Soli

eded to gather a few things. I walked into the master bedroom. My clothes were g

red near the doorway.

To the storage room in the backyard. Miss Celine said... th

odbye. Not even a moment to pack my own things. They st

torage room was a cluttered mess. My belongings were tossed in

ic. My great-grandmother's locket. It was the only thing truly mine. My mother had giv

rom under a pile of old blankets. I clutched it in my hand

few clothes. A voice fro

t are you d

ooked like Courtney, but the way he stood - hands on his hips,

" I said, my voice flat. I kept

e sharp. "Auntie Celine said everything here belongs to Dad

. He deliberately stepped on my clothes

anymore. You can't take anythi

father's soldier. But I hadn't come t

one with them.