Chapter 5: To Use the GiftAfter Jaiden had helped me into his house and garbed me under thick, warm blankets—with the promise that he would provide me with something far more comfortable soon—I simply sat on his couch and explained in quivering tones what had happened before he enveloped me in the consoling embrace I so desperately needed, and I sobbed into his shoulder for what seemed like forever.
All my pain, all my anger, all my misery of that morning—I cried for everything—my mother's death and the thought of her body still lying in our house—next to her ex who was dead as well, finally punished…but not in that way—not that cruelly. I realized, too, with bitter understanding, that my life would never be the same again—it would never go back to being normal…
And I didn't know what to
