Chapter 26: NormalcyI used to think I wanted to be anything but ordinary. Right now, I'd take ordinary in a second.
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Scarlett stared at the empty living room. The barren rectangular space gave her a strange sense of normalcy she thought she would never have again. There was no furniture or stuff to fill the room, but that didn't matter. It was her space.
She'd spent several hours scouring the rental ads and two days walking the streets just to find the right place. In the end, she'd settled on the bottom floor apartment of a small building. There were six other units in the complex, but hers was the largest. While the other tenants all entered from one main door, Scarlett had her own entrance.
Beneath her feet, blue shag carpet squished between her toes. That definitely has to go.
