!” I yelled into the night.

She groaned and whimpered, clearly not liking the idea.

As I waited for a bus, I realized I’d have to swallow the one thing most important to me: my pride.

“Hey, what about me?” Alexandria whined.

*Sorry, the second most important thing to me—my pride.*

“Hmph!”

I finally caught a bus and was on my way. I would also need to take a cab to reach the estate since buses weren’t allowed. It was the middle of the night, so I had no idea if I’d even get a cab.

The bus reached my destination, and I hopped off with all my bags. As expected, there was no cab in sight.

I decided to start