-Lauren-
My daughter blocked my way, throwing her arms out to the side, as I held one of the boxes in my arms, ready to take it all outside and light it on fire. I couldn’t keep dwelling on the past. I needed to move forward. I needed to move forward with my daughter.
Maybe I should just burn this whole house to the ground. I needed a fresh start. I needed to escape this hellhole and finally be free, and that meant burning everything. I would cleanse the damn place and myself, and then I would leave and never look back. Yes, that sounded like a good plan...
“Mom! Stop!” she exclaimed.
“No, we need to get this over with. That’s why we came today,” I insisted.
“No! We came today so you could accept some things and move on, not so we could make a big fire and dance around it like we were
