Ashley Knight watched as the images passing by her bus window slowly became more familiar, a sullen expression on her face. This was not what she had planned for herself, not that she had very detailed plans, but when she left for college, she never thought she'd be moving back to this place. Especially after she landed a well paying job at the prestigious Buttercombe Academy.
It wasn't like she ever enjoyed the place, or would miss it. But it was a good paying job, and took her far away front this place. And now she found herself heading back home, in her mid-twenties, her career path abruptly cut short. And worse, despite teaching there paying so well, and there being so few expenses, Ashley had somehow found herself with no savings. A woman who prided herself on self-reliance finding herself relying on her parents again. She starting grinding her teeth at the thought of it, while she spied the familiar sight of the boardwalk ferris wheel on the horizon.
Ashley resolved that the first thing she was going to do once she said hello to her parents was to find a job. She wasn't even going to unpack. She'd be out of here by the end of the week.
As the bus pulled up to her stop, picked herself up, and gathered her things. She left the bus…
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