The Ugly Truth

"In all honesty, this is not how I imagined spending my 15th birthday."

Jericho Institute for the Troubled. These are the 5 words you do not want to hear be put together. There, you spend what seems an endless amount of time trying to get better with whatever troubled you. The staff treats you like you're in kindergarten, though most of the residents are high school aged. The beds seem like they've never been slept in, the pillows are hard as a hammer, the walls are bleak, and you barely see a smile.

This was now what has become apart of Copeland's life.

Copeland was first put in 2 months before his birthday. When he entered, he had no roommates. As the days progressed he meets Craig, an attempted suicide victim who was saved by his caring ("Not so caring, I'd say. I wanted to die! Why couldn't she see that!?") sister who was put in for "fear of his mindset," and soon following Harold, whose parents had been trying to help him his entire life before turning to professional help in a form of a institute for the troubled.

Copeland learns very quickly that if he wants to make it out, he has to get better. That means he needs to stop hurting himself. That means he needs to stop shutting others out. That means he needs to stop being afraid of being touched. That means he needs to learn what it truly means to be free.

That means he needs to learn the ugly truth about his actions.