Chapter 20
Kelly came out of the shower after scrubbing herself raw. She was finally rid of the stigma of her mother. They made the drive from Seaclusion to Portland early that morning. It was depressing to see that the only remains of her mother’s life on this earth was a trashed-out trailer. It was sad, too. Seeing what Heather lived like, and how she’d died—alone and unwanted. Her whole life for nothing. With two daughters she never cared about, and one she even despised.
But it wasn’t Kelly’s life anymore. She wasn’t running from her childhood any longer. She’d made it far enough away that she wasn’t like Heather Reeves. Heather was a cold, mean woman who’d died alone with the rest of her trash. Kelly let out a long, weary breath. She was not like that. She was not her mother.
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