29LucianaI was hauling my suitcase down the stairs, glancing at the clock on my phone. It was getting late and I was actually surprised Thunder hadn’t come back to check on me. I had a feeling it had to do with my mother. She was probably doing her best to keep him there, to give me more time.
I felt a pang rattle my heart at the thought of her. It was going to be a strange, lonely world without her in it, but what choice did I have? She wouldn’t come with me and I couldn’t stay.
Starting over was the only way out I could see and I was finally ready to do it.
Guess I should thank Blade for that, shouldn’t I? I thought darkly. But it was sort of the truth. What had happened to me had been brutal. Terrible. So awful that I wasn’t sure how long it would take me to get over and away from it
