The Road In Independence
" Flora, are you sure you are ready to do this?" Marissa asked still as they squinched in a shadowy alcove of a small boîte eatery, the sound of dishes c******g and muted hum of other patrons drifting around them like ambient noise.
Flora's voice was firm but pigmented with moping sadness," I am well and truly ready, Marissa. I have spent far too long caching behind what other people wanted me to be. I can no longer pretend that I am part of a world which only sees the value in me for someone differently's ambition.".
Marissa leaned forward, her eyes surveying Flora's face with a blend of admiration and concern." But leaving everything behind — this is a huge step. What if out there you're more misplaced than when you began?
Flora shook her head, a firmness in
