LEAH
Life hadn't been perfect but it had been good before mom's death. She had been hit by a drunk driver on her way to the mall. To this day I still blamed myself for mom's death. She had been on her way back from getting me the shoes I had wanted all summer. It was meant to be a surprise on her part. They were shoes I had seen earlier, before the beginning of summer, and I was dying to have them. Every one else in school had them. That week I was going crazy, my allowance hadn't been enough even though I saved half of the pay I earned from the summer jobs I got. Other than saving, I barely had enough money to get gas for my beat up Toyota. Yeah! Those shoes were f*****g expensive. They were Prada pumps. I had saved the entire summer to get them. I hadn't wanted to seem spoiled like the
