bered was the screech
nch of metal and the wo
ocating smell of gaso
ther' s face just before we lef
murde
d our car to kill my mother an
r our
his mistress, Jessica. The boy was d
osed to protect me, had planned
my eyes fl
in my cramped bedroom, the ch
n streamed thr
he nightstand. It wa
Get ready. Big day!
d. It was today.
dead. I
quickly replaced by something else
a
-year-old anymore. I was a
bed, my mov
n, making pancakes. She was a kind, gentle woman who ha
from his dead-end construction jo
was
d, her smile warm and genui
I said, my
I flinched away from his touch. His
he grunted, his good-mood
headache
other. "Is she al
kes, her smile faltering slightly. "She
d started shoveling
moment of attention my mother gave me. He saw us as the anchors weighing
nother family. A secret one
e crash. I reme
there would
would be the o
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