"ʏᴏᴜ ᴀᴄᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ⵊ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀss ᴏɴ ꜰɪʀᴇ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʀʏ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ."
From her birth, her destiny was set in stone. But, who's to say that destiny can't be changed?
One spring break, in the lonely town of Hawkins, Indiana a circus comes to cure the inha...
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"I never thought I would see him reach that point, ever."
Soleil sat in her room but she wasn't alone, Cassie had decided that she would use her lockpicking skills courtesy of her eldest brother to get into the trailer. She made sure to shove a piece of paper into the lock so it wouldn't fully close. Sol had a show to do today which was unfortunate because her hangover felt like her brain was about to jump out of her skull.
Cassandra held Soleil's hand. "He was completely ridiculous. You're eighteen he can not keep you from doing anything." She looked down. "You're actually going on with the show."
"I need to get back in my...father's good graces. He needs to suspect nothing and I'm still gonna sneak out."
"I'll help you if he finds out again, he's going to do more than blow a gasket."
Soleil sighed. "I may not be strong enough to tell him everything I feel to his face but, I'm not going to let him keep me from having fun."
Last night was only a reminder to Soleil of what her last few months, weeks, or days would be like. Her last moments were gonna be spent her way, not with her dying miserably. It was about the only motivation, that and seeing Eddie. The man who made that possible.
"You remember our plan? If you need to sneak out."
"Course I do."
She reached into her pocket and placed a star magnet in Sol's hand. "Let me run it by you again, put the magnet on your door and I'll check if it's there after each show before Everett gets there. I'll distract him for a good three hours, you have a change of clothes and some other stuff in a bag under your trailer." She placed another star magnet in Soleil's hand. "Put the other one on the door if you need more time, I'll think of something."
"Thank you so much for everything."
"Hey, you've been doing the same thing almost every day of you're life, it's time for a bit of a change. Besides, you want to see Eddie right—speaking of him."
"Oh no, Cassie—"
Cassie turned all the way around to face her. "So, tell me more about Eddie."
The girl was now kind of regretting she told Cassandra about Eddie, but she understood the woman was just excited for her to have a friend.
"He's been showing me around since we got here, he's nice. Yesterday, I was a crying mess and he was there for me."
"Sounds like a keeper to me."
"He is. I just don't wanna hurt him when I have to go."
"Aw, maybe you could get a phone number and we could figure it out."
Yeah, that's not exactly what she meant.
"With the way I first approached him, I'm still shocked he didn't run for the hills."
