Chapter 50. Brenda

ALICIA CHAY

Once I was back in my study, moments later, as Matt's “suicide” made the ten o'clock news, I was going to tell you a little bit about my student Brenda Seymour, the baby of her devastatingly dysfunctional family, to keep my mind off the disgruntled bartender. 

She was a nineteen-year-old reject that failed to graduate on time and was currently trying to finish her senior year (for the second time) of high school.

Brenda was the only one of her parents' children that didn't graduate on time. She was close to her lawyer/cousin, Jolie, a twenty-nine-year-old success story that always provided Brenda safety at her home.

But when Brenda’s parents found out, they forbade her from seeing Brenda. This caused Brenda to loath Jolie and vowed to one day make her pay for turning her back and cutting her off. Jolie even changed her house phone number.

Her eleven older siblings matriculated with honors and went on to graduate college with honors. Bre