66 - A New Place

Celia With the money that I had leftover in my pockets, I ended up buying a bus ticket to a town whose name was most familiar to me. The bus ride was long and I fell asleep, waking up to the new environment just as we arrived. It took all day and all night to get to this place. I had heard its name once in a distant memory. Maybe my parents have spoken about it in passing, I am not too sure, but at least I am nowhere near Soren and the things that he has said about me. His words float through my mind. Useless. Worthless. Substitute. Waste of space. Not worth the time. Could care less. Every single thing that he has spoken about me was like a nail into my coffin. It has sealed off my heart from him, protecting me from his sweet words that he will try to use against me, to lure back into his trap. No. I will not go back to him. He does not deserve to see me or speak to me or know what it is that I am doing. He lost that right — if he even had it in the first place — as soon a