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“Mo? Who is that man?”

“That’s Rex My new ”

“What? You can’t just leave! Mom?”

Heraround with a sneer “Why the fuck not? Rex has money His old woman croaked and she had one of those insurance policies Rex wanted to go travelling and he wants o with him”

“But you can’t just leave! What about me and the boys?”

She threw her head back and laughed, nearly falling back on the bed “You and the boys? Why the fuck should I care about any of you? You’re just holding me back”

“They’re your grandsons,” she whispered She’d known her ht she’d felt so towards Jamie and Caleb

“I got better things to do than take care of two squalling kids Oh, I behaved ured it was that or you’d kick o Now I do”

And she didn’t care about anyone else

“Mary! Hurry the fuck up!” Rex yelled from the driveway

One of the boys cried as he woke up Just great

Her o see to your kid, Aspen I brought you back the car so you could get to work See, I’, Rex, my love”

Eew She followed her mother out and watched as she climbed in Rex’s car and they drove off in a cloud of dust

Despair filled her as she closed the door Oh, God, as she going to do? She couldn’t believe her mother had done this to her Abandoned her With her ar sto down her cheeks Another cry came from her bedroom and she quickly swiped at her cheeks She didn’t have time to fall apart She plastered a smile on her face and walked in to find both boys awake

“Did that silly oldthe room