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Weekly Contest #215
Here's my story. Three years ago, it was my sixteenth birthday. Times were hard. Mother was in jail, father was drowning in debt, my brother just died in a car accident, and my younger sister was getting into many physical fights in school. I was the only non-troublemaker in my house. My birthday was sad. No cake, no one to sing happy birthday, no presents, no mother, no brother, no friends, no family around. Just me and all my thoughts. Sometimes I wish I had a normal life. The only person that keeps me sane is my best friend Lu...
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