Chapter 89

• The door burst open just as I was drying off and made me jump with a shriek. Mom was standing there with her hair all over the place and a panicked look in her eyes. We didn’t say anything for a moment. I could tell Mom knew about Sam. She figured out pretty quickly that I knew as well when the tears slid down my cheeks.
• “Oh, Baby,” she whispered and pulled me into her arms. “Why didn’t you say anything this morning?”
• “I couldn’t talk about it then,” I whispered into her hair.