Azores: introduction. 2012.
A story of
triumph, of overcoming yourself. A young woman is led on a journey to the
islands at the center of the Atlantic.
Ilah woke with
a start. She heard the cows shifting and yet it was only 5:00 am. Too early. Too
early. She thought many things in her life had been too early. She had
learned too early that people cannot be trusted, which then became I can’t
be trusted. She was tired of the routine, of the same thing for months on
end. Months that led nowhere. She was tired of being tired and feeling nothing
for days she worked long and hard for.
Today was the day something would change inside her. Looking back, she would know this had been the day. It doesn't take long to feel the shift - it can be a bank account, a robbery, a cold drink. But things change all the time.
She slowly stretched and opened her eyes.
Sun was breaking through the blowing curtains. She had picked them
herself on a shopping trip with her mother months ago. Try them, it will add
some fresh air and openness to the place. They didn’t.
