The Road Short Story

This is a story about loss, about being different, and about the world’s many evils. This story will fable heroes who learn to summon unwavering courage in times of unimaginable adversity. This is a story about sacrifice and the willingness to oppose bitterness and hatred in honor of the greater good. This story will highlight the devastation that corrupt governments leave in their wake. The characters in this story will undergo tests, trials, and imperfections that may seem large scale, but ultimately play on the simple and universal aspects of humanity. Most of all, this is a story about friendship. A story about how loyalty and good faith forge together in the smelting fires of friendship to overcome any challenge the world may inevitably
This family consisted of a mom, dad, and four grimy girls who never lacked the need for a brush and tissue. Ashley heard from the angry whispering between the mom and dad (Stephanie and Brent) that the father had recently been terminated from his position as a security guard for the small shopping center in the higher-end part of town. This necessitated the needs for extra funds and ultimately led to Ashley’s transfer from eastern Idaho. The horrendous cycle continued- poor families need a little extra cash and foster children are sent to live on nothing.
Ashley struggled adjusting to new foster families. More often than not, she found the solution to this problem by distancing herself from any kind of love or affection a new family might show her. Some families showed true kindness and in small unintentional moments: love. This only made Ashley long for a true family in which these feelings came naturally and intentionally. However, most families enjoyed being as distant from Ashley as she could distance
Ashley grew into a hard, intelligent, and composed teenager who constantly found herself facing off with the school bullies in the parking lot. Much a product of her situation, Ashley became a fighter, and a rather talented one at that. She had once taken on three girls at a single time in the gym locker room, defending her dignity and reputation as a fighter quite heroically as she broke two of girls’ noses and delivered a powerful blow to the other’s left temple. In a way, Ashley hated the cliché she became: just another girl from the ghetto too eager to throw the first