Chapter 81

Kate’s pov

Asher has been back here every weekend and Leia lights up those weekend. I’m proud of her though. She could have felt down and not done anything about it. But she’s going to therapy, hanging out with me, working at the farm. She says keeping busy keeps her distracted and it’s working.

There are still days that she’s doing less than fine and I can usually tell because she’s forgetful or really moody or she calls in sick and spends the whole day in bed. But we all have bad and good days I suppose.

I have been writing with Sierra and after that first letter, I wrote all of them without thinking. It’s not easy and the thought of seeing her again makes me so anxious, because next to Leia, Sierra is the only one that knows me really well now.

I am trying to be more open in general. With my parents it was always a bit easier, but I’m trying to take it to the next step. Especially now that Asher isn’t here, it’s much easier to talk at the table, simply because I'm the only chil