I looked to Ruby, who was curled up on the ground. Crying. She’s always been so soft hearted. Too soft hearted.
I squat down next to her. “Get up.”
She whimpers. Of course. She’s too weak. I shove her. Ruby should have gotten up.
She’s just not worth it. She’s too traumatized to be useful. I take a step in the opposite direction, only pausing to give her another chance. She doesn’t take it.
I...
I ran like my life depended on it. On getting to the airport to be there the second she arrives. My legs pumped, and my heart pounded. I engulfed as much oxygen as my lungs could hold.
I could hear my mothers words in my head. “You could have saved up for a car,” she would say. “But instead you blew off all your money for that girl.”
Mother always hated Emily. From the moment she moved in across...