The Bat House

9. From the Deep Blue

Kang-dae

I know I seem like I think too much, but that's because for my entire life, that's all I've been left to do. Even though I'm really good at having sex with people, I don't crave it. I just do it for the money. Judging by my name, you would think I would have achieved greatness, but you would be dead wrong. I was abandoned at a young age by my birth parents, then again by foster parents that I had once thought loved me when I was 15. I lived on my own on the streets for about a year. The only time I had ever believed in miracles was when Wendy Monroe picked me up under a "No Vacancy" sign. I had absolutely nothing but the clothes on my back and a backpack to make me look like I had something. Wendy acted like a new mother who wouldn't ever let me go.

She enrolled me in high school once more, which I graduated later because I missed one year. When I turned 19, I moved out, which caused a huge fight between me and Wendy because she felt as if I was her child. I never was, though I really appreciated her hospitality. I needed to get out and be an adult, get a job, provide for myself. The first job I got was at a McDonald's, naturally. It was disgusting, and made my face greasy. I worked there for about a year, which I then quit and began binge drinking. I spent most of the money I had made on alcohol. I crashed at some chick's place and she'd make me pay her rent by having sex with her. It was cool, I guess. Sex wasn't bad. I got really good at it, as I mentioned before. This is when things took a turn for the worse. I dyed my hair blue and pierced my ears. I blacked out drunk after the chick I was living with hit me for drinking so much.

The next morning, she left me a note saying she was leaving and would be cutting ties. I began sleeping around with people and messing people's lives up and drinking with whatever money I could find. That was until Wendy found me again, passed out in the alleyway of the Bat House. She took me in once more, detoxing my body of the alcohol I consumed. She hired me and told me to straighten myself out and get my life together. I've been working here for about a year. I barely drink. Just recently I moved into a nice condo around here. Being close to Wendy has made my life easier so far she's the only person I could ever trust because she's the only person who has been consistent in my life. For that, I owe her everything. Thank you Wendy.