Nobody Knows
Nobody Knows
Chapter 3
School was almost out for the day and Jamie was having a hard time focusing in his health class. One of his classmates stood at the front of the room giving a presentation on child abuse. Jamie didn't feel the need to pay attention. That kid didn't know anything about child abuse. Jamie could tell the whole class everything they would ever need to know about child abuse, after all he lived it.
The sound of the bell signaling school was over startled Jamie out of his thoughts. He quickly grabbed his books and headed out of the classroom. He stopped by his locker briefly to trade his books. It was Friday and Jamie had gotten off pretty lucky, only French homework. He quickly dropped his health book in his locker and grabbed his French book and made his way out the door to his motorcycle.
Jamie arrived at his apartment ten minutes later. He unlocked his door and headed inside. The clock that hung on the wall of his living room read 3:15, he had to be at the station at 5. Jamie had thought it was the end of the world when he was sentenced to community service there, but now it really wasn't that bad. See, the sudden freedom of being 16 and having no guardian had struck Jamie hard and he "liberated" some guitar picks from a music store and was caught. That was probably the dumbest thing he had ever done in his life. The judge almost revoked his emancipation and sent him to a new foster home for his stupid little stunt, but luckily Jamie was able to talk his way out of it.
Jamie set his backpack down on the kitchen table and briefly considered started his homework but quickly threw the thought away. Instead he headed for his bedroom and laid down on his bed. He was tired. He hadn't been sleeping well lately, plagued with memories in the form of nightmares from his past. Jamie couldn't understand why all of a sudden the memories were coming back. After a moments thought he rolled onto his side and set his alarm clock for 4:30 then laid back and closed his eyes.