Chapter Twenty

When Ella said nothing, Lani huffed in frustration, this friend of hers was as stubborn as a mule.

     But she understood her well of course, because at one point in her life she had felt the same way; that was right after the person she loved the most walked out on them–her mother.

    She’d always wondered what excuse the woman had for doing what she did or maybe her ambitions had gotten the best of her. But in spite of all that, Lani never lost hope that her mother would eventually come back to them.

But she never did, and now sadly Lani would never get to hear her reasons because all they got was her corpse. Lani blinked back rapidly at the tears that were stinging her eyes.