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Chapter One

Brylee

“Congratulations, honey” My mother wrapped her arms around me and squeezed so hard she lifted me off my feet

“I’ed me as soon as entler

“I did it! I graduated!” I held up rinned from ear to ear

“Now you have to get a job” My father patted me on the back “The joyride is over”

“I’ot several interviews set up”

“Anything local?” My mother raised her eyebrows “Please tellto move very far away”

“We should probably talk about that later” My face twisted into a grimace

“Don’t give her a hard tirown up now She has to find her own place in the world”

“She has a place—and a room There are plenty of jobs in Cedar Grove” My lare

“No, there’s not” My father sighed and shook his head “You know that as well as I do”

“I promise that we’ll talk about this later” I sree to ets back to the house?”