CHAPTER 54
I’ve taken Mom’s car out again, snowstorm and all. I know it’s stupid of me, but I’ve decided to leave Orchard Grove for good. With Chris out of my life and poor Reginald dead and gone, there’s nothing left for me here except for an infinite supply of maternal guilt as soon as Mom gets back from her East Coast vacation.
Justin asked me again to come to Seattle. His sister’s roommate just moved out, but her rent’s caught up through April through some strange set of circumstances (which I take to mean Justin is paying his sister on my behalf). If I go now, that gives me four months to get on my feet. If I act soon, maybe I’ll even find some kind of retail job. Doesn’t every store need extra help at Christmastime?
It’s all settled. He’s got a meeting first thing tomorrow morning
