angels never arrived

echo — 93 words

Your family's words seem to echo into the night as you run from the house. Nothing blocks them out.

"You can't drop out of Hogwarts!"

"You're a disgrace to the whole family!"

"If you walk out that door, don't you dare come back!"

They seem to swirl around in your mind, never stopping, never pausing, just like your feet slapping against the ground as you run in some unknown direction. You don't care where you're going — as long as it's away from them.

They're not your family now. Maybe they never really were.