Chapter 78: There's No One I Can Trust

Sara

It was strange to think this woman whom I hadn’t known most of my life, that I thought was dead most of my life would come to be so important to me. I almost felt relieved driving home knowing that my mom would be waiting at the house for me. It made me laugh and a little nervous that she wanted to cook for me. I wasn’t sure how great she was at cooking–if it was anything like me, I was glad I had DoorDash.

I pulled into the garage to see that Jaxon's car was already there. I stopped and left my car running for a moment, remembering when we would drive to work together. There was no need for separate cars, and I knew his schedule because it was in sync with mine. The thought of those days being behind me made my heart sink. Now he was inside with my mom, hopefully not causing a problem or being a jerk to her. I rolled my eyes already tired and exhausted from a future argument. How had our lives become this?

I turned off the car and dragged myself out. I walked slowly to