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Chapter 23

Author: Celia Hart
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THERESA

It didn’t take long to get home. As soon as I kicked off my boots, I made my way into the kitchen. I was starving. Tasha had my lunch ready in no time. Boneless, skinless chicken breast, rice, and broccoli. I choked it down. It’s not that it was bad (Tasha did at least know how to make even the blandest food palatable), but—gosh—what I wouldn’t do for some fried chicken instead. That was one nice thing about being away at school. There was no one to monitor what I ate. While others complained about the cafeteria food, I couldn’t help but indulge in being able to eat fats and sugars for once in my life.

There had been times that Tyce, Trav, and I had convinced Tasha to let us cook our own meals, especially when my mom was distracted with other things. Honestly, thinking back, I think my brothers had done that for me. They were always the ones acting like they actually wanted to learn how to cook, but perhaps they’d just felt bad that my food was so monitored, and they realized
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