voice soft and loving, Jayde Rosario swallowed the words

ouse. He wouldn't care where she went to college.

d leave the Maynard home.

e. A flicker of sadness crossed her face. The chubby Totoro holding a green leaf umbrella ov

witched off the nightli

go, it's time to pack,"

abinet. Inside the glass-fronted shelves were all the memories. The good luck charms Brendan had bro

fel bag. The bag slowly filled up, but her heart felt like i

he cabinet. A yellowed diary lay inside. The pages were fille

say I' m a jinx. They say I have one

hat page and gently stroked her head. "Silly girl, you're not a jinx,"

ter found out that Brendan had gone to the school and quietly warned

e pencil handwriting became neater.

h tears. The last page held a note from him from

in the city. After you graduate, you can work at Maynard Group. I protecte

ly onto the diary,

r chest. Then, she started tearing the pages out of the diary. She tore up the let

ed pieces into the duffe

alked out of her room and saw Chloie Ellis in the livi

tered, and she fro

ved. "Jayde! I'm moving in for a

e box she was holding.

ith a metal strap. It was cute

nanny had given her a metal spoon to eat with. She'd only gotten a small rash, but Brendan had fired the nanny on t

ce cut through the air. "Hurry up and take

ession, a wave of sadness washing over her. He hadn't just ta

. She took the box and p

-in-law. And... th

ng my decision to