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"For a little while,on the final step before the floor flattens out to a small porch in front of his door I’m hesitant if I should step down or not, if I want to cross that line and enter his world, get closer to him Eventually, I arrive at the conclusion that I do, and it’s easier than I expected to lift my foot and move down to the saht, I still have to angleoff and traveling to see the world or so The first time I came here was actually the first tiapes at me "Really?"

"My parents are really strict and kind ofa deeper hole for myself I should be afraid, but for some reason, I’m not For some reason, I feel calm

"Yeah, you really have" His hands state the blunt truth as he studies me "So why didn’t you travel, then? See the world Or hell, just see the state"

I apprehensively glance around, listening to the soundlessness and the guy who offers as uess," I adnizable in his eyes Rage h to know for certain

"Afraid of what?" he wonders

"My parents and the unknown, I guess"

He leans against the doorfra between his lips "Your parents sound a lot like as to come here He even slit one of my car’s tires I had to put on the spare and drive to a tire shop before I could hit the road"

His story should shocktires

It doesn’t even faze as? Seriously? How’d you end up in Lara of all places? It seems so random"

He tenses, but swiftly shakes it off and nods his head at the door as he signs, "Luke’s as, I could come here And one day I decided I needed out because… And anyway, yeah, so I left and ended up here"

Why do I have the strangest feeling both of us are lying?

Silences stretches between us again as I atte see does towith the array of leather bands on his wrist as he stares at the ground Then he abruptly clears his throat

I’m startled by the unexpected sound I want to ask him how he lost his voice Was he born like that? Or did so happen to hi hi personal Besides, who knows if he’d lie