Chapter 2: Journey To The Past
As Layana wandered the street that warm and muggy night, trying to think of what she was going to do now she wasn't with him. She had depended on Morris and his family for what seemed like so long she couldn't remember what it was to be without him. She had no idea how she was going to eat or where she was going to sleep. She had only a little bit of money, that wouldn't last long in New York It was almost a year ago, when Morris found her. She never realized how unhappy she was until now. At the time she was grateful to have anyone. He treated her decently, most of the time. He was more verbal and emotionally abusive than he physical, and to Layana that was good enough. Her mother had told her no one was as bad as they seem, and that there is always a reason for it, a for everything. Layana reflected on this for most of the night until she grew weary and decided to rest. She picked a dark spot in front of the Horace Greeley statute, and soon her eyes were closed and her thoughts slipped into fantasy.