Chapter 139 Lucille

• The gasp the twins gasped was enough for Lucille to sprint away from the room. The brothers lingered for a minute and stared down at me as if drinking the last details of my body and presence, and then they too left.
• Me returning to my mother surprised them enough to shut their mouths. They know the moment I’ll leave, they’ll be no one for them to pick at, to bully at.
• I closed the door and studied every little detail of the room that has been my solace for twenty years.