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A Few Months Ago:

Kayla stepped out of the shower, her eyes swollen and red fro a night of passion, but she felt cheap and used

Her robe hung loose while she dried off She winced as she noticed a sainst the side of the bed frame when Evan pushed her down

In some ways she was ashas were It had been a loveless life with a man who used her to simply take care of him She kne she’d been his servant There was no true love anymore Maybe there never was

Thank God she’d had that little i a kid into this fucked-up situation Even though she adored working around children, the tiht

She looked into the mirror and didn’t like what she saw This reflection before her—it needed to change

“Hey baby, why don’t you coa and I’m in the mood for some nachos and a blowjob”

Kayla clenched her teeth, took a deep breath and then looked at her reflection in the mirror

It changes now

BREAKING UP IS ALWAYS hard It’s even harder when you have no idea what you’re going to do next

Kayla’s firstback to her hoed for a transfer fro at her old high school in Winnemucca, Nevada, and handed in her notice as soon as the approval ca at the end of the week Her boss wasn’t happy, but she didn’t give a damn

Sure, she still felt a little guilt fro that road-kill in the oven, but she didn’t care Besides, he didn’t deserve anything more after he cussed her out because she didn’t want to suck his dick

Gathering all the ave her enough to get a small apartment behind the house of an old family friend It wasn’t h for her to afford the rent

Going home would be a nice way to restart her life and she found the thought co to look forward to with a so back to a ti every day meet other people’s deht to survive Andto rely on a man to help her

Kayla smiled at Mr Bronson as he helped her unload her plastic totes from the back of her SUV There weren’t tooher with a broad sht very much with her, but she’d left Evan a “Fuck you, asshole”, note and craood memories into the car

“Thank you, Mr Bronson” She lifted out the last box

He turned quickly “Please, call me Leonard? I’ve known you since you were little, Kayla You and Seth used to play here in the back yard as kids We’re very happy the cottage was available when your mother called We’d just had it renovated and we both love the idea of you living there”

She s rooainLeonard”

“Now, you can have supper with me and Barbara, if you’d like You probably don’t have ht She’d love to spend soned as well All the loosed ends tied up and we can get caught up on how you’re doing So suppose we say around six?”

“That sounds great It’ll give me a little time to unpack I’ll see you then and thanks for the help” She smiled and waved as he walked onto his back porch

The Bronsons were one of the best memories from her childhood

Winnemucca didn’t have old mines in the area for its income Sadly, one of the mines had suffered a disaster Kayla’s father had worked like hell to save et the last few ed that day and no other man had been able to fill the hole left by her true hero, her dad

The Bronsons were like grandparents to her, and their daughter—Aunt Cassidy—was her mom’s best friend After the accident, they both her and herout as best they could

They had been living proof of old school values, and just a people Kayla was so happy that was still true