Girl in the Shadows (Shadows 2)

and Dad left us, you know. You ran off before I could

get into that."

"It wasn't important to me then."

"You have what you need for your college

education," she said. "You do intend to go to college,

don't you?"

"Yes," I said. "I do." I told her firmly. "Good. See you tomorrow."

"Okay," I said. I let out a deep breath. "Well?" Mrs. Westington asked as soon as I

walked out of the kitchen and into the living room. "I don't know yet. Mrs. Westington.'

She nodded. thoughtfully. "You know you'll

always have a home here," she said. "No matter what.' "Thank you."

I never imagined that I would be so nervous

about meeting my sister. A part of me desperately

wanted her love and a part of me still feared her. I was

so afraid that when she heard what had happened to

me since I left her, she would just shake her head and,

as she had done so many times in the past, call me a

hopeless case, a loser who would only be a weight

around her ankles. Maybe we were just too unalike to

ever get along. I knew I would have trouble sleeping.

anticipating.

Mrs. Westington had insisted I take Rhona's

room back. She had Lourdes clean it as if someone

with a contagious flu had been sleeping in it. It was

clean enough to be used as a surgical station in a

hospital. I kept saying it was good enough and Mrs.

Westington kept finding something else to wash or

polish. Even Lourdes looked at me as if Mrs.

Westington had gone mad. In the end I appreciated it.

however.