I bought the ticket.
I just had to know.
I wasn't going to find out anything sitting around here. I had the money, I wasn't working, and until school started there wasn't much happening. It was the PERFECT time for an adventure. I turned Patrick's note over and left my own. He and his folks had been great, but it was time for me to step out on my own and move on with my life.
I picked one that left the next night, then packed a bag with some clothes and went out to my car. I wasn't tired, so I might as well drive. It wasn't long before I was on the road, heading down highway 95 to get to Interstate 94 east. I stopped at a Walgreen's drugstore on the way, having them take my passport photo while I loaded up on Diet Mountain Dew and a bag of chocolate donuts. It was all I would need fo
