Neo
July first rolled around in no time at all. It proved to be a big day for new beginnings.
The day before, just a little over a week after they returned from Santa Fe, Aliyah had helped Neo move his few belongings into a small, one-bedroom house near the square on the north end of town. He was thrilled to finally have a place of his own.
It was so bare, though. He didn't have living room furniture nor a kitchen table. But it was the best kind of bare Neo had ever seen. He was excited to build this place into his own. He wouldn't be under the near-constant surveillance of Simon and the other boys.
He felt a little sad that he wouldn't get to see Darius every morning, but he wasn't too far away. Neo would still be able to visit his friend. And now he was closer to Ricky too. He was
