Chapter 31: Epilogue-Part 1

Jacqueline

"Jake's gonna have a conniption fit." I looked around the room at all the chaos and clutter, and the people scattered around my living room. My mom was one of those people which made me smile. After Jake had taken over my inheritance because I kept dragging my feet he found out that daddy had been stealing from me for years among other things. He'd told me only once 憇tay out of it' and had proceeded to destroy the man that had made my life a living hell. Daddy was now incarcerated, the sheriff's department had been completely overhauled with quite a few of the old members now sitting behind bars for accepting bribes and using their office to terrorize the small town. Things that I hadn't even been aware of had come to light. It had gotten so bad that the government had sent in their own team of men to take over until honest men and women could be found to replace them.

Jake had given mom the choice of whether or not she wanted to stay there alone, move somewhere else, or