Home, what a strange and unfamiliar concept to one who had been without one for so long. What was it that made a place a home? Was it the place itself or the people that lived there?
Going back home was one of the many surreal moments that the redheaded teenager experienced in such a short amount of time, almost as if she were in a dream. It had been ages since she had left the beautiful house behind for what was supposed to be a fun family trip.
Now instead of the unburdened teenage girl who believed her life complete another had taken her place. As she got ready to return to a home she had long since left behind, she returned as a different person where everything around and within her had changed.
Alexa had been irrevocably changed and there was nothing she could do about it. The helplessness she felt as the world as she knew it warped into something unrecognizable left a bitter taste in her mouth and a feeling of dread in her heart.
