JuliaBrentWriting
Julia is alone. She didn't intend to be outside on a cold winter night with nowhere to go, but here she is. Alone. The sun is about to set and she needs to find shelter before it's too late. A glimmer of hope comes when she realizes the park she frequented as a child is nearby, all she needs to do is follow the path. When she encounters a fork in the road with no clue of which way to go, making the wrong choice could mean her life. With nothing but the clothes on her back and an old green blanket, she goes right.
Between dreams of her past, and the looming doom of her present situation, she knows her only option is to survive. Ghosts of what brought her here haunt her thoughts and drive her actions, but without a phone she is cut off from her only lifeline: her father. Julia never had a good relationship with her mother, but she never thought it would bring her here. Now that she's here, she can't let herself stray from the path.
But when that path leads her to a dead end, she is left stranded in an unfamiliar neighborhood. With the only shelter being a small playground and some trees, she knows it will be a long night. Venturing back the way she came could prove dangerous as the sun falls quickly beyond the horizon, there is nothing left to do but wait for morning.