21
You don't have to do this. Courtney whispered the words over and over in her mind as the bus bumped down pothole-ridden streets. She'd managed to find twenty bucks in the pile of crap from the apartment and had promised Kyle and Carly she'd be back for everything once she'd sorted out a place to stay.
And there was only one place Courtney could think to go.
Home.
Ugh.
She got off the bus and waited at the stop for another. Then she changed busses yet again at the bus depot. And that bus put her on the edge of a nice neighborhood full of huge houses and judgmental neighbors.
Home sweet home.
Courtney walked down the sidewalk, a backpack full of basic supplies slung over her shoulder. She'd left the roller skates back at the apartment, and it had been harder than she'd imagined. Th
