Her mother, Maddison and her stepfather, Jack Walkins, had a good marriage for the first year or two they spent together. Her mother had met Jack, a year after Sara’s birth father had passed. Her father’s death was sudden, caused by a large brain tumor that went unnoticed for many years.
Maddison had married Jack on the rebound. She was distraught at losing her chance for a happily ever after. That’s what Jonas had been to her. They’d meant everything to one another. After he passed, Maddison wasn’t the same. She started dating multiple men, never holding on to anyone in particular. Sara had been fourteen when her father died, only fourteen when she learned she had to care for herself.
Sara never blamed her mother for her actions. She’d lost her soul mate. Everyone coped with loss in
