Chapter 53

Gretchen 

It has been a month since our trip to Alabama for Speed to confront her parents. Parents, I hate using that word when thinking about them.  There are wild animals with more parenting instinct than those two people did. But Speed got what she needed and that is the most important thing. A lot has changed since we got back. Let me catch you up. Brick and I cleaned up his house. To be honest it didn’t need much. Since Brick rarely spent time there it was just dusty. We ordered a new much bigger bed. We added two more dressers for Speed’s and my clothes. We got new linens for the guest rooms in case Ratchet wanted to come stay here. I replaced all the towels and linens. I gutted the kitchen by getting rid of all the pots and pans, how few there were. I even got rid of the few plates he had and replaced it all with new sets. Then we did a deep clean of the house. He even cl