When Cory's father suddenly dies, his entire perfect world is torn apart. 
Gone is the loving mother, doting sister, lovely house, and the huge allowance. Instead, Cory needs to deal with the bank auctioning off the home he gave his first steps in, an illness that befalls his little sister, and the depression that's eating his mother alive. 
Just as it can't get any worse, Patrick with the golden-brown eyes, the infectious laugh, and the rich life eventually showed interest in Cory. The thing that Cory believed would have made his once almost-perfect world completely perfect now becomes his biggest fear as he tries to keep his new life a secret.
With juggling his depression, suicidal thoughts, and self-harm; Cory just doesn't know if the boy with the infectious laugh has a place in his life anymore.

"Out in the Wind"is not just the story of a teen who is forced to grow up sooner than any kid should. It is also a real story that happens to lots of people around the world on a daily. This is a story full of tears, sadness, hope, loss, faith, and love.

Out in the wind

　　“Hey dude,” Patrick says as winds down the window after he stops next to me.


　　“Hi,” I answer. “Thanks for doing this. Really.”


　　“No problem. I completely understand what you’re going through,” Patrick says, eyeing the three boxes on the parking lot of the mall next to me. “I really could have picked it up at your house you know.”


　　“Nope. Here is fine. I needed to kinda say my goodbyes. It just didn’t feel right any other way,” I answer as he climbs out and opens the trunk of his car.


　　I help him to load the three boxes of book into his car and he closes the trunk.


　　“So… Wanna tell me about it? I’m here if you need to talk you know,” he says. It almost looks like he tries to touch me but then his hand moves to his hair, pushing it out of his face again.


Chapter 14