A criminal usually can’t get into the society easily because of people’s attention towards them. People make their own judgements whether it’s correct or not. Whatever happens, they get the blame, and not many people try to listen to them.
This is what James has to go through everyday. Making a mistake of stealing at the age of 15 because of peer pressure, he had to be locked up in a prison for 4 years. The memories and education for those 4 years are gone. He had to suffer from not knowing certain things which his classmates did, when he went to high school. He was bullied at school, no teachers would listen to him. There was an incident where a student lost ten dollars, and of course, he was the first one to be blamed. Although there was no proof and he had an alibi, nobody, absolutely no one would believe him. Even later when they found out that the student misplaced her money, they wouldn’t apologise, but think that was a right thing to do. No matter how hard he tried to blend into these society, the society kept on rejecting him, repelling him.
He didn’t know what else he could do anymore and thought of something which a person should never consider. He went to the top of a tall building at 6am and made up his mind. Just then, a flyer landed on his head. He picked it up and started reading it. It was written, 'A shelter for all hurt spirits: ASHS, every Tuesday 7am, City Square’. This gave him a little hope to continue staying alive and decided to attend that meeting as it was about an hour later.
At the same time, there were few other people who got this flyer by chance. An immigrant from Congo, named Ray, spotted this flyer on the way back from work. His job was a delivery man and it was the first job he got in 5 years. Other employers wouldn't accept him just because he's from a poorer country. The happiness of him getting a job didn't last for even a day. When he went for his first delivery, the recipient didn't want to receive it just because he was an immigrant. Who said that racism was over? He had to experience the bitterness of being an immigrant everyday. At first, he tried to be positive and be happy that he had a job, but now, he has reached the point where he himself look down on him and he had no confidence at all.
Susan was just like any other people, but she had one thing that was different. Unlike other people , she liked people of the same sex. It was hard for people to notice because they just thought Susan was really friendly and liked to hang out with her friends. This made Susan harder since they all considered her as a friend and didn't consider how she treats them specially weird. Hence, when she confessed about her love, they looked at her like a monster and she started losing all her friends. Exaggerated facts travelled like wildfire. She lost all her hope and had no inspiration or motivation to continue the life, but just staying alive as days pass by. She was desperate to look for a reason to be alive.
The last invitation flyer of ASHS went to a girl called Lacey who was disabled. She couldn't hear properly. There were some who helped her but the majority of her classmates made fun of her because her pronunciation wasn't clear and she could't respond to them even when they were talking behind her back. Lacey was still a cheerful girl whose role model was Helen Keller, but after her mother passed away, she had to go through great sorrow and couldn't recover from it even now, after 5 years. She got bullied and she was always alone, isolated from the world. She just blames herself for being disabled.
AT 7a.m, on a Tuesday, Susan, Lacey, Ray, and James got together in front of City Square building. They found themselves holding the same flyer and immediately knew they were in a similar condition. A man came out of the door welcoming them and took them to a room. Surprisingly, he knew all the members; their name, personality, background, and everything. He was named Jacob and he was a social worker. Because all of the members had experienced the help of a social worker and it didn't really help them, they were willing to go back home before he introduced himself.
