Amidst the depressing hospital life, the world I eventually turned to was the internet.
Locked behind the walls of the hospital, confined by my illness, the only way that I could escape this hell was through the screen of my computer. Online, I was not an orphan or the sick kid waiting to die, I was another normal human being. It was like being reborn. I experienced the freedom that I never had.
In fact, it was better than the life I had in the hospital. In this world, I did not need to speak. By just tapping my fingers, a message could be sent. It was perfect.
And as I began to explore the web, I discovered coding. In the real world, the people with power are businessmen and the wealthy. Online, the people who reigned above everyone else were the coders. The ones who could create whatever they wanted in the online realm and find all secrets with just a simple hack.
It was a place where I felt like I belonged in.
I was powerful.
And eventually, it took over my life.
