3 Chapter 3 : The Letter

... When I woke up the following morning all I could do is think of the night before. All of the uneasiness I had felt and the anticipation of a fresh start. Being in a new place has its advantages but all I could think of is its uncertainties that lie ahead. In the following week, I will start a new school year at Waterside Highschool. I will be going in as a Senior this year, which has some perks as it will be my last year in school but, I will be going in alone as I have yet to meet anyone from here.

As my morning continued I decided to put regretful thoughts out of my head and think about what is ahead of me. I had to keep reminding myself that this is a new place. A place where my past can be hidden and I can start anew. I had decided that since I was in a new place it was only right for me to go out and explore the new neighborhood I will be living in. While getting ready to go out I suddenly remembered what I had found the night before.

I searched in my jacket pocket and found the item in question. The letter I had found on the table in the living room that had been addressed to me. While I already had a pretty good idea who had left the letter the content of it was a mystery to me. The letter was from my father. Who was a man I had only met a handful of times before.

The letter said

Dear Kai,

I hope you arrived safely and find the furniture and amenities I put in comfortable.

The place is yours. I will continue to pay for the house and other necessities while you are in school but after that, you will be on your own financially.

I have registered you already at your new school so you don't have to worry about any unfinished paperwork. The school will be sending you your class schedule in the mail in the next couple of days along with a student I.D. I had them use the picture from your previous school for the I.D. I hope that is ok with you. Even if you don't like it what is done is done, and it will only be for a year so try to persevere. If anything goes wrong remember ask three before me. On the chance, you aren't able to take care of whatever problem you are having below is my address and phone number. Remember only contact me in emergencies, not for personal reasons.

phone number (757) xxx - xxxx

Address 240 Shellway Drive

From your father

Kyle Ryann

I don't know much about my father. The only real thing I know about him is that he is a military man stationed in Oceana, Virginia. The first time I had ever really met him was after my mothers and stepfathers arrest. After they got arrested the social services contacted him and per their request, he came to Hawaii to come and get me. Even though that was the original intention of his visit it didn't go so well.

At the time it was near the end of my junior year, and I was dead set on finishing it with my friends. I had gotten permission from one of my friends family to stay with them for a while until the next school year. A few months had passed since then and I have finally made the move to the mainland United States. Even though I'm still close to an ocean I feel like I am a world away.

After reading the letter my father had addressed to me I had finally gone out to see what the rest of this foreign place had to offer to me...