"Mom" Kayleigh gasped, turning around. Empty space. She felt it. Her mother was there a moment ago. With a groan, she slid to the floor and put her head on her knee. She missed her. Not that she'd admit it but still.... It had been 9 days. 9 days of living with Skylar Wesley. And it was not terrible. She was home sick, she admitted to herself but that was it. She'd made friends here. There was Jo who had 2 kids she met over the weekend. Lillian who was 8 and Roy who was 5. Normally, children were not her cup of tea but they were adorable and incredibly well-behaved. And then Jenn who talked a lot of nonsense but gave pretty good advice sometimes. She was also smart. Though her uneasy alliance with Celia was clear, no one talked about it. She remembered the day she asked Sky about her.
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