An unbelievable thing happened when the clock struck three; they actually let us go outside. After two days of being trapped inside, I had missed the outside more than anything. In fact, after I ran out, I nearly cried from happiness. You never know the value of something until you lose it. That’s precisely what happened with my father’s death.
Boy, when they opened that door, I was out of it in half a second. The breeze outside relaxed me; it was like a soft hug from nature itself. I jumped and rolled around in the grass like a child. I was so dang happy I almost like I was on something; I never wanted that happiness to end. I just felt so warm and comfortable at that moment, like when I lay in that bed in Arcadia. This was the definition of euphoria.
“I feel like I haven’t been outsi
