Why am I here? Just because I want to be an art major I get sent to this prison?
It was spring of 2011, and life could not have been better. I was celebrating my 8th birthday party in my backyard, surrounded by all the people I love -- my friends, my parents, my sister, and my dog. We were all having fun and being loud.
Ryan, I regret to inform you of this, but your family and childhood home have perished in a terrible fire. Nothing could be recovered except for a necklace belonging to your mother. I send my regards.Frey Armstrong
I couldn't sleep. I couldn't stop thinking about home, and everything I left behind, about how dismayed I was here. I put on a happy face and eventually fell asleep.
Okay, thank you!
This letter was addressed to you, and I was told it was imperative that you open it as soon as possible.
Then I woke up. It wasn't 2011, I wasn't surrounded by family and friends, I was in a boarding school in 2018. This had to be the worst possible way to celebrate my birthday -- in solitude.
Ryan! I'm coming!
Oh my goodness, Ryan! Are you okay? What was in the letter?
She handed me the letter, and I started reading. I could feel my breath getting shallower as I started reading. Then, my heart dropped.
As soon as I walked out of my room, the headmaster pulled me aside to deliver a letter. The letter had my name across it in incredibly neat handwriting. I had no idea what to expect.
I fell to the floor and started sobbing uncontrollably. I couldn't belive it. Life was already miserable here but this news ensured that it would now be truly unbearable. Dillan rushed over to me, and it was nice to know that at least he cared.