Chapter 14

Sophie

I was losing a ton of weight. Who knew not sleeping properly for two days would make you look like crap and lose weight? This was all new to me. After the letter I got yesterday, my anxiety increased, and I was close to losing my cool.

I felt lost and a little scared. It might just be pranks played by the little kids, and I overreacted, but as someone who had been brushed by death a few times, I didn’t ignore the signs.

So why did I take Gwen’s offer to come and work for her? Maybe for the first time in my life, I didn’t want to leave. I had a friend here who cared for the little I had told her about me.

I didn’t want to lose that. I felt myself getting angry at the mess my brother had created. I didn’t want to blame him when I had been through hell and back. When the only chance of hope you can hold onto wants to be taken from you, you start seeing red.

When I got the call from Gwen, I only thought I didn’t want to step out of this house. Who kn