Walking Away from a Home Where I'm Lost
I had always been terrible with directions.
The moment I stepped outside my familiar neighborhood, I could lose my bearings completely.
My fiancé insisted that after we got married, we'd move to the suburbs, so I needed to learn how to find my way around on my own.
For six months, he repeatedly dropped me off in unfamiliar places and watched me break down in tears as I wandered in circles.
Tonight, as a torrential storm battered the city and the old waterfront industrial district prepared to close for construction, he left me at its entrance with a map marked with incorrect exits.
"Find your way to the parking garage, and I'll consider your training complete."
I followed the street sig