and I enthusiastically discussed our trip and the best routes to take and how much fun we were going to have once we arrived. I was excited. Almost bouncing off the walls in my wish to get moving, but I had one more court date to attend before I could leave. I wasn't worried, it was only a formality, but I was required to attend anyway.
   The day of my birthday, I was released from foster care. I was an adult now, the state said so. I was now considered functional enough to be let loose on society with only the minimal supervision that all adults are constrained by. Somehow, on this magical day, all teenagers, who had needed close watching before are now deemed able to make life decisions on their own. After the cloistered existence I had been living under for so many years, the anticipati...

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