Chapter 37: Hands off my son

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KAYLEE ‘No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on and it will be better tomorrow.’ The quote echoed in my head as I attempted to swallow down the frustration bubbling in me. What a load of bull. I had never been fond of the saying, even though my grandmother had thought it a good idea to have it printed and framed in my room. ‘So you never forget,’ she said. Well, she had been right. I never forgot it. Neither did I forget the other quotes the woman had hung around the house like precious family portraits. The one in the kitchen, right above the stove had said, ‘You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.’ I always thought that one was a way to calm me down when I burned dinner, which had been a common

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