I Cut Ties With a Broken Home
"Don't contact me anymore, Hubert. You're right. Your family wanted you to stay in Jethroville, so just stay put there.
"As for my parents, since they think I have a bright future ahead, they can go ahead and keep thinking that.
"I don't need parents, and I don't need that so-called family. From the moment I sold the apartment, Kathleen Holloway became an orphan.
"Don't text me again."
I tapped the send button, then blocked that number and powered off my phone.
The sunlight outside the window was just right, filtering through the leaves and scattering patches of light across the room.
I opened the textbook on my desk and turned my attention to it.