Last Second Chance
“She’d never been homesick. Not really. There wasn’t much to miss. The heavy weight of failure and disappointment thickened the air.
Her tires kicked up dust in the driveway around her as she approached the sprawling ranch. Glancing over at the house, she parked her white SUV and got out.
Deep breaths, Stella Jo. You can do this.
Her internal self-assurance became a mantra as she made her way to the front door.
Her mother flung it open before she’d even had time to knock.
“Well it’s about time, Estella Josephine. You made it. I was beginning to wonder if you’d even remember the way,” her mother greeted her at the door with a tight smile. “Dr. Lesley is going to come by for dinner and take a look at your back.”
“Hi, Mama,” she said as she stepped inside. “Of course I do. No one forgets how to get home.” Not that she’d ever felt like this place was her home. The house was slightly warmer than she remembered. New floral curtains, different from the ones they’d had when she was a kid, drap...ed the windows, framing the sunlight that entered.MoreLess
Her tires kicked up dust in the driveway around her as she approached the sprawling ranch. Glancing over at the house, she parked her white SUV and got out.
Deep breaths, Stella Jo. You can do this.
Her internal self-assurance became a mantra as she made her way to the front door.
Her mother flung it open before she’d even had time to knock.
“Well it’s about time, Estella Josephine. You made it. I was beginning to wonder if you’d even remember the way,” her mother greeted her at the door with a tight smile. “Dr. Lesley is going to come by for dinner and take a look at your back.”
“Hi, Mama,” she said as she stepped inside. “Of course I do. No one forgets how to get home.” Not that she’d ever felt like this place was her home. The house was slightly warmer than she remembered. New floral curtains, different from the ones they’d had when she was a kid, drap...ed the windows, framing the sunlight that entered.MoreLess
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