Chapter 16
Carolyn came back to Springfield after two weeks and three more fights with Sam. She tried to avoid him, but he kept showing up. Or he’d be there at church where he knew they would be. He was telling everyone that she was pregnant with his baby, but was leaving him anyway. People kept coming up to her, asking why she wouldn’t give Sam a chance. Until she told them he was lying to everyone and it wasn’t even his baby.
The worst fight had been the night before she left. He’d shown up at her mom’s house, drunk. She was so disappointed to see him like that, to see him give up his sober time. Sam had stood on the front step, screaming at them until they had to call the cops to get him to leave. She’d called Gabe, and he made her feel better.
When she walked off the plane and went
