I get outside the facility and feel the cool autumn breeze on my face.
Freedom.
I had to walk home, because they couldn't get a hold of my parents. I guess they forgot.
After twenty minutes of walking through the familiar, winding neighborhoods I was home.
I stood on the front steps. I thought about knocking, but decided to just go in. Technically, I do still live here.
I find two people in my living room. One is my mother and the other is a guy who looks vaguely familiar.
Suddenly, I remember. He worked at Valley Springs! He's the guy who put me in solitary for a month, because I asked why we all take the same medicine.
"What is he doing here?" I said with a look of pure hatred on my face.
My mother had a dazed look.
"Oh, honey. I forgot you were getting...out today."
Great, make it seem like I was in prison. Close, though.
"You still didn't answer my question."
"Doctor Campbell was just here...uh...he stopped by on his way home."
"Where's Dad?" I asked with a challenging smile.
My mother turned bright red.
"We divorced a year ago," she whispered quickly.
I wasn't expecting that. I didn't know what to say. So, I just put my medicine in a cabinet and went upstairs to my room.
I soon fell asleep.