Unscramble Charity Novels & Stories

With that, my past was finally turned to a closed chapter. None of this had anything to do with me anymore. Now, I only wanted to stay by Sarah and Charlie's side, providing them with a safe home. Mom's and Dad's health was not what it used to be either. I needed to take over the company and preserve their life's work. Though the future would still hold hardships and challenges, I now had a family by my side and people who loved me protecting me. That made me happy. The storms had passed. It was time to move forward.

“Analiese Dawson?” I turned around, my boots shifting on the dirt. The blonde cheerleader from the stadium parking lot smiled politely at me while adjusting the thick knit scarf around her neck. Close up, she was gorgeous: perfect makeup, perfect styled hair, and perfect white teeth. Naturally. “Yeah?” I asked, keeping my guard up. “I’m Charity.” Her smile stayed friendly enough, though her eyes were calculating. “I just wanted to introduce myself officially, since apparently we’re both part of the Takoda Blackwell problem now.”

The aunt, pale and trembling, rushed Charity to the hospital. I followed, sneaking into the back of the clinic. Charity whispered to the young doctor, a man with a kind smile and understanding eyes, about her aunt’s beatings. He played along, diagnosing her with “internal bleeding” and insisting she be admitted for two weeks. Charity’s aunt was forced to pay a massive hospital bill and bring her anything she wanted to eat. I remember the menu well—fried chicken, pastries, fresh berries, and cream. By the time Charity left the hospital, she was plump and glowing, and her aunt was too terrified to lay another finger on her. Soon after, Charity used her savings to escape back to her grandma's i