chapter 34(2)

Azalea “What’s wrong with your father?” I ask her. “Dementia. He needs a full-time carer now, but I can’t with this place, and mum is just as bad, so she is no help, and I haven’t got the funds to pay for one.” Katrina tells me. “I don’t know how you girls kept up with all the chores here either,” she says, shaking her head. “We didn’t have a choice,” I tell her, and she nods. “I’m sorry, Ivy,” “Azalea,” Kyson corrects her. Katrina can call me what she likes, but she nods her head. She was the only person here that was actually nice and tried to help us, but she couldn’t because Alpha Dean always had a soft spot for Mrs. Daley, despite Katrina actually having Beta blood. “Don’t be, and it’s not your fault,” “I could have done more.” I shake my head when one kid comes out and looks around. Tyson starts babbling. He had some disability that was never diagnosed because Mrs. Daley believed you could beat disobedience out of a child and saw speech impediment as disobedience. He motions towa