"Iridessa you cant simply take off to this place! You have a great job, all your friends are here, and how would Rick feel about this?"
I continued stuffing clothes into my bag and ignored my yapping mother.
"Look, I said what I had to say. I'm going. That's that."
"You've always had this problem. Always immature. Thinking the world revolves around you! You cant just pack up and move away from all the people who love you without a sensible reason!"
"Yes. I can. And I do have a reason. It's because I'm sick of people like you."
I stared at her fumbling to find a comeback until she threw her hands up and stormed out muttering under her breath.
I collapsed on the bed, face down.
I had reason enough to go where I was going. But how could I even attempt to explain to anyone the real reason without them thinking I had finally gone completely mad?
My name was Iridessa Chang. And I'm going to weave to you, the story of how I dived into the ocean and never came back.
By the time I stepped out of the airport in Mykonos Greece, saw the beautiful view, the beautiful people, I was reassured that this trip had been necessary. I needed to be here, to make up for lost years. There were things I needed to find out and people I needed to see.
There was a place I needed to go.
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Summer Sea
FantasyI wouldn't say I'd become obsessed. I was merely interested. I couldn't shake what I saw and I know I didn't imagine it. I had to go back- find answers. What I didnt know was that my happiest dream and worst nightmare would both come from the fact t...
