Chapter 1: Simple life
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…I've counted the steps so many times it doesn't register in my mind anymore.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5…I leave my 2 story complex to go to work, endless days serving endless customers.
12345 I rush to my car praying I won't be late to school again, one more absence and I'll have to owe back financial aid to the medical college, my meager earnings can't spread that thin.
1…2…3-1 I stumble back into the arms of my best friend, we reach the door as I struggle with my drunk fingers to place the key in the lock, it's a night for long time confessions.
1,2,3,4,5 I spot the adorable old couple who live across from me struggle with heavy bags, I offer to help, the old man comments on how loud I was last week, the wife swats him with her cane as I blush hotly running quickly back up the steps. The old lady bakes banana bread for me as thanks.
1,2,3, I hop the last steps a smile on my face and a skip in my step as I open my apartment door, flicking on the lights. Shouting, popping balloons, and noise makers make me scream in fright, my family and friends sing happy birthday as I sit down at the head of the table.
12345 I rush out the door hoping to beat the storm as I drive to the store, I struggle with the heavy bags trying for one trip from the car, it's pelting rain as I sprint up the slick steps, 123-…
…these were my first memories as a child.
