Isaiah
I woke up in an unfamiliar bed, in a very dark room, and immediately I felt the panic crawling all over my body. When I still lived with my mom, we slept in a lot of bad places. The backs of cars, strangers' couches, the storage closet at the bar, and the all-night laundromat. It still creeped me out to wake up in a strange place.
I gasped and threw back the blankets. There was a nightlight around the corner, and as my eyes adjusted to the darkness I started to make out the shape of the room. Two big beds, a couch under the window. The memory of the last day trickled in, and I remembered that I was at a hotel with Miss Jeanie and Gabe.
I slipped off the bed and went to the other bed, just to make sure the adults were still there. I pulled back the blanket and breathed a sigh of r
