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.She never let him forget how hard her life had been because of him.To be fair, she was a good mom, but the last eight years had been hard on her.“I didn’t do anything, Ma.I don’t even know what happened.Something to do with Rose, but they said she’s okay.”Sally walked across the room to stub her cigarette out in the already overflowing ashtray.“You stay away from that girl, son.She’ll only bring you pain.If I realized she worked the late shift, I wouldn’t have sent you for my smokes.”Max lay on the couch, stretching his legs out and staring at the ceiling.“All this time, Sage was right.” He could still see the hurt in Sage’s eyes that night before it turned to anger and she slapped him, scratching his cheek in the process.“I told her she was a stupid, jealous little girl, who I’d never love as more than a kid sister.I told her not to spread lies just because she couldn’t handle the fact I loved Rose, not her.” Max closed his eyes.“It’s the last thing I ever said to her.”The couch dented in as Sally sat next to his legs.“I’m sorry, son.I know that eats you up inside.”“The worst part is, Sage told the truth.” He looked at his mom to see her frowning.“What do you mean?”“Rose admitted yesterday that she had planned to break up with me.I guess she got a full scholarship to that fancy school she applied for.” Max ran his hands through his hair.“I really wanted her to get that scholarship, and thought we were going to have a long distance relationship while she went to college.” He sighed.“Look at her life now.No school, no sister, and her mom’s in the nut house.”“Don’t talk like that.We don’t say nut house,” Sally scolded.“Ginger couldn’t handle the pressures.I heard she carries a doll around and thinks it’s Sage.It’s so sad”It was even worse than Max imagined.Rose’s mom had always been so good to him, treating him like a part of the family for the three years he dated Rose.“Lots of stress, thinking her future son-in-law murdered her baby.It must’ve broken her.If I found the real killer, it might help her get better.”Sally lit another cigarette, taking a long drag and blowing the smoke upward.“Stay away from this, Max, please.It isn’t your fault, and you’ve been in enough trouble because of that Spelling girl.”“Ma, I have to find out who killed Sage and those other girls.No one is searching for the real killer.They all just blame me.”“Tell me something, Max, and I want you to be honest with me.”Great.She had her judgmental voice going.“What is it?”“Are you starting to have feelings for Rose again? It’s not healthy and will lead to nothing good.”Max pulled his legs from behind his mom’s back and stood up, heading for his bedroom.“Starting to have feelings? I never stopped.”Chapter ThreeRose turned off the truck’s engine and stared up at the building.Brentwood Asylum was a quarter of the way around the lake, about a fifteen-minute drive.The owners of the facility had bought the surrounding land, not developing it into a resort town like Serenity or even selling it off to be a real community like Clarkston.They kept the area’s dense forest intact behind the asylum, and the pathway to the lake was overgrown and ill kempt.The better to keep patients from escaping, she supposed.It was actually quite depressing, but Brentwood could keep an eye on Ginger and Rose couldn’t.Most importantly, they could keep her from harming herself in the rare, lucid moments when Ginger remembered her baby girl was dead.Though she didn’t feel particularly cheerful after the rat on the doorstep and the threat against Gizmo this morning, Rose couldn’t skip her weekly visit.She forced a cheerful smile on her face and climbed out of the truck, making her way across the rocky parking lot onto the overgrown grass of Brentwood’s lawn.She entered the reception area, trying her best to ignore the man running around naked.A young woman in the corner repeatedly banged the back of her head against the wall, muttering quietly to herself while her eyes tracked the naked man.No nurse sat behind the large oak counter, and Rose could only guess there had been trouble that morning.Some of the patients were sensitive, and once something set them off, the nurses had explained to Rose in the past that it was difficult to calm everyone down.Rose turned left, following the hallway that led to the first floor patient rooms.She stopped at her mother’s and knocked.“Ginger? Are you in there?”The door was often kept locked, just so Rose’s mother couldn’t hurt herself, but Rose tried the handle anyway when there was no answer.It turned readily in her grasp, opening on to the small room.Her mother lay on the bed, cradling the toy doll she insisted on carrying everywhere.Her hair hadn’t been brushed yet, and her clothes were rumpled and dirty.Ginger’s dark eyes narrowed suspiciously.“Who are you?”Great.One of those kinds of days.“I’ve come to help get you ready,” Rose said softly.Ginger struggled into an upright position, her once slender waist bulging over ratty sweatpants.“About time you got here.” She thrust the doll in Rose’s arms.“Sage kept me up all night last night.I really need a shower.”Knowing from past experience it would do no good to correct Ginger about the true nature of the doll, Rose held it gently as she would a real baby.“I’m happy to watch her.Should I call a nurse to help you?”Ginger waved her hand through the air and wrinkled her nose.“Useless, the whole lot of them.I’ll do it myself [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]