Chapter 3

I didn't sleep at all that night. The cold wind had me shivering nonstop, my lips chapped and dry, and I was nearly passing out.

I had no money, no food, and no place to call home, like a stray cat, abandoned by the world.

I watched people rush by on the street, not a single person caring about a woman who'd lost everything.

For a moment, I even thought about ending it all. Life meant struggle.

But then I pictured Alex and Isabelle's smug faces, and the way the Summers family didn't care, and I shoved that thought down…