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"Detached? Explain"

"She was always huggingup to my room to spend time with me With Summer and Trent, there wasn’t that show of affection, she didn’t see ti close to them"

"Think back, Deanna Was there any hint of as to co on the question, flipping back through the past But I already know the answer; it was a question I had asked myself for four years "There were tiive her space, but that’s ordinary behavior for any person, right? And soo ballistic on us over so with a sea happened in the past, when I was young I overheard Mo that caused Mom to be sent away for a bit I asked Dad about it one day, and he just said she was sick, and I dis Honestly, even if she did fly off the handle at times, what happened seemed to come completely out of left field The only clue I can think of, looking back on it, was that she had sentwhite Colonial-style home, an i open the red front door, I droppedat the base of the stairs, a heavy thud of educational oppression "MOM!" I hollered, trying to find her in the big house

"I’m up here, sweetie"

Her voice had come from upstairs, and I bounded up the steps, two at a time, out of breath by the ti I trotted down the hall, glancing in bedrooms ‘til I saw her in mine I blew in the open door "You would not BELIEVE what happened today" I stopped in ?"

She had my suitcase open on the bed--a purple suitcase I hadn’t seen since last suo to volleyball camp She must have pulled it from the attic She had stacks of folded clothes on the bed and was in thea pair of jeans when I asked the question

She glanced at randparent’s for the weekend"

"What? Why? Jennifer has a party at her parents’ lake house this weekend--you already said I could go!"

"I knoeetie, and I’es, and when they called and asked, I couldn’t say no"

I frowned at her This was so co?"

She hesitated, folding a grey cardigan "No I don’t want to burden your grandparents with all three of you Plus, it will be good for you to get one-on-one tie, you won’t be seeing the at the clothes she had picked out It ay too randparents’ But Moht stuff She kneent hat and as currently stylish Missing Jennifer’s party sucked, but I had a feeling that Moraduation, and wouldn’t be surprised if she had so on surprises

"Why do you think she sent you away?"