Jojo:
"Ley! Ley!" I called, or rather, screamed out. I held a big box that contained all her toys and some of her clothes. I needed her to hurry up and take her things to the living room. Where Mel would pack everything in a giant box and the truck drivers outside would move it into the truck.
Then we would leave. Leave the house, leave the pack and all its memories behind. Mel, Valerie, my mother, and I would finally be able to have a new and fresh start. We would be away from the place that had caused us pain, the place that bore nothing other than immense suffering and constant disappointment. I could be away from alpha Lake forever.
I had also pleaded with Ashley to keep our discussion as a secret. Word was known to spread around Rush Empire faster than fire. I did not want the a
