I hear James call. “But I heard…” The soldier begins but soon his voice fades out and I hear him retreat back to the others. I let out a sigh.I know James is good, he protected me. My heart starts to slow back down to its normal pace when I hear the soldier speak again, but this time his voice is...
I drank and smoked and had an anger inside me that was far beyond the usual teenage angst. I kept it bottled up, though, most of the time. The face I presented to the outside world was one of indifference and I think most people just thought I was odd and disaffected – and perhaps that’s what mad...