| rdfs:comment | - Thomas Kilik spent most of his early childhood in a suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina. However, that changed when his father, a successful businessman, was forced to relocate the family out of state due to his job commitments. Thomas reluctantly said goodbye to his friends and family in Raleigh, and moved with his parents at the age of 12. This move was to be short-lived, however, as his father’s job required the family to continually move all over the country. This proved far too much for Thomas to bear, as he never could settle down in one place and trust anyone for too long, as he knew that he would have to say a sad goodbye before long. At the age of 16, Thomas told his mother that he would rather go back to his aunt’s house in Raleigh than keep moving all the time. At least in Raleigh
|
| abstract | - Thomas Kilik spent most of his early childhood in a suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina. However, that changed when his father, a successful businessman, was forced to relocate the family out of state due to his job commitments. Thomas reluctantly said goodbye to his friends and family in Raleigh, and moved with his parents at the age of 12. This move was to be short-lived, however, as his father’s job required the family to continually move all over the country. This proved far too much for Thomas to bear, as he never could settle down in one place and trust anyone for too long, as he knew that he would have to say a sad goodbye before long. At the age of 16, Thomas told his mother that he would rather go back to his aunt’s house in Raleigh than keep moving all the time. At least in Raleigh, he reasoned, he would be able to stay somewhere for more than a year. His mother sadly agreed and he packed his things and was given a tearful send off the next day. At the bus station, however, his mind changed. He did not want to go back to Raleigh. Everyone knew him there as a little 12 year old boy, and he felt that he had changed much more than that. The only other bus that was leaving within the hour was one bound for Boulder City, Nevada. It cost more than the ticket to Raleigh, but he took almost all the money he had and bought the ticket. He boarded the bus and was in Nevada several hours later. He stepped off of the bus into a strange city, but at least nobody knew him there. He slept in a cheap motel his first night but had no idea what he would do for food or money once what he had ran out. The next morning while eating breakfast in a local diner, he overheard an old couple talking excitedly about their trip to Las Vegas. He approached the couple and asked them for a ride, to which they agreed. They thought he was over 21 already and he looked safe enough, so they asked few questions.
|
