Chapter 1
I’m looking at the sign above the library with my hands deep in my pockets, and I’m biting my bottom lip, trying to find the courage to enter, when my phone rings.
It’s my mother, and as she starts listing recommendations and giving advice. I just grunt in reply. I don’t want to be rude, but I’m trying to do something here, and I’d appreciate having a few minutes to mentally prepare myself before taking the first step in this new direction.
I click off her call, but the phone rings again. This time it’s my father, asking if I got there safe and sound. I can’t blame him, considering what happened to me.
After speaking briefly with him, I hang up and the phone rings again. Really? I look up at the sky and snort. Jeez!
Charlene, A.K.A. Charlie. My first girlfriend. And my last.
