ON THE RUN | Amber Reeves

“And she’s wearing out my rings, taking the compliments meant for me.” - TV Girl

No matter what they say…Amber is not a bad person. Sure, she doesn’t always make it to class or do all her assignments, but she has other stuff going on. Like dealing with her parents. Being in college is stressful enough, but having to take care of her parents makes it all worse. She secretly saving her money up. She only needs enough to transfer colleges and find a different job…Worst thing is, she has an older sister. She left her with Amber’s useless parents. Alone. Amber wants to find her. It’s the most important thing to her right now. She’s searching everywhere for her.

Recently, she’s been acting out more lately. Her patience is growing thin and she’s getting so close to finding her sister…But then her parents found her money. It was stashed in a shoebox, in a hole in the wall, covered by a poster. Of course, it wasn’t all of her money, but it was the biggest amount she had. The biggest being around two thousand dollars. They took it. They didn’t confront her, but they had obviously gone drinking and gambling. They won nothing, and Amber lost even more. She was done.

After rushing to gather the rest of her hidden money, around a five hundred all together, and a bag of necessities. In the middle of the night, she snuck out. She was gone. Her tears hadn’t stopped, but her eyes were stuck in a glare as she stormed through the streets. She had a single backpack, and a whole lot of hope. She just needed to find a place to rest…And, as if the universe hated her even more, it started to rain. Not pouring, but enough of a drizzle to make her shiver. And then a homeless man thought he had gotten lucky.

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