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1 Lonely Road

You’ll Never Know

Lost Forever Land

CH3 5PH

Dear Mom and Dad,

                  You probably want to know the reason I ran away, I hope you’ll know by the end of this letter. I hope it’ll be clear enough for you. I'm doing fine but I'm not coming back. When I'm at home I feel so trapped, 1 just can't be myself. I need some time alone so I can sort myself out and my life. I knew this day would come soon. I didn’t think you, or dad could change, and look, I was right. Don’t worry, not that you would anyway, I'm not living on the streets. I've got a job and I share a flat with some girl I met. At the moment I don’t get much to spend on myself but I'm surviving. When I'm 16 I'm going to get a better job, with more money, so I'll be a little bit better off than I am now. But don’t you worry, I'll be all right.

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I thought, well, I hoped you would start giving me some space as I got older and stop buying me those ridiculous presents. I know you mean well, but please stop. I've told you time and time again, not to get me anything if I'm not with you, to avoid these pointless arguments, but you just didn’t want to listen to what I have to say. You thought that what you wanted as a little girl is what I want too. You never took time to get to know me, to know what I liked, what I wanted out of ...

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