6
Chelsey
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“Oh no... we are not leaving the states,” I said quickly.
He sighed. “I don’t think you have any other choice.”
“You can’t honestly think that we’re just going to drop everything and follow you to Europe?”
“What’s to drop, besides that towel?” he said, obviously trying to be funny. “Seriously? There is nothing left here for you.”
His words didn’t bring a smile to my face. It brought grief and despair. My heart felt heavy as the direness of our situation really sank in. There was no family waiting for us at home. My best friend Susan was gone. He was right. There really wasn’t much holding us here. But, I still had my education and my parents wouldn’t have wanted me to give that up. They’d been so proud of what I’d already accomplished. “I’m in college,” I said. “
