After speaking with Celie on the phone I had a renounced sense of hope. I was feeling good about my decision. But I was also feeling really guilty about it as well. I was feeling guilty about Wendy. I knew that she would be angry with me when I left without a word. She heard me tell Leia that I was leaving, but I don’t think Wendy really believed it because she never said anything to me about it afterwards. She probably thought that was just my way of getting out of the situation that I was in.
But I can’t stay here any longer. I can’t bear it. It’s too much drama, too much damage. I feel like everything will settle down after I leave.
I only had one small bag of clothes that I took with me and I left early in the morning while Wendy and her parents were still asleep.
A car had
