Chapter 2
Welcome to Dexington. It was emblazoned on a large signboard that pointed toward town. Sarah’s heart fluttered as she drove down the road that had branched off the highway. She was finally here. It had seemed like a pipe dream. Only a few days ago, she’d been slaving away at her waitress job in Los Angeles to earn the paycheck that paid off the final portion of the outstanding loan. And now she was in Dexington, all the way on the east coast.
She hadn’t been to this part of the country since she’d left with her family many years ago. And it wasn’t like she had a job lined up or lots of family and friends still living in the area. But Dexington had always represented a piece of happiness to her, something she had been dearly lacking in the past few years.
Her parents had divorc
