chapter 4

week 3

With the car sold as well as most of mum's old jewellery. That was really tearful and we felt depressed letting it go but I managed to get a good price on eBay. Dad was now taking the bus but mainly managed to get a lift of a chap at the end of the street to work.

I suggested the possibility We could rent the spare bedroom out to a lodger but we felt quite uncomfortable living with a stranger. unfortunately any close relatives or family friends had a place to stay.

dad was pretty concerned about the cost of replacing all of my destroyed school supplies. I was more upset about my favourite set of clothing and my only set of trainers being Disposed of by the hospital.

I couldn't really blame the hospital for that as they were most likely toxic at that point.

we reluctantly dismissed the carer on week two as we just physically couldn't afford to keep them on. Dad managed to set up the microwave and fridge near my bed and by a job lot of microwave meals.

I mainly spent my days in bed trying to get my mind together with the occasional phone call from the bloodied school acting as though I was completely fine and why wasn't I back in school.

On an upbeat positive note. For the little it mattered I worked out definitively I wasn't insane And that I am without a shadow of a doubt a Cape. Before I can clap my hands together enjoy and actually bring in some money even if it was to work for the wards. minimum wage and being a glorified child soldier was clearly a much better deal than what me and dad had going for us at present.

Long hours of deep focus and pondering my powers I've managed to slowly clear up what these new senses was feeding me.

only by a fluke when I was looking out of the window and I saw a spider And as I moved suddenly the sense changed a lot and backwards and forth clearly showed the source was coming from the spider.

Couldn't bloodied believe it I actually was seeing and feeling everything the spider could.

The Ward's programme might have been set up to help underage capes and to uphold law and order respectively. I don't think they would particularly let somebody as useless as me in. A minimum wage janitor seem to be more useful than me at least he could mop the floors while I'll just sit there moaning about spiders just had another poo.

It might actually be funny to apply but a little bit depressing to actually be rejected from been allowed to join the wards.

But still might be worth a shot might be able to get some money out of them before they eventually kicked me out but knowing my luck they would decide useless before letting me join and their headquarters was on the other side of the town and was it really worth the bus fare over their to just find out. making a mental note

" research if there is a joining bonus"

One thing was quite clear to me I wasn't going to go back to school without a big fight. I could just ring in sick every day until graduation and unless they physically pay for Doctor how can they scientifically prove I'm actually not ill actually say feeling ill and if I'm moaning about pain and being ill how can anybody prove otherwise is not like a doctor is a mind reader.

All I really wanted to do was try my complete and utter hardest to make my power actually do anything even the slightest bit useful I could start writing a blog about insects sure I could probably tell people what different pattern the body feel like I wonder even if I could go off and write a scientific journal but I didn't really think it would make me any money doing so.

But at the moment it seemed to be my only possible way to monetise my power.

I said to dad could I come to work and trying to something like a secretary even if I only got given $2.50 dollars/hour me absolutely doing nothing and only cost in money wasn't helping slightest.

He chuckled and thought I was joking

"tailor you're far too young I'm sure we could try and find you a Saturday job or babysitting or something".

"if illegal Mexicans can gain employment without any papers and I should be able to do something. I'm not an idiot sure there are quite a few paid skills that I could do." I blurted back

"this mass unemployment Taylor every day I have to tell fully grown adults people with family and there's no more work for them and would try our best to get along.

The chances I could find even they have legitimate position for you over those who been on the waiting list will be unfair to them and to you.

You should be in school and not having to worry about money having fun with friends being silly and annoying brats.

Coming out of the locker I explained to dad had matured me had made become a lot more realistic cynical and hard. If I ended up going back to school I might just try and kill the bitches or kill myself.

Seriously I'm not putting up with it any further clear task I can think of and I wouldn't do not have to go through it. I said while crying into his chest

chapter end