I had done as Beta Hudson had asked, and returned to my home, or what was meant to my home. It did not feel like a home, as sad as it was to say. And as I curled up on the sofa with a blanket over me to watch some TV, I felt incredibly lonely. I think I would rather have stayed in the kitchen and worked. It had been rare I was able to relax in my own home back in my home pack without the threat of my father returning to cause chaos or pain, but my brother was there. Occasionally Matty too. Here, I was truly alone, and I don’t think I liked it.
A wave of sadness washed over me, and that sadness lasted until I had fallen asleep. A yearning for home, despite the danger that lingered there. My alarm had sounded early, set in preparation for beginning working at the business center as instruc
