voice soft and loving, Alayna Dickerson swallowed the words

ouse. He wouldn't care where she went to college.

d leave the Sheppard home

und. A flicker of sadness crossed h

decided to go, it's time to p

lay cabinet. Inside the glass-fronted shelves were all the memories. The perfume Jarrett had br

fel bag. The bag slowly filled up, but her heart felt like i

he cabinet. A yellowed diary lay inside. The pages were fille

sed to protect her. But now,

the diary, every single

blurring with tears. A tear fell sile

er chest. Then, she started tearing the pages out of the diary. She tore up the le

ed pieces into the duffe

alked out of her room and saw Kisha Prince in the livi

ttered, and she fr

ed. "Alayna! I'm moving in for a

a large bouquet

, especially lilies. Contact caused rashes and breathing difficulties. Jarrett used to know t

frowned, his tone impatient. "It'

disbelief. "Jarrett, I

s special. Her stepfather is abusive, so I brought her here to protect h

could completely fo

es. She took the bouquet, holding her b

-in-law. And... th

ng my decision to