Day 52 / 09:51
‘Do you think I’ll ever be ready to leave?’ Noah’s asking Ms Turner a proper question. ‘I want to, but …’
He wants his head empty, its dark tenant gone, bags packed, running fast. Let it go and live inside some other sucker’s head.
Thoughts like this are dangerous. His feet and hands begin to tap, the 5s working hard for him. Slowly, the fury in his head subsides.
‘I’m so screwed,’ he says.
She tries to tell him that he’s not, but he doesn’t believe her. He’s stuck. There is no safe place waiting for him.
The sooner you learn that, the better. The better for everyone.