Finding Home by Megan Nugen Isbell

Author:Megan Nugen Isbell [Isbell, Megan Nugen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 24431520
Published: 2015-01-09T05:00:00+00:00

Eighteen

I couldn’t go home. I couldn’t go anywhere. I had nowhere to go and I couldn’t stop crying. I thought maybe Derek would be there for me. I thought maybe I wouldn’t have to face this alone, but I’d never felt more alone than I did now, driving around the streets of Carver, endless thoughts racing through my mind. I wasn’t crying anymore. I was too numb to cry. I’d already cried so much.

I finally pulled the car in front of the small movie theater on Main Street, the same theater Brandon had asked me to go to with him. I couldn’t think of anything else to do and the solitude of the theater would offer me sanctuary for a little while. I could hide in the dark and lose myself in a world of fantasy for a little while and not have to face the reality of my life.

There were only two screens at the theater. One was showing a new horror film supposedly based on a true story from some place back east and the other was some new comedy. My life was already a horror story, so I opted for the comedy, even though it’d already been showing for fifteen minutes. I didn’t care. I wasn’t really there to see a movie. I was there to escape.

I got a large popcorn and Coke along with a bag of gummy bears and walked into the dark theater. I found a seat and for the next hour and a half, I didn’t have to face my life. When the movie was over, I decided I’d stay for the scary one, even though I’d never been a fan of the genre. I knew I’d probably have to sleep with the lights on for the next week by the end of the opening scene. I should’ve gotten up and walked out, but I didn’t. I didn’t want to leave the darkness of the theater. I wanted to hide away as long as I could, but when the credits rolled two hours later, I knew I couldn’t stay there any longer.

It was almost five o’clock when I finally stepped out of the theater. The sky had been clear when I went in, but it was now gray and overcast and drops of rain were spitting sporadically out of the clouds. I went to my car and just sat for a few minutes, still having no clue what I should do.

I finally turned the ignition and decided the only place I could go was home.

I pulled into the driveway just as my parents were walking onto the porch and I was hopeful they were going out.

“Where’ve you been all day?” my mom asked when I got out of my car.

“I just went to Riley’s,” I lied, but if they suspected anything, they didn’t show it.

“We’re heading to bingo at the church. Would you like to come?” she asked and for a split second, I thought about saying yes. I thought it would be

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