ALICE"Oh, Alice! You have no idea how happy we are to hear you're safe! You never go a day without calling, so we immediately knew something was wrong!""I'm fine now, Mom," I assured her as I stretched myself out on my bed. "I'm just glad that, you know, we're all setting our differences aside here."Mom sighed and I almost regretted saying this. Maybe I should have just acted like nothing was amiss. But I'd always been someone who wanted everything to be clear. Conversations, relationships, job responsibilities...The exception was Theodore Linden-Hawthorne.I had no fucking clue what we were doing, and I was glad (and relieved) that I made the decision to leave him in the past. It was a very near past, but with each passing day, Helsinki would disappear into the depths of my mind."You know what, Alice? At the end of the day, we're family. You made mistakes, of course, but that's between you and the Lord, honey. I only trust that this experience was enough to show you the power of
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