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Chapter Thirteen | Pushing Uphill
❀ Kate ❀
Four days later
SMS: Hey, I just got here. Is the door unlocked? I brought the groceries you asked for and thought we could talk about my competition. We should go over your and dad's flight details, if you’re feeling up for it.
Sitting in my parent’s narrow driveway, I took a second to breathe after running around literally all day and shot a quick text to my mom. Something seemed off about our brief phone conversation during lunch hour this afternoon, but I reminded myself of her unpredictable nature to keep myself from obsessing.
Mom barely responded, and sounded distracted when she did acknowledge whatever I was saying at that moment. I started to tell her about Sawyer, but stopped when I realized she couldn’t give me the maternal affirmations I craved after the fact.
It’s something I’ve come to accept; She hasn’t been the sa
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