Luke woke up early the next morning. Well rested from a deep sleep he hadn’t known in a very long time. The sun shone through his bedroom window as dust particles glistened in light. Luke gathered clothes from his closet and left his room to take a shower. A nervousness crept in as he moved through the hall. The envelope hidden in his backpack caused doubt to creep in but Luke remained strong and quickly pushed the apprehension aside. With a focused mind and determined heart, Luke would expose the dark secret he guarded so close and end his internal nightmare.
Luke stood in the shower and brushed his teeth as water poured down, something he’d always done since the third grade. He reached for a bar of Dial Gold and held the soap in his hand while water and toothpaste swirled down the drain
