e path I'd always dreamed of. But then Kelsey happened. The family needed money for her endless, and as I now suspected, often exaggerated,

n, and "next year" becam

e. It was a second chance I never thought I'd get. The kind guard, Offic

oard. Your relocation to Dominica is scheduled for three days fr

d to survive three mo

s were everywhere. Kelsey was back from the hospital, looking perfectly healthy and radiant

er, ignoring me completely as I sto

marie, come, join us. We're c

d. He was trying to p

e. "Don, darling, I want you to peel a grape

liberate act of pro

He hesitated for a fraction of a second, then

ed to

ish, a language they always used when they wanted to talk about me in front of

probably jealous of Kels

my seven years in prison wisely. I had become fluent in Spanish, French, and Italian

uneducated girl they had sent away

es. I was done with them. I was done w

glance. I didn't go back to the dusty storage roo

iveway, a thought struck me. Today was