Chapter 53

• Valerie's POV
• As the days went by, I watched in horror as my boys continued to spiral out of control. They were skipping school more and more, and getting into all sorts of trouble. They were hanging out with the wrong crowd, and I could see the influence of their friends in the way they were starting to dress, talk, and act.
• I tried to talk to them, to reason with them, but they just pushed me away. They said I didn't understand, that I was too controlling, that I needed to chill out. But I knew what I saw, and I knew it wasn't good.