Survival

"I love you" He shook out trembling in fear, drowning in regret as tears trickled down his flushed of color cheeks "I always loved you"

"It's a bit too late for that- don't you think?" I responded blandly as I hopped up on the short granite kitchen island

He took stealthy slow steps towards me, carefully and cautiously. The steps of a hostage in crisis, but once the words slipped from my mouth even from the distance that separated us I felt his heart stop- his steps stop, the only emotions that I saw washed over his face was concern and confusion

"Then who am I to stop you, Karla"

I bounced the Gun in my hands left to right as I stared at it in a scrunched up concentrated face

You were my happiness, but even happiness dies out

I shook my head slightly and pursed my lips into a thin line, I aimed it with shaky hands. My mind and heart saying two different things, colliding together in one enormous argument.

I don't know which one to listen to

"Goodbye Josh, it was nice knowing you"

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Karla Thompson promised her sister she'll get back on her own two feet before she gets out of foster care herself but unfortunately it's going to be difficult. She has no money, no job, and no one to help. What do you do?..

She finds herself under the same roof again except this time in a apartment with a person she loathes, Joshua. Who is also in the same struggle as her, all they want to do is to save money, no real connections with each other, but who knows what will happen...