Chapter 51Making an honest effort to honor their agreement was difficult at best. Matthew called several times leaving messages on her answering machine. She hadn't responded. Surely, he was used to that by now.
In the meantime, Rachael needed to know more about child a***e in order to further round out her book characters. Back at the main San Francisco Public Library, she found a wealth of new books and read voraciously. She was finally understanding more about healing from a***e than she might have learned in the next ten years of therapy. In bits and pieces, the scenario of her story plot came together. She carried an armload of books, found a table, opened her laptop, and began to write a scene in her story.
The child in Melissa had been battered and abused. When Hunter showed her a
