Chapter Twelve

For the first time in her life, Leslie grew a backbone. She didn’t let Luke intimidate her into apologizing. First, she couldn’t even imagine how such an apology would go. She’d only just be presenting herself to Katie as a sacrificial lamb to be slaughtered. Staying in the same house till the next day was a difficult thing but Leslie did it anyway. She spent the night gathering the remnants of her stuff. She took everything that was hers—which she’d bought with her money. It wasn’t as though Luke got her gifts. The few things he got her were things that had a brand that Katie loved or some design that he felt would fit her. she left all of those behind. The recent events and the way Luke talked to her had settled all hesitation in her heart. She was done and she had to move on. That night, she called her brother Shaun to inform him that she was making plans to visit home in a month or two. “That’s a good decision, Leslie,” Shaun said. “We all miss you and I think you’ll get somet